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Getting to 'Big Crater', A little premature speculation
SFJCody
post Sep 21 2006, 11:57 AM
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Opportunity is not quite at Victoria yet, but on the horizon is a tantalising goal for the future- the big eroded crater to the south-east, the rim of which is already visible. This is the first 'large scale' topography of the mission so far. Wouldn't it be great if Opportunity could get to these hills and uncover their secrets?

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- SFJCody   Getting to 'Big Crater'   Sep 21 2006, 11:57 AM
- - MaxSt   Thanks! We can even see SE rim at 35 km distan...   Sep 27 2006, 07:50 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (MaxSt @ Sep 27 2006, 08:50 PM) Tha...   Sep 29 2006, 02:09 PM
|- - climber   QUOTE (ustrax @ Sep 29 2006, 04:09 PM) An...   Sep 29 2006, 03:41 PM
|- - jamescanvin   QUOTE (ustrax @ Sep 30 2006, 12:09 AM) An...   Sep 29 2006, 11:28 PM
- - Castor   I don't know if anyone else has already spotte...   Sep 29 2006, 03:57 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (Castor @ Sep 29 2006, 04:57 PM) I ...   Sep 29 2006, 04:30 PM
- - centsworth_II   Is this an arrival sol poll thread? My pick is sol...   Sep 29 2006, 05:55 PM
- - lyford   Well, According To Steve, we have about 10,000 rec...   Sep 29 2006, 07:34 PM
|- - Arkarch   Echoing some of the other discussion - I think we...   Sep 29 2006, 08:24 PM
|- - climber   QUOTE (Arkarch @ Sep 29 2006, 10:24 PM) T...   Sep 29 2006, 08:29 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (Arkarch @ Sep 29 2006, 09:24 PM) T...   Sep 29 2006, 09:32 PM
- - nprev   <clink><clink><clink>...oops. Do...   Sep 29 2006, 08:29 PM
- - fredk   I've been wondering about that myself, Climber...   Sep 29 2006, 09:29 PM
- - nprev   Oh, of course...that was merely unbridled wishful ...   Sep 29 2006, 10:49 PM
|- - ToSeek   QUOTE (nprev @ Sep 29 2006, 10:49 PM) Oh,...   Oct 1 2006, 01:37 AM
|- - sranderson   QUOTE (ToSeek @ Sep 30 2006, 07:37 PM) Wh...   Oct 1 2006, 05:16 AM
||- - nprev   QUOTE (sranderson @ Sep 30 2006, 10:16 PM...   Oct 1 2006, 01:02 PM
||- - Oren Iishi   QUOTE (nprev @ Oct 1 2006, 01:02 PM) I st...   Oct 1 2006, 01:32 PM
|||- - algorimancer   My recollection (and I'm sure someone will cor...   Oct 2 2006, 01:24 PM
||- - ToSeek   QUOTE (nprev @ Oct 1 2006, 01:02 PM) I st...   Oct 2 2006, 03:11 PM
||- - nprev   QUOTE (ToSeek @ Oct 2 2006, 08:11 AM) I r...   Oct 9 2006, 12:47 AM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (ToSeek @ Sep 30 2006, 06:37 PM) I...   Oct 9 2006, 02:04 AM
|- - ToSeek   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Oct 9 2006, 02:04 AM)...   Oct 9 2006, 05:14 PM
- - Sunspot   This thread is more active than the Victoria Crate...   Sep 29 2006, 10:54 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (Sunspot @ Sep 29 2006, 11:54 PM) T...   Sep 30 2006, 02:31 PM
- - Pando   The grass is always greener on the other side of t...   Sep 29 2006, 11:24 PM
- - Nix   Bored yes, you'd think so wouldn't you? He...   Sep 29 2006, 11:35 PM
- - djellison   It's much like the Gusev Crater Wall imaging f...   Sep 29 2006, 11:40 PM
- - Nix   Exactly, ahh those were the sols.. This robotic ad...   Sep 29 2006, 11:46 PM
- - RNeuhaus   Before deciding to go to Ithaca, I seem that there...   Sep 29 2006, 11:55 PM
|- - Nirgal   QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Sep 30 2006, 01:55 AM) ...   Sep 30 2006, 01:16 PM
- - Sunspot   Where will Opportunity go next? If the rover surv...   Sep 30 2006, 12:19 PM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (Sunspot @ Sep 30 2006, 12:19 PM) I...   Sep 30 2006, 05:03 PM
|- - SFJCody   QUOTE (fredk @ Sep 30 2006, 06:03 PM) The...   Sep 30 2006, 05:29 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (SFJCody @ Sep 30 2006, 06:29 PM) T...   Sep 30 2006, 07:19 PM
|- - SFJCody   QUOTE (ustrax @ Sep 30 2006, 08:19 PM) He...   Sep 30 2006, 08:12 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (SFJCody @ Sep 30 2006, 09:12 PM) I...   Sep 30 2006, 09:16 PM
- - Floyd   The overriding goal of the mission is science retu...   Sep 30 2006, 03:23 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (Floyd @ Sep 30 2006, 11:23 AM) I t...   Sep 30 2006, 03:38 PM
|- - SFJCody   QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Sep 30 2006, 04:38...   Sep 30 2006, 04:47 PM
|- - algorimancer   QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Sep 30 2006, 10:38...   Sep 30 2006, 09:39 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (algorimancer @ Sep 30 2006, 09:39 ...   Oct 1 2006, 11:15 AM
|- - algorimancer   QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 1 2006, 06:15 AM) ...   Oct 2 2006, 05:43 PM
|- - BrianL   QUOTE (algorimancer @ Oct 2 2006, 12:43 P...   Oct 2 2006, 08:31 PM
|- - sranderson   Hmm.... give us some free comm time, a little trai...   Oct 2 2006, 09:02 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (sranderson @ Oct 2 2006, 10:02 PM)...   Oct 3 2006, 09:18 AM
|- - mchan   Likewise, I like to imagine Opportinunity on her f...   Oct 4 2006, 07:46 AM
- - Bill Harris   BC ought to be a goal since that is the way our pr...   Oct 1 2006, 06:21 AM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Oct 1 2006, 07:21 AM...   Oct 1 2006, 12:17 PM
- - edstrick   If they ever decide to make a dash for the big cra...   Oct 1 2006, 09:10 AM
- - Bill Harris   Oh, I agree. If the old girl is still able to rov...   Oct 1 2006, 12:50 PM
- - Sunspot   On the right tip of the landing ellipse, just outs...   Oct 1 2006, 01:17 PM
- - dvandorn   I cannot conceive of them cutting off funding on e...   Oct 3 2006, 04:48 AM
- - edstrick   ....sort of like the cartoon of an alien, crawling...   Oct 4 2006, 11:23 AM
|- - Stephen   QUOTE (edstrick @ Oct 4 2006, 11:23 AM) ....   Oct 9 2006, 02:12 AM
|- - AndyG   QUOTE (Stephen @ Oct 9 2006, 03:12 AM) Yo...   Oct 9 2006, 11:02 AM
|- - lyford   QUOTE (Stephen @ Oct 8 2006, 07:12 PM) Yo...   Oct 9 2006, 03:02 PM
- - NoVi   Pity that Big Crater fell just out of the scope of...   Oct 7 2006, 06:06 AM
- - djellison   LOL - 'just' - you'd need another two ...   Oct 7 2006, 06:47 AM
- - CosmicRocker   LOL?   Oct 7 2006, 08:33 AM
- - djellison   Laugh Out Loud   Oct 7 2006, 07:31 PM
- - CosmicRocker   Sorry, Doug. I should have explained it better. ...   Oct 8 2006, 05:40 AM
- - djellison   I was laughing at the thought that 'Big Crater...   Oct 8 2006, 06:01 AM
- - NoVi   Oops, The orientation of the .._1780 image was ups...   Oct 8 2006, 09:37 AM
|- - RNeuhaus   As far as I know, MRO will take pictures landing s...   Oct 9 2006, 12:30 AM
- - edstrick   Almost certainly the same one... though my memory ...   Oct 9 2006, 08:28 AM
- - Myran   I tend to agree with edstrick that the image might...   Oct 10 2006, 02:00 PM
- - imipak   QUOTE "A UK-led team is challenging cherished...   Oct 11 2006, 02:51 PM
- - MarkL   And since Victoria seems to be eroding, Opportunit...   Oct 11 2006, 04:27 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (MarkL @ Oct 11 2006, 05:27 PM) And...   Oct 11 2006, 04:46 PM
|- - imipak   QUOTE (ustrax @ Oct 11 2006, 05:46 PM) T...   Oct 11 2006, 06:41 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (imipak @ Oct 11 2006, 07:41 PM) Do...   Oct 12 2006, 03:46 PM
|- - ustrax   Wouldn't it be great to multiply Victoria...   Oct 30 2006, 01:57 PM
- - RNeuhaus   MER was born luckly with wheels so she is very luc...   Oct 12 2006, 02:02 PM
- - Edward Schmitz   The realy interesting thing about big crater, to m...   Oct 30 2006, 09:13 PM
- - Stephen   QUOTE (Edward Schmitz @ Oct 31 2006, 08:1...   Oct 31 2006, 12:49 AM
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