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Feb 7 2006, 08:00 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 252 Joined: 27-April 05 Member No.: 365 |
A run, a short followup bump, set the wheels, and they are clearly in position to do IDD work (assuming the wheels are stable now). Talk about precision driving!
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/fo...38P1201L0M1.JPG http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/fo...55P1214L0M1.JPG Do you want your laminations thick or thin? http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/na...55P0685L0M1.JPG |
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Feb 7 2006, 08:03 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3008 Joined: 30-October 04 Member No.: 105 |
I just regained my power of speech and I'm again speechless. The view is great, and that was some fancy driving.
I'll take my laminations any way I can get them... --Bill -------------------- |
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Feb 7 2006, 08:05 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 163 Joined: 16-March 05 From: Oakville, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 201 |
QUOTE (Burmese @ Feb 7 2006, 08:00 PM) Is it me or does it look nice and smooth up top? thought it would be "bumpier"..easy riding when they get up top to scoot around to other outcrops on HP once they leave the "wall"..which probably won't be for a while.. |
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Feb 7 2006, 08:07 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3431 Joined: 11-August 04 From: USA Member No.: 98 |
This is the view looking 45 degrees down directly in front of Spirit:
So as near as I can tell, we must be parked at about a 45 degree angle. Really amazing driving. Edit: Okay, maybe more like 30 or 35. Unbelievable. Edit: Also near as I can tell, we are facing approximately southeast So the solar panels are pointed roughly northwest. |
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Feb 7 2006, 08:11 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 510 Joined: 17-March 05 From: Southeast Michigan Member No.: 209 |
...best parking job I've seen since Elwood swung the Bluesmobile into that spot outside of Chez Paul.
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Feb 7 2006, 08:13 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 877 Joined: 7-March 05 From: Switzerland Member No.: 186 |
The last pictures show so many layers in the Plate - that wasn't an impact event, was it.
If it was not a single event that caused the layers then I would think Home Plate is the rest of a filled crater as "the other" Doug has mentioned earlier - or maybe a filled little extinct volcano. That scenario would open a very big book of ancient time - like a tree trunk. -------------------- |
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Feb 7 2006, 08:20 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
Really sweet!
It seems drivers are very, very aggressive: almost 30deg inclination from sideview! They are climbing to the top, apparently (you can see the plateau now)... -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Feb 7 2006, 08:25 PM
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Here's a wide view and a "top" view.
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Feb 7 2006, 08:35 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1229 Joined: 24-December 05 From: The blue one in between the yellow and red ones. Member No.: 618 |
QUOTE (dilo @ Feb 7 2006, 10:20 AM) Really sweet! It seems drivers are very, very aggressive: almost 30deg inclination from sideview! They are climbing to the top, apparently (you can see the plateau now)... Is that possible here, Dilo? What angle of slope is this face? -------------------- My Grandpa goes to Mars every day and all I get are these lousy T-shirts!
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Feb 7 2006, 08:39 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2870 Joined: 22-April 05 From: Ridderkerk, Netherlands Member No.: 353 |
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Feb 7 2006, 08:40 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2870 Joined: 22-April 05 From: Ridderkerk, Netherlands Member No.: 353 |
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Feb 7 2006, 08:41 PM
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Good grief - imagine what the Pancams will look like.
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Feb 7 2006, 08:46 PM
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Feb 7 2006, 08:54 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2492 Joined: 15-January 05 From: center Italy Member No.: 150 |
QUOTE (Shaka @ Feb 7 2006, 08:35 PM) Look at this if you don't believe me! And this is the straightened side view: -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Feb 7 2006, 08:54 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3431 Joined: 11-August 04 From: USA Member No.: 98 |
Nice, Nirgal! Fast work, too; I'm pretty sure those frame just came down within the last couple hours.
Boy, AutoStitch gets the jaggies with those heavily tilted frames as bad as MMB does. Funny. |
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