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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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Burmese
post Jul 22 2005, 12:55 PM
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I see Steve's thoughts on the scenery in Meridiani mirror ours:

"Meanwhile, over at Meridiani, you look at the lastest pictures and they're enough to make you think we're ready to shout "Land Ho!""

Heh!
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post Aug 17 2005, 08:42 PM
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An interesting .PDF paper on the design criteria for an Antarctic nuclear rover:

http://www.ieee.org/portal/cms_docs/xplore.../xplore3305.pdf

In the paper is a comment on the Pathfinder end of mission: 'Sojourner was specifically designed to operate in a solar-only mode following the expected failure of the battery, and performed flawlessly in making that transition in the fifth week on Mars. (The Pathfinder lander was unable to negotiate that transition ending the mission on the 83rd Mars day.)'


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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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