[X] My Assistant

[Marcel]

After seeing how much effort (driving meters) needs to be put to get out of here (but she'll get out, which is great !!!), I really would like to know what's the best to do from now on. Appearance of the surface doesn't tell us much about the carrying capacity of the soil, so the only thing left would be commanding drives of inches at the time and check the status visualy. Now THAT's going to dissappoint all of us that wanted to go to Victoria !! I'm not sure, but seems to me Victoria is at least a mile away ! That would mean it is out of reach

Is there another way to prevent oppy from ploughing on in a commanded drive for 2 meters in the deep ? Can she be programmed in such a way that slippage means STOP ?

[garybeau]

Is there another way to prevent oppy from ploughing on in a commanded drive for 2 meters in the deep ? Can she be programmed in such a way that slippage means STOP ?

Surely mini-TES can tell the difference between the light fluffy material that Oppy is in now as compared against the harder and denser areas. It would be painfully slow to use mini-TES to evaluate the conditions ahead before making each drive but it still better than getting stuck again.
1) How far out can mini-tes see when sitting at a high point on a dune?
2) What's the status of mini-tes now, wasn't it acting a little flaky about a month ago?

Gary

[Pando]

2) What's the status of mini-tes now, wasn't it acting a little flaky about a month ago?

I think the MTes is fully functional at this point... the self-healing properties of both rovers are simply astonishing. Let's hope the rototilling gets that stuck steering actuator loose as well, since that seems to be the only thing wrong with Oppy at this point... (other than being stuck of course)

[Jeff7]

2) What's the status of mini-tes now, wasn't it acting a little flaky about a month ago?

I think the MTes is fully functional at this point... the self-healing properties of both rovers are simply astonishing. Let's hope the rototilling gets that stuck steering actuator loose as well, since that seems to be the only thing wrong with Oppy at this point... (other than being stuck of course)

I remember some talk that they weren't sure if it was a hardware or software issue? Anything more on that aspect of it?

You know, that just might fix the actuator. I know I could fix it if I could go out there and give it a sharp whack with the side of a wrench.

Hopefully; really be bad if it seriously botches up a bearing or something.