The Start of the Drive East, Up to Cambridge Bay |
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The Start of the Drive East, Up to Cambridge Bay |
 Aug 4 2010, 04:08 AM
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QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Aug 3 2010, 03:50 PM)  Now seriously, this following sol 2320 is planned for driving. Hope for a loooong one. Hard to locate us from these few images, but it could be a long drive: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...0M1.JPG?sol2320 |
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Aug 4 2010, 07:34 AM
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71m according to the tracking data. I don't see any signs of 'Maxwell motion' in the tracks - just a standard drive this time by the looks of it.
-------------------- My MER & MSL Imagery site - Martian Vistas ---- Twitter Feed (including sol by sol updates on Opportunity's activity)
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Aug 4 2010, 08:32 AM
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QUOTE (fredk @ Aug 4 2010, 06:08 AM) Hard to locate us from these few images, but it could be a long drive: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...0M1.JPG?sol2320 A polar view of the navcam mosaic is very helpful to pinpoint the rover's position on a HiRISE image at 25cm/pix. The dune crests match quite well. |
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Aug 4 2010, 02:27 PM
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I should have said "hard for me to locate us". It's another matter for our resident expert, of course!
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Aug 4 2010, 06:02 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4159 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Ahh! This is music to my ears.
 From Scott Maxwell's tweeter account: We have a whopping 3 hours of drive time today, so we're trying a full version of our Oppy drive-distance improvement strategy. Woo-hoo! |
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Aug 5 2010, 07:05 AM
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100 drives of 100 metres and they would pretty much be there
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Aug 5 2010, 07:21 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2126 Joined: 9-February 04 From: UK Member No.: 16 |
QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Aug 4 2010, 07:02 PM) We have a whopping 3 hours of drive time today Just to clarify for anyone waiting on this drive. I think Scott was talking about 'today' as the planning day, the actual drive sol is 2322 which hasn't begun yet. -------------------- My MER & MSL Imagery site - Martian Vistas ---- Twitter Feed (including sol by sol updates on Opportunity's activity)
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Aug 5 2010, 04:13 PM
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So as I write this... hopefully it should have happened.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Aug 5 2010, 04:53 PM
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That's right according to the flash clock on the MER home page, which at the moment reads sol 2322, 18:46.
But if I understand correctly, that clock is roughly 12 hours out. The clock at the Mer filename site shows sol 2322 07:14. Not that it matters too much. Hopefully we'll see the results of the drive later today regardless... |
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Aug 5 2010, 06:11 PM
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Another look at Valparaiso...
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Aug 6 2010, 07:27 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2126 Joined: 9-February 04 From: UK Member No.: 16 |
Looks like ~76m by the tracking data - 70m blind 6-7m autonav.
Not quite the 20m of autonav we were expecting and it looks like only ~1.5 hours of driving not the 3 that Scott tweeted that they had. I look forward to news/images... -------------------- My MER & MSL Imagery site - Martian Vistas ---- Twitter Feed (including sol by sol updates on Opportunity's activity)
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Aug 6 2010, 07:49 AM
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Here's the fhazcam image with the 15deg. turns left/right clearly visible.
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Aug 6 2010, 08:23 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5546 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
C'mon baby, do the Maxwell Motion...  -------------------- |
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Aug 6 2010, 09:02 AM
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Today's navcam mosaic.
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Aug 6 2010, 09:54 PM
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Some details on the driving from here and here:
QUOTE Drive-extension results: not great, but good. Partway through, Oppy couldn't prove path was safe, so she stopped early. Still, 10% increase! QUOTE Today, we'll try again, but route looks ugly -- even likelier to stop early. That'll probably be how it is: some days great, some nothing.
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