Dust Storm- Opportunity EOM, the end of the beginning of a new era in robotic spaceflight |
Dust Storm- Opportunity EOM, the end of the beginning of a new era in robotic spaceflight |
 Jun 5 2018, 03:05 PM
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Expect a quiet few sols - http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~lemmon/mars-tau-b.html
SOL TAU 5097 0.65 5098 0.64 5099 0.67 5100 0.64 5101 0.60 5102 0.60 5103 0.61 5104 1.55 5105 **** 5106 2.12 |
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djellison Dust Storm- Opportunity EOM Jun 5 2018, 03:05 PM
vjkane Forgive me, I'm traveling and can't always... Jun 21 2018, 06:32 AM mcaplinger It's about 11:30 LST at Opportunity as I post ... Jun 21 2018, 09:51 PM RoverDriver I believe they are trying to solicit a beep.
Pa... Jun 22 2018, 01:51 AM djellison The fault modes open a comm window - you have to U... Jun 22 2018, 01:53 PM
mcaplinger QUOTE (djellison @ Jun 22 2018, 05:53 AM)... Jun 22 2018, 02:41 PM djellison QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Jun 22 2018, 07:41 AM... Jun 22 2018, 04:31 PM marsophile https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php...9668... Jun 22 2018, 03:40 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (marsophile @ Jun 22 2018, 07:40 AM... Jun 22 2018, 04:11 PM xflare Hopeful tweet from yesterday
https://twitter.com/... Jun 22 2018, 04:22 PM marsophile https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/mission/status.html#oppo... Jun 22 2018, 09:36 PM scalbers As a bit of nuance, a Tau of 14 sounds about right... Jun 23 2018, 03:26 PM Deimos As further nuance, exp(-tau) is only appropriate w... Jun 23 2018, 08:13 PM serpens Remember that the panel view in the link is a simu... Jun 23 2018, 11:51 PM scalbers Comparing simulations, mine so far is rather simpl... Jun 24 2018, 01:48 AM mwolff QUOTE (scalbers @ Jun 23 2018, 07:48 PM) ... Jun 24 2018, 01:31 PM scalbers The three wavelengths I've been using for calc... Jun 24 2018, 02:02 PM marsophile I'm wondering about the effect of the dust sto... Jun 24 2018, 09:11 PM Gerald The additional weight of the dust is certainly les... Jun 24 2018, 11:02 PM serpens The effect of dust storms is to loft water vapor i... Jun 25 2018, 12:13 AM marsophile QUOTE (serpens @ Jun 24 2018, 04:13 PM) .... Jun 25 2018, 12:38 AM mcaplinger QUOTE (marsophile @ Jun 24 2018, 04:38 PM... Jun 25 2018, 01:17 AM serpens QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Jun 25 2018, 02:17 AM... Jun 25 2018, 07:39 AM mcaplinger QUOTE (serpens @ Jun 24 2018, 11:39 PM) w... Jun 25 2018, 02:54 PM djellison QUOTE (serpens @ Jun 24 2018, 05:13 PM) T... Jun 25 2018, 03:28 AM marsophile https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/mission/instrumen...onse... Jun 25 2018, 02:57 AM scalbers This simulated version shows the blue scattering s... Jun 25 2018, 03:58 PM Deimos Pressure is of course modified by the storm--but t... Jun 25 2018, 04:03 PM marsophile QUOTE (Deimos @ Jun 25 2018, 08:03 AM) Pr... Jun 27 2018, 02:59 AM mcaplinger QUOTE (marsophile @ Jun 26 2018, 06:59 PM... Jun 27 2018, 05:35 AM Deimos Note that the Cornell link got to the estimate of ... Jun 27 2018, 12:39 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (marsophile @ Jun 26 2018, 06:59 PM... Jun 28 2018, 01:06 AM serpens QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Jun 28 2018, 02:06 AM... Jun 28 2018, 06:28 AM marsophile https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/home/
QUOTE Opportunity... Jun 27 2018, 02:11 AM xflare QUOTE (marsophile @ Jun 27 2018, 03:11 AM... Jun 27 2018, 01:26 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (marsophile @ Jun 26 2018, 06:11 PM... Jun 27 2018, 03:12 PM xflare For amateur observations and updates on Mars durin... Jun 27 2018, 12:14 PM Deimos It's all good, until you look at more than one... Jun 27 2018, 02:46 PM Phil Stooke So, if we can just get Spirit to Gale everything w... Jun 27 2018, 03:21 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jun 27 2018, 07:21 A... Jun 27 2018, 03:34 PM Phil Stooke Pedantic, moi?
You're right of course, I was ... Jun 28 2018, 02:15 AM PaulH51 MRO MARCI Weather report for the week of 18 June 2... Jun 28 2018, 04:23 AM nprev [ADMIN MODE]...and on that note we're done wit... Jun 28 2018, 12:23 PM marsophile https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/mission/status_spiritAll... Jul 2 2018, 01:02 AM djellison Opportunity experienced a major cleaning event in ... Jul 2 2018, 01:31 AM marsophile http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-fl...ian-d... Jul 2 2018, 05:55 AM marsophile http://www.planetary.org/explore/space-top...dust-... Jul 5 2018, 08:03 AM scalbers Here is an updated simulation with Tau ranging fro... Jul 8 2018, 02:46 PM JRehling I had some excellent terrestrial weather last nigh... Jul 12 2018, 03:57 PM Tom Dahl Wow, an amazing image to have captured yourself... Jul 12 2018, 04:03 PM JRehling Thanks! I wish the dust storm had not been in ... Jul 13 2018, 03:42 AM marsophile Hmm. Although the seasonal upward trend is simila... Jul 15 2018, 01:28 AM serpens I wouldn't read too much into this. The Gale ... Jul 15 2018, 06:33 AM marsophile The lower pressure this Mars year seems to have pr... Jul 15 2018, 06:08 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (marsophile @ Jul 15 2018, 10:08 AM... Jul 15 2018, 11:31 PM marsophile QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Jul 15 2018, 03:31 PM... Jul 17 2018, 01:44 AM JRehling Can radio occultation measurements from orbiters b... Jul 17 2018, 01:56 AM Deimos The interpretation of the pressure differences abo... Jul 17 2018, 04:31 AM marsophile Just saw what looked like a brief downllink from O... Jul 17 2018, 04:12 PM djellison You will regularly see very brief appearances of O... Jul 17 2018, 05:13 PM marsophile https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/home/
New status report... Jul 20 2018, 07:26 PM fredk Glimmer of hope from the latest MRO MARCI Weather ... Jul 25 2018, 07:52 PM PaulM When spirit failed to restart when the spring came... Jul 26 2018, 08:25 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (PaulM @ Jul 26 2018, 12:25 PM) I w... Jul 27 2018, 12:34 AM mcaplinger QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Jul 26 2018, 04:34 PM... Jul 27 2018, 04:35 PM vjkane QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Jul 27 2018, 08:35 AM... Jul 28 2018, 04:37 AM mcaplinger QUOTE (vjkane @ Jul 27 2018, 08:37 PM) ev... Jul 28 2018, 06:01 AM JRehling Insight will land on November 26, 2018. That is vi... Jul 29 2018, 10:47 PM PaulM QUOTE (JRehling @ Jul 29 2018, 11:47 PM) ... Jul 30 2018, 06:19 PM vjkane A major design challenge for dust storms could be ... Jul 28 2018, 04:42 AM serpens An information packed update on the dust storm in ... Aug 2 2018, 05:07 AM fredk QUOTE (serpens @ Aug 2 2018, 06:07 AM) An... Aug 3 2018, 02:45 PM marsophile "In the Dust Storm, the mighty Dust Storm, th... Aug 3 2018, 01:51 AM dvandorn So, at what point does it become concerning that w... Aug 3 2018, 05:10 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (dvandorn @ Aug 3 2018, 09:10 AM) a... Aug 4 2018, 04:47 AM djellison QUOTE (dvandorn @ Aug 3 2018, 10:10 AM) .... Aug 4 2018, 04:00 PM mcaplinger QUOTE (djellison @ Aug 4 2018, 08:00 AM) ... Aug 4 2018, 04:47 PM Deimos I think the article suggests tau needs to be near ... Aug 3 2018, 05:50 PM fredk Yeah, from the report we had:QUOTE As for when the... Aug 3 2018, 05:54 PM RoverDriver IIRC once the clock is lost (which is a likely eve... Aug 4 2018, 05:20 PM marsophile The sporadic nature of the Martian dust storms rem... Aug 5 2018, 01:48 AM RoverDriver My chemistry is not so hot (pun intended), but com... Aug 5 2018, 04:38 AM marsophile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perchlorate
The per... Aug 5 2018, 06:04 AM nprev Open question as to whether deposits of organics o... Aug 5 2018, 08:28 AM dvandorn Thanks, guys. The technical discussions thus far ... Aug 5 2018, 04:23 PM djellison QUOTE (dvandorn @ Aug 5 2018, 09:23 AM) .... Aug 5 2018, 05:43 PM dvandorn Thanks much, Doug! Aug 7 2018, 04:02 PM marsophile https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/mission/instrumen...onse... Aug 12 2018, 01:20 AM Explorer1 Something to do with the dust storm, perhaps? How ... Aug 12 2018, 02:56 AM PaulH51 QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Aug 12 2018, 10:56 AM)... Aug 12 2018, 04:07 AM serpens The month 11 weather report attributes the drop in... Aug 12 2018, 09:06 AM marsophile Is anything known about the after-effects of a maj... Aug 16 2018, 06:32 AM JRehling It's been observed since before people knew wh... Aug 16 2018, 06:31 PM Phil Stooke Don't be misled by reports floating around now... Aug 16 2018, 10:41 PM djellison Yeah - someone saw Opportunity in lock on eyes.nas... Aug 17 2018, 03:59 AM marsophile
In this screen capture from the NASA Mars report
... Aug 22 2018, 09:21 PM Explorer1 2nd last paragraph of this update says Tau is stil... Aug 22 2018, 10:27 PM nprev Interesting thought. I wonder how much dust deposi... Aug 23 2018, 02:22 AM JRehling I can see from my own photos that the dust storm a... Aug 23 2018, 08:13 PM  |
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