Opportunity Route Map Options

[Phil Stooke]

We just had a 25 m drive on sol 3914. Location is only approximate so far.

Phil

[Phil Stooke]

Quick map update after a drive on sol 3916.

Phil

[Phil Stooke]

Another quick update after the sol 3918 drive. This looks like a spot to study the outcrop for a bit.

Phil

[Phil Stooke]

I had to extend my map a bit to the east to fit the latest drive. They can't go too much further in this direction.

Phil

[Phil Stooke]

Looks like it's time to start a new enlarged map. Now we can see how close we are to the valley as well.

Phil

[Floyd]

Thanks Phil, the map is fantastic!

[vikingmars]

Thanks so much Phil : how nice !!!
I hope they will take a global look on the valley from one of those two vantage points (yellow dots)...
The view should be truly spectacular !

[Phil Stooke]

Update to sol 3926. Now I see a path to the east here which might allow a view of the valley floor, so maybe we will turn east after all.

Phil

[Pando]

Just wanted to comment that this thread was started exactly 10 years ago! It's just unbelievable that Oppy is still going strong.

Fantastic work on the mapping Tesh, Phil, and everyone else who contributed to this thread with 1.297834 million views...

[Phil Stooke]

Thanks, Pando, your early work was inspirational.

Here's the update to sol 3930 (EDIT - replaced with corrected version). Looks like we are heading to one of Olivier's viewpoints.

Phil

[atomoid]

Indeed, and its fitting that this page number is nice round 222 as well! I remember when this thread started (i lurked anonymously for about a year before registering at UMSF) and the thought back then was perhaps if were really really lucky we just might make it to Victoria.

That seemed such a far-flung hope back then, and i remember one repeated concern while traversing the dunes all those years was if all else went well, and so much else could go wrong, then the battery recharge capacity certainly would due become a major limiting factor, and now i haven't heard talk of that since.

Now to think Oppy not just merely survives with stationary transmissions but presses onward up mountains almost 5 years after Spirit kicked the bucket, and does so with little more than what amounts to a manageable gimp, this continues to baffle and amaze!

[climber]

Oppy completed the first half Marathon on June 19th 2010 on Sol 2275, 3 months after Spirit stopped talking to us.
"On Sol 2274 (June 17, 2010), the rover completed over 60 meters (197 feet) driving due east. On Sol 2276 (June 19, 2010), the rover made a small J-turn to avoid a ripple and then headed 72 meters (236 feet) east. With this drive, Opportunity has passed the distance for a half-marathon (21,097.5 meters, or 13 miles)."

She is doing the second half much faster : 1655 Sols so far with still around 190 m to go

[Phil Stooke]

Update to sol 3932... to check out some interesting rocks. They don't look like the same old impact breccia we've seen all along the ridge so far.

Phil

[Phil Stooke]

A nice little move to another scenic spot on sol 3936.

Phil

[Astro0]

From Mike Seibert's twitter feed - Opportunity stats as of Sol 3927 - Total odometry: 42020.91m
Is it time for a little marker on the map or perhaps a little winner's line tape