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Endeavour Drive - Drivability analysis
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post Sep 19 2008, 08:04 PM
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That was quite a show; an all-star panel plus the full hour on Mars.

Steve did say that they wouldn't even attempt the trip without HiRISE, and they'd be shooting for 100m/day.


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post Sep 19 2008, 08:07 PM
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Just got word from SS - the name Endeavour is unofficial at this stage.

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This crater is large and very distant, and it's questionable whether or not we'll ever get there. So I don't really feel that we have "earned" the right to name it, at least not now. We are going to suggest the name Endeavour to the International Astronomical Union, because it both keeps with our current theme for naming craters at Meridiani, and it is consistent with IAU standards for naming martian craters -- Endeavour is also the name of a town in Saskatchewan. Anyway, until the IAU gives us their blessing for this one, it's important to treat the name as informal and provisional.

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post Sep 19 2008, 08:08 PM
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I hate to spoil the party, but (as the saying goes) has anyone else noticed the elephant in the room?

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...the rover experienced a spike in the electrical current to the motor for its left front wheel, an event ominously similar to what Spirit experienced just before it lost the use of its right front wheel for good back in March 2006... Not surprisingly, the team decided without much debate that it was time for Opportunity to rove on and out of Victoria. "We want to get out of the crater as quickly as possible," Callas said

Mars Exploration Rovers Update July 31st


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post Sep 19 2008, 08:12 PM
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According to this old press release, the funding for the fifth mission extension of the MER rovers carries them "possibly through 2009". If Opportunity is still alive then, let's hope that the funding will follow for another extension.

12 km at 100m/day is only 4 months, though tongue.gif
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post Sep 19 2008, 08:17 PM
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This is a marsathon.


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post Sep 19 2008, 08:24 PM
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WOW. This is incredible news. I wonder if Oppy can really make 100m/day reliably?
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post Sep 19 2008, 08:28 PM
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Every day? No.

But back in the day - James Caird to just before Purgatory was getting on for 1.5km in 30 days.

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post Sep 19 2008, 08:34 PM
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Unbelievable! Incredible! Wonderful!
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Now, if we don't have news about Rui/Ustrax in the next hours/days I will be very worried. Such news might be too much for his heart. wink.gif
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post Sep 19 2008, 08:46 PM
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This Big Crater fan says Yahoooo!! smile.gif
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post Sep 19 2008, 08:46 PM
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This would be the largest crater on another world ever visited so close at ground level, right?


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post Sep 19 2008, 08:56 PM
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QUOTE (Paolo Amoroso @ Sep 19 2008, 03:46 PM) *
This would be the largest crater on another world ever visited so close at ground level, right?


Lunokhod 2 landed inside LeMonnier crater, but I didn't check how big it is compared to "the big crater"
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post Sep 19 2008, 09:03 PM
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And we can't forget Gusev crater!

A new adventure! I can't wait to start the new road trip! smile.gif wheel.gif
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post Sep 19 2008, 09:09 PM
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Don't forget Gusev. cool.gif

So passes the torch...from Victoria to Endeavour... From Magellan to Cook...from Portugal to Yorkshire...awesome!
No one can say our Mighty PIs lack ambition or audacity.
Let it be! Southward the wagons! smile.gif


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post Sep 19 2008, 09:12 PM
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I am experiencing so many different amazing feelings...so many...
Spirit and Opportunity drive me to tears... smile.gif
Are you guys aware of the magnificency of this mission? Yes you are... smile.gif
Besides the fantastic technical achievement, the rovers seem to be part of a tale, of a story that previously written wouldn't sound so epic!
THEY are legend...
And the people making it happen...wow...you make us believe that EVERYTHING is possible.
Opportunity, dear Opportunity...take us to Endeavour...make of this words your fuel! biggrin.gif


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post Sep 19 2008, 09:18 PM
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Rui, do you not approve?
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