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Run For The Hills!, The flight to Winter Quarters... |
 Apr 13 2006, 02:33 PM
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The only bit of the arrays that the IDD could reach would be about 5% of the Array I recon - not much more than that - and the only thing it could do is ruin it
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Apr 13 2006, 02:36 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 311 Joined: 31-August 05 From: Florida & Texas, USA Member No.: 482 |
QUOTE (helvick @ Apr 13 2006, 04:46 AM)  I'm betting on Mid February 2007 before she starts to make any significant movement away from this spot. I second Alan's motion to start a pool of bets for when Spirit makes her "Escape from LRHaven"! Would 100m distance from where she now sits count as "escape"? Since August is the solstice, I'm gonna guess December 1, 2006 (Sol 1001?) as the day Spirit breaks the solar-tilt leash. If the Low Ridge deposits are the same composition as Home Plate, is there a need to return to HP at all? If not, then what is Spirit's next likely target -- a very, very slow climb up McCool, or a slow crawl towards the Chaos terrain? |
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Apr 13 2006, 05:04 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1636 Joined: 9-May 05 From: Lima, Peru Member No.: 385 |
QUOTE (MahFL @ Apr 12 2006, 09:24 PM) 8 months at Low Ridge Haven, I hope we don't get bored................. Spirit will have a fun and safe time to climb to the top of LRH. There is somewhat windier. Rodolfo QUOTE (Marz @ Apr 13 2006, 09:36 AM) I second Alan's motion to start a pool of bets for when Spirit makes her "Escape from LRHaven"! Would 100m distance from where she now sits count as "escape"? Since August is the solstice, I'm gonna guess December 1, 2006 (Sol 1001?) as the day Spirit breaks the solar-tilt leash. If the Low Ridge deposits are the same composition as Home Plate, is there a need to return to HP at all? If not, then what is Spirit's next likely target -- a very, very slow climb up McCool, or a slow crawl towards the Chaos terrain? I agree since the Spirit has limited traction that won't permit to climb normally toward McCool Hill. So the next excursion time would be most probably toward the down slope. It means that Spirit will again visit HP and toward the Chaos terrain. The philosophy is to put 20 percent of effort in order to gain 80% of science. Rodolfo |
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Apr 13 2006, 06:48 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2886 Joined: 22-April 05 From: Ridderkerk, Netherlands Member No.: 353 |
How about this one?
A great view. A complete 360 degree panoramic view taken with the L0 navcam on Sol 807. jvandriel
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Apr 13 2006, 07:02 PM
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 Dublin Correspondent Group: Admin Posts: 1799 Joined: 28-March 05 From: Celbridge, Ireland Member No.: 220 |
QUOTE (jvandriel @ Apr 13 2006, 06:48 PM) How about this one? Although it would be a significant change of pace and style it would(will?) be very interesting to watch how the "salt" line that the locked FR wheel left in the sand weathers over the next few months. |
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Apr 13 2006, 07:27 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2886 Joined: 22-April 05 From: Ridderkerk, Netherlands Member No.: 353 |
Spirit looking down on the solar panels.
Taken with the L0 navcam on Sol 807. jvandriel
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Apr 13 2006, 08:32 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2922 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
Beautifull work again! Solar panels doesn't look very dusty. How do they know how dusty the panels are ? Comparing the theoritical output relative to the actual ? Watching accumulation on the sundial ? Anybody knows ?
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Apr 13 2006, 09:11 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1621 Joined: 12-February 06 From: Bergerac - FR Member No.: 678 |
QUOTE How do they know how dusty the panels are ? Comparing the theoritical output relative to the actual ? Watching accumulation on the sundial ? Anybody knows ? Thanks You should see this two images of the Sundial (through L7 filter): Sol 9  Sol 809 :  The dust deposition is very clear, isnt'it? So, I've just made this approximate true color image of the "sheet layer" we'd seen :  (Click on the picture to enlarge) It's very strange the way this sort of feature can exist. Their material may be more strong than the other... -------------------- |
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Apr 13 2006, 09:25 PM
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Here's a different view: (North is up)
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Apr 13 2006, 09:28 PM
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QUOTE (Ant103 @ Apr 13 2006, 10:11 PM) The dust deposition is very clear, isnt'it? It's very strange the way this sort of feature can exist. Their material may be more strong than the other... Er... ...does one surface being flat have something to do with it? And don't the brushed rocks all tend to reveal much darker dust-free interiors? Bob Shaw -------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!
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Apr 13 2006, 09:30 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3431 Joined: 11-August 04 From: USA Member No.: 98 |
Couple more:
 
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Apr 13 2006, 09:53 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4280 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
QUOTE (jvandriel @ Apr 13 2006, 08:48 PM) How about this one? A great view. A complete 360 degree panoramic view taken with the L0 navcam on Sol 807. jvandriel A great view indeed!  I shifted your panorama to get the rover in "one piece" and this is the result; I hope you don't mind.
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Apr 13 2006, 09:55 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 713 Joined: 30-March 05 Member No.: 223 |
QUOTE (jvandriel @ Apr 13 2006, 08:48 PM) How about this one? A great view. A complete 360 degree panoramic view taken with the L0 navcam on Sol 807. jvandriel Awsome panorama, jvandriel ! Amazing, how despite her "injured state", Spirit continuous to surprise with such phantastic landscape shots
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Apr 13 2006, 10:09 PM
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Where did the bootprint come from? Here's hoping whoever made it will take a moment and wipe off the solar panels next time around. (It looks like about a U.S. size 14)
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-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Apr 13 2006, 11:21 PM
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 Member Group: Members Posts: 646 Joined: 23-December 05 From: Forest of Dean Member No.: 617 |
QUOTE (Marz @ Apr 13 2006, 02:36 PM) I second Alan's motion to start a pool of bets for when Spirit makes her "Escape from LRHaven"! Would 100m distance from where she now sits count as "escape"? Thirded - if not fourthed or fifthed! 100m from the present location sounds good,.. assuming that the plan is to remain virtually motionless, within say 5m radius of the current location, all winter. OTOH, if Spirit makes an occasional, carefully planned sprint from one safe spot to another,.. it could be a contentious criteria! Anyway -- as we have a semi-official estimate of "eight months or so" -- I'm going to take the easiest option... January 15th, 2007. If Spirit is still capable of driving on that date, it'll make a nice (approximate) third birthday for the joint rovers. Oppy might be about to start exploring VC around that time, too... so here's to a happy new year!
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