Post-Conjunction at Home Plate North, Getting ready to leave |
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Post-Conjunction at Home Plate North, Getting ready to leave |
 Jan 5 2009, 06:48 PM
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Jan 5 2009, 07:17 PM
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I tend to describe it as a puppy dragging a broken paw -it gets more 'awwwww' from an audience.
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Jan 5 2009, 08:55 PM
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Stu's going to have fun with you over that one Doug. After all, it's just a machine.
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Jan 5 2009, 09:13 PM
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QUOTE (Ipparchus @ Jan 5 2009, 12:11 PM)  Spirit could drive down the slope she is on, then drive west following her old tracks and climb on the ramp she used on Sol 755 to arrive on Home Plate. For a long time I've considered myself in the "if we can't get onto HP here, drive down and try to climb onto HP somewhere else" camp (is it actually a camp?!). As others have pointed out, we've done it before with five wheels, on sol 1306. Remember why we chose this spot at the edge of HP for our winter haven: it had the steepest slope! So it's not surprizing it's hard to get up here. Almost anywhere else should be easier to climb onto HP. And there are spots that would be much easier. I guess I'm driven by fear of getting bogged down in West Valley. Also it's a matter of time: a route over HP would be more likely to get us to von Braun/Goddard before a catastrophic failure. 
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Jan 5 2009, 09:18 PM
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QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 5 2009, 08:17 PM) ...a puppy dragging a broken paw... Isn't she getting a little long in the tooth to be a puppy? 
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Jan 5 2009, 09:54 PM
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QUOTE (fredk @ Jan 5 2009, 09:13 PM) it had the steepest slope! Steepest NORTH FACING slope. Doug |
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Jan 5 2009, 10:21 PM
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QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 5 2009, 07:17 PM) I tend to describe it as a puppy dragging a broken paw -it gets more 'awwwww' from an audience.  I use the puppy/broken paw image myself for "general" groups... for more spacey groups I compare it to "that little robot in SILENT RUNNING that has to walk with a limp..."
That usually gets a BIG "Awwwwwww!"  -------------------- |
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Jan 6 2009, 04:41 AM
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QUOTE (mhoward @ Jan 5 2009, 07:38 AM) The interesting question is, could she now make it up the slope slightly to the east? Hard to say. If you are talking about the sol 768 location (the second place Spirit climbed onto Home Plate), I think it would be worth trying before going all the way to Silica Valley for an attempt. Even though Spirit had the use of all six wheels when she climbed up on sol 768, the slope appears to be moderate. Attached is a MMB anaglyph panorama of the approach showing the rover's track.
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Jan 7 2009, 08:55 AM
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Finally a clear decision.
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Jan 7 2009, 01:39 PM
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The real question now is what are our power levels now that where at a near zero tilt?
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Jan 7 2009, 02:03 PM
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Jan 7 2009, 05:49 PM
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QUOTE (briv1016 @ Jan 7 2009, 05:39 AM) The real question now is what are our power levels now that where at a near zero tilt? We are at about 13 degrees tilt (10 deg northerly tilt), not flat. The values I have seen (~180Wh) are from sol 1782 which has peen party spent at 30 deg so it is not representative of the values we will have from now on. We have to be patient for a couple of days. Paolo -------------------- Disclaimer: all opinions, ideas and information included here are my own,and should not be intended to represent opinion or policy of my employer.
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Jan 7 2009, 06:18 PM
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Judging by the deep shadows the sky looks like it must be quite clear.
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Jan 7 2009, 06:52 PM
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Emily wrote:
QUOTE Spirit has slid downhill, and can no longer see up onto the top of Home Plate. Just to get super-nitpicky, I think we may still be high up enough to see over Home Plate, just. Probably not for long, though. Edit: I mean from the camera mast, obviously. |
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Jan 7 2009, 08:02 PM
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Remember to look both ways before crossing the (sol 766) tracks!
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