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dvandorn
post Jun 4 2005, 06:21 PM
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This event deserves its own thread.

To quote the illustrious Dr. King -- "Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, we're free at last!

So, how much y'all want to bet we'll stay here for a few sols, looking very carefully at the tracks and waiting for the MER Team to figure out how to proceed from here?

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djellison
post Jun 20 2005, 08:10 PM
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A few days old - but I made this in response to a little troll on another forum wink.gif



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- dvandorn   Free!   Jun 4 2005, 06:21 PM
- - akuo   Surely does deserve a new thread. Otherwise people...   Jun 4 2005, 07:28 PM
|- - helvick   QUOTE (akuo @ Jun 4 2005, 08:28 PM)People in ...   Jun 4 2005, 08:03 PM
- - wb6jbm   WIIGII!!!!!!!!...   Jun 4 2005, 07:56 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Yes, free at last! Great - and now to move on...   Jun 4 2005, 08:04 PM
|- - Tman   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jun 4 2005, 10:04 PM)Pre...   Jun 4 2005, 08:33 PM
- - Reckless   As I've just been out for a pizza and missed ...   Jun 4 2005, 08:15 PM
- - CosmicRocker   Check out Steve's second June 4th update. He ...   Jun 5 2005, 01:29 AM
|- - dilo   QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Jun 5 2005, 01:29 AM)Ch...   Jun 5 2005, 08:29 AM
- - Mode5   That's one heck of a deep trench. (With Opie...   Jun 5 2005, 08:32 AM
- - RobW   Well, this is my first post. Let me start by than...   Jun 5 2005, 06:50 PM
- - Bill Harris   QUOTE "The first rule in a situation like thi...   Jun 5 2005, 09:39 PM
|- - wyogold   QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Jun 5 2005, 09:39 PM)OMG...   Jun 7 2005, 06:56 AM
- - Pando   QUOTE (RobW @ Jun 5 2005, 11:50 AM)As JPL has...   Jun 5 2005, 09:41 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (Pando @ Jun 5 2005, 09:41 PM)They coul...   Jun 5 2005, 10:13 PM
|- - jamescanvin   QUOTE (From Steve Squyres Update)You develop prett...   Jun 6 2005, 01:30 AM
|- - Richard Trigaux   I am really happy to see Oppy free at last!...   Jun 6 2005, 10:02 AM
|- - Richard Trigaux   QUOTE this little incident is not going to deter u...   Jun 6 2005, 10:26 AM
- - Tesheiner   Hi all, I was planning to periodically update thi...   Jun 6 2005, 03:38 PM
|- - odave   Wow, I go away for a weekend and look what I misse...   Jun 6 2005, 05:53 PM
|- - odave   QUOTE (odave @ Jun 6 2005, 01:53 PM)Since nea...   Jun 9 2005, 04:53 PM
- - alan   Last image of the left rear wheel before becoming ...   Jun 6 2005, 06:28 PM
|- - Richard Trigaux   QUOTE (alan @ Jun 6 2005, 06:28 PM)Last image...   Jun 7 2005, 06:07 AM
|- - mhoward   RE: Free!   Jun 7 2005, 01:38 PM
- - mhall   Maybe the other five wheels were supporting the ro...   Jun 6 2005, 07:14 PM
- - dot.dk   "The Great Escape" the movie http://...   Jun 6 2005, 07:21 PM
|- - odave   Fantastic, dot.dk! The movies really give an...   Jun 6 2005, 07:59 PM
|- - Reckless   QUOTE (dot.dk @ Jun 6 2005, 08:21 PM)"Th...   Jun 6 2005, 10:22 PM
- - Sunspot   http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8119808/ NASA plots M...   Jun 6 2005, 11:11 PM
- - dot.dk   QUOTE (Sunspot @ Jun 6 2005, 11:11 PM)http://...   Jun 6 2005, 11:52 PM
- - Trader   I'm no geologist but as I look at this shot of...   Jun 7 2005, 12:28 AM
|- - dilo   QUOTE (Trader @ Jun 7 2005, 12:28 AM)I'm ...   Jun 7 2005, 05:24 AM
||- - Richard Trigaux   Hi Trader and Dilo, I am afraid you may be right....   Jun 7 2005, 06:14 AM
||- - dvandorn   QUOTE (Richard Trigaux @ Jun 7 2005, 01:14 AM...   Jun 7 2005, 07:46 AM
||- - Richard Trigaux   Hello dvandorn, who is right, you or Trader and D...   Jun 7 2005, 12:16 PM
|- - sranderson   QUOTE (Trader @ Jun 6 2005, 06:28 PM)I'm ...   Jun 8 2005, 04:07 PM
- - CosmicRocker   QUOTE (odave @ Jun 6 2005, 11:53 AM)Since nea...   Jun 7 2005, 06:04 AM
- - Trader   Hi dvandorn, Appreciate your comments -- have bee...   Jun 7 2005, 03:15 PM
- - dvandorn   All of this is my best guess -- after all, I'm...   Jun 7 2005, 04:16 PM
|- - Richard Trigaux   Trader, I also noticed that the volume of disturb...   Jun 7 2005, 04:56 PM
||- - dvandorn   QUOTE (Richard Trigaux @ Jun 7 2005, 11:56 AM...   Jun 7 2005, 05:30 PM
|- - dilo   Doug, I sincerly hope you are right! If, afte...   Jun 7 2005, 05:43 PM
- - Trader   Hi Richard, Dilo and dvandorn, First, thanks Rich...   Jun 8 2005, 12:46 AM
- - Bill Harris   The fluffy-dust surface material the snared Oppy i...   Jun 8 2005, 01:59 AM
|- - dvandorn   QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Jun 7 2005, 08:59 PM)......   Jun 8 2005, 03:18 AM
|- - Richard Trigaux   Dvandorn, thanks for the discution about the poss...   Jun 8 2005, 06:25 AM
- - dot.dk   QUOTE (sranderson @ Jun 8 2005, 04:07 PM)Any ...   Jun 8 2005, 04:10 PM
|- - sranderson   QUOTE (dot.dk @ Jun 8 2005, 10:10 AM)Here: ht...   Jun 8 2005, 05:51 PM
- - Stephen   This is probably OT but it didn't seem worthwh...   Jun 9 2005, 02:25 AM
|- - dilo   TOTALLY un-needed quote removed - there is no need...   Jun 9 2005, 04:49 AM
|- - Tesheiner   Hi Stephen, Those pics are shots of the rover tra...   Jun 9 2005, 09:48 AM
- - Analyst   Sorry for being OT (Besides this thread already is...   Jun 9 2005, 04:56 AM
- - Mode5   Very appropriate as we went in the wrong way. Nex...   Jun 10 2005, 09:07 AM
|- - dilo   There was slight further "back" movement...   Jun 11 2005, 05:36 AM
|- - Richard Trigaux   Interesting remark: the new traces are over forme...   Jun 11 2005, 06:45 AM
|- - dilo   QUOTE (Richard Trigaux @ Jun 11 2005, 06:45 A...   Jun 11 2005, 07:33 AM
- - jvandriel   Here is the forward panoramic view of Opportunity ...   Jun 11 2005, 11:52 AM
|- - Jeff7   Just a little musing here. I've attached a pic...   Jun 11 2005, 01:56 PM
|- - dilo   Interesting observations, Jeff. The small crest yo...   Jun 11 2005, 04:20 PM
|- - David   Was that feature there before Opportunity got stuc...   Jun 11 2005, 04:28 PM
|- - dilo   QUOTE (David @ Jun 11 2005, 04:28 PM)Was that...   Jun 11 2005, 10:28 PM
- - jvandriel   And here is the panoramic view looking back after ...   Jun 11 2005, 11:55 AM
- - dot.dk   Some more meters today http://qt.exploratorium.ed...   Jun 11 2005, 09:22 PM
- - Pando   Yes, they will turn around and re-approach the dun...   Jun 11 2005, 09:42 PM
|- - dilo   QUOTE (Pando @ Jun 11 2005, 09:42 PM)Yes, the...   Jun 12 2005, 06:25 AM
|- - SFJCody   QUOTE (dilo @ Jun 12 2005, 06:25 AM)...it see...   Jun 12 2005, 08:56 AM
|- - Tesheiner   QUOTE (SFJCody @ Jun 12 2005, 10:56 AM)The la...   Jun 12 2005, 02:11 PM
- - Jeff7   Something I first noticed today - it seems like th...   Jun 12 2005, 03:10 PM
|- - abalone   I hope a stereo image is of some use in getting a ...   Jun 15 2005, 07:19 AM
|- - abalone   Here is the newer perspective.   Jun 15 2005, 08:08 AM
- - jvandriel   A panoramic view of the wheeltracks from another p...   Jun 15 2005, 09:17 AM
|- - Marcel   Great image ! I don't understand though th...   Jun 15 2005, 10:48 AM
|- - Nirgal   QUOTE (Marcel @ Jun 15 2005, 12:48 PM)Great i...   Jun 15 2005, 11:05 AM
|- - RNeuhaus   QUOTE (Nirgal @ Jun 15 2005, 06:05 AM)just a ...   Jun 15 2005, 04:47 PM
|- - abalone   QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Jun 16 2005, 03:47 AM)I agr...   Jun 17 2005, 07:19 AM
- - Tman   A difference in composition of the ground should p...   Jun 17 2005, 10:17 AM
|- - Myran   QUOTE (Tman @ Jun 17 2005, 11:17 AM)....when ...   Jun 17 2005, 01:12 PM
- - Phil Stooke   The image in the last post shows a track in the ...   Jun 17 2005, 01:16 PM
- - Myran   Yes im fully aware this is all part of the somewha...   Jun 17 2005, 01:48 PM
|- - Marcel   OK all you thinkers, this is a hard question that ...   Jun 17 2005, 02:01 PM
|- - RNeuhaus   QUOTE (Marcel @ Jun 17 2005, 09:01 AM)Could i...   Jun 17 2005, 02:43 PM
||- - RNeuhaus   QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Jun 17 2005, 09:43 AM)The s...   Jun 17 2005, 10:21 PM
||- - dvandorn   I think you're right. They might want to re-t...   Jun 18 2005, 03:27 AM
||- - abalone   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jun 18 2005, 02:27 PM)I thi...   Jun 18 2005, 11:33 AM
|- - crusafontia   QUOTE (Marcel @ Jun 17 2005, 09:01 AM)OK all ...   Jun 17 2005, 08:48 PM
|- - abalone   QUOTE (crusafontia @ Jun 18 2005, 07:48 AM)It...   Jun 17 2005, 09:57 PM
- - jvandriel   Here is another view of the Wheeltracks leading to...   Jun 18 2005, 02:50 PM
|- - dilo   The same panorama for Sol499 (final approach to Pu...   Jun 20 2005, 05:50 AM
- - alan   NO! OPPY NO!   Jun 20 2005, 06:33 AM
- - dvandorn   Don't tell me they're *really* going to ap...   Jun 20 2005, 06:44 AM
|- - abalone   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jun 20 2005, 05:44 PM)Don...   Jun 20 2005, 10:38 AM
- - akuo   Why not? If Oppy only goes as far as the tracks a...   Jun 20 2005, 08:44 AM
|- - Sunspot   QUOTE (akuo @ Jun 20 2005, 09:44 AM)I just ho...   Jun 20 2005, 08:52 AM
- - edstrick   Uh... it's pretty obvious exactly how far they...   Jun 20 2005, 09:16 AM
|- - RNeuhaus   QUOTE (edstrick @ Jun 20 2005, 04:16 AM)I sti...   Jun 20 2005, 02:38 PM
- - djellison   I still think they should do more work here - figu...   Jun 20 2005, 10:10 AM
- - mhoward   Here's the latest movie of the three-point tur...   Jun 20 2005, 01:36 PM
- - alan   Oppy's 500th Sol today!   Jun 20 2005, 08:07 PM
- - djellison   A few days old - but I made this in response to a ...   Jun 20 2005, 08:10 PM
- - Bill Harris   Happy Happy! QUOTE response to a little trol...   Jun 20 2005, 08:17 PM
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