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How Much Driving Time?
Cugel
post Jul 18 2005, 04:03 PM
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Does anybody know how much time Oppy actually can spend on driving on a single sol?

I remember that when she travelled from Eagle to Endurance crater it was no more than 1.5 hours per sol (or so), due to power limitations. I have no idea what the current power situation and battery status of Oppy allows these days...
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- Cugel   How Much Driving Time?   Jul 18 2005, 04:03 PM
- - djellison   About the same - perhaps a little less. Remember ...   Jul 18 2005, 04:17 PM
- - RNeuhaus   I guess that the driving speed will be much slower...   Jul 18 2005, 05:04 PM
|- - helvick   Peak theoretical insolation would have been around...   Jul 18 2005, 05:36 PM
|- - Nirgal   there was a very interesting analysis of the Rover...   Jul 18 2005, 07:35 PM
- - Cugel   Thanks all! So, if I got this right, with nuc...   Jul 18 2005, 09:22 PM
|- - RNeuhaus   QUOTE (Cugel @ Jul 18 2005, 04:22 PM)Thanks a...   Jul 18 2005, 09:30 PM
|- - Nirgal   QUOTE (Cugel @ Jul 18 2005, 11:22 PM)Well, I ...   Jul 19 2005, 12:01 AM
|- - Marcel   QUOTE (Nirgal @ Jul 19 2005, 12:01 AM)it woul...   Jul 19 2005, 07:16 AM
|- - Jeff7   QUOTE (Marcel @ Jul 19 2005, 02:16 AM)Let our...   Jul 19 2005, 12:25 PM
|- - Marcel   QUOTE (Jeff7 @ Jul 19 2005, 12:25 PM)If the c...   Jul 19 2005, 12:51 PM
|- - abalone   QUOTE (Marcel @ Jul 19 2005, 11:51 PM)maybe a...   Jul 19 2005, 01:17 PM
|- - um3k   QUOTE (Marcel @ Jul 19 2005, 08:51 AM)By the ...   Jul 19 2005, 02:49 PM
- - mike   It would be nice if people at large weren't so...   Jul 18 2005, 10:15 PM
|- - jaredGalen   Todays flight director report mentions that the po...   Jul 18 2005, 11:38 PM
- - djellison   Basically the mass, volume and money spent on a sy...   Jul 19 2005, 07:54 AM
|- - Marcel   QUOTE (djellison @ Jul 19 2005, 07:54 AM)Basi...   Jul 19 2005, 08:22 AM
- - djellison   A combo of RTG's and Solar Arrays doesnt make ...   Jul 19 2005, 08:32 AM
- - edstrick   Every time you wish for a solar panel cleaning sys...   Jul 19 2005, 08:36 AM
|- - Nirgal   QUOTE (edstrick @ Jul 19 2005, 10:36 AM)Every...   Jul 19 2005, 09:08 AM
|- - dvandorn   A "windscreen wiper" (or "windshiel...   Jul 19 2005, 09:55 AM
|- - Marcel   Right, i agree on almost everything said. Except: ...   Jul 19 2005, 10:07 AM
|- - dvandorn   It's not necessarily linear -- the easiest way...   Jul 19 2005, 10:48 AM
- - edstrick   "Simple".... Only if the configuration o...   Jul 19 2005, 09:38 AM
- - edstrick   AMEN-squared with DVandorn's comments. The ro...   Jul 19 2005, 10:54 AM
|- - Marcel   We were talking about trying to find a simple, pos...   Jul 19 2005, 11:31 AM
|- - akuo   QUOTE (Marcel @ Jul 19 2005, 11:31 AM)It...   Jul 19 2005, 11:47 AM
|- - Marcel   QUOTE (akuo @ Jul 19 2005, 11:47 AM)Yes. The ...   Jul 19 2005, 12:08 PM
- - djellison   Are you suggesting shot-blasting the solar arrays ...   Jul 19 2005, 11:51 AM
|- - Marcel   QUOTE (djellison @ Jul 19 2005, 11:51 AM)Are ...   Jul 19 2005, 12:15 PM
- - Analyst   QUOTE If the computer animation of the rover's...   Jul 19 2005, 12:33 PM
- - djellison   And look at the power trend - essentially sustaina...   Jul 19 2005, 01:18 PM
|- - AoftheN   A simple dust removal mechanism maybe isn't su...   Jul 19 2005, 01:30 PM
- - djellison   To enable the IDD to reach the whole of the solar ...   Jul 19 2005, 01:36 PM
|- - Marcel   QUOTE (djellison @ Jul 19 2005, 01:36 PM)To e...   Jul 19 2005, 01:54 PM
|- - Edward Schmitz   QUOTE (Marcel @ Jul 19 2005, 06:54 AM)...It m...   Jul 19 2005, 02:15 PM
- - Analyst   If there is no sun at all (in northern winter), yo...   Jul 19 2005, 02:12 PM
- - Bill Harris   QUOTE it will accumulate dust anyway: just like si...   Jul 19 2005, 02:26 PM
|- - Marcel   QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Jul 19 2005, 02:26 PM)Ar...   Jul 19 2005, 02:35 PM
- - RNeuhaus   Interesting discussions about different options on...   Jul 19 2005, 02:49 PM
|- - rschare   Isn't this all kind of a moot point? I thou...   Jul 19 2005, 05:13 PM
|- - helvick   The "To Clean or Not To Clean" discussio...   Jul 19 2005, 07:03 PM
|- - tedstryk   QUOTE (helvick @ Jul 19 2005, 07:03 PM)Phoeni...   Jul 20 2005, 12:40 PM
|- - Marcel   QUOTE (tedstryk @ Jul 20 2005, 12:40 PM)True....   Jul 20 2005, 12:58 PM
|- - um3k   QUOTE (tedstryk @ Jul 20 2005, 08:40 AM)True....   Jul 20 2005, 03:23 PM
- - glennwsmith   I didn't intend to jump into this discussion a...   Jul 20 2005, 05:35 AM
|- - Marcel   QUOTE (glennwsmith @ Jul 20 2005, 05:35 AM)I ...   Jul 20 2005, 06:06 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (glennwsmith @ Jul 20 2005, 05:35 AM)At...   Jul 20 2005, 07:14 AM
- - edstrick   The dust is finer than talcum powder, way way too ...   Jul 20 2005, 08:05 AM
|- - Marcel   QUOTE (edstrick @ Jul 20 2005, 08:05 AM)The d...   Jul 20 2005, 09:27 AM
|- - Jeff7   QUOTE (Marcel @ Jul 20 2005, 04:27 AM)I don...   Jul 20 2005, 03:39 PM
- - djellison   3360 Whrs - is a lot more than MER Doug   Jul 20 2005, 09:28 AM
- - RNeuhaus   About how much time driving will have MERx? No one...   Jul 20 2005, 05:16 PM
|- - ToSeek   QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Jul 20 2005, 05:16 PM)Oppy ...   Jul 20 2005, 08:14 PM
||- - um3k   QUOTE (ToSeek @ Jul 20 2005, 04:14 PM)Not rea...   Jul 20 2005, 08:26 PM
|||- - Jeff7   QUOTE (um3k @ Jul 20 2005, 03:26 PM)That soun...   Jul 21 2005, 03:34 PM
||- - RNeuhaus   QUOTE (ToSeek @ Jul 20 2005, 03:14 PM)Not rea...   Jul 20 2005, 08:35 PM
||- - tty   QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Jul 20 2005, 10:35 PM)7) wh...   Jul 20 2005, 09:04 PM
|- - Marcel   QUOTE (RNeuhaus @ Jul 20 2005, 05:16 PM)I thi...   Jul 21 2005, 01:43 PM
|- - RNeuhaus   QUOTE (Marcel @ Jul 21 2005, 08:43 AM)What an...   Jul 21 2005, 06:55 PM
- - Burmese   The rovers are funded thru September 2006 (just pa...   Jul 20 2005, 05:49 PM
- - mike   I think the rovers will last forever. Go on, prov...   Jul 20 2005, 07:38 PM
|- - ljk4-1   QUOTE (mike @ Jul 20 2005, 02:38 PM)I think t...   Jul 20 2005, 07:48 PM
- - tty   A note on the dangerous RTG's. They are pretty...   Jul 20 2005, 08:32 PM
- - edstrick   Um3k asked, regarding Phoenix: "They will at ...   Jul 21 2005, 07:46 AM
- - um3k   Thank you for your reply, edstrick. It was very in...   Jul 21 2005, 02:29 PM
- - Gonzz   From the Steven Sqyres update: "Oh yeah, and...   Jul 22 2005, 06:51 AM
|- - Marcel   QUOTE (Gonzz @ Jul 22 2005, 06:51 AM)From the...   Jul 22 2005, 07:10 AM
- - edstrick   " So we are speculating what is the weakest p...   Jul 22 2005, 09:19 AM
- - Burmese   I see Steve's thoughts on the scenery in Merid...   Jul 22 2005, 12:55 PM
- - Bob Shaw   An interesting .PDF paper on the design criteria f...   Aug 17 2005, 08:42 PM

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