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Opportunity's Future?
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post Jun 19 2004, 07:56 PM
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Do you think it's likely that Opportunity will spend the rest of it's operational life inside Endurance crater? I'm certainly getting that impression from some of the recent news briefings.

If it survives the winter, perhaps they'll go for a nice spring drive biggrin.gif
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djellison
post Jun 20 2004, 10:09 AM
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Oh - I know that one wheel failing isnt a particular problem - but as one gearbox fails, whats to suggest that the others will not follow shortly? Perhaps, of the 12 wheels on mars - that one is the only one which will exhibit trouble ( which they may eleviate by heating it a great deal and redistributing lubricant as suggested ) - or perhaps it's a trend that all wheels will begin to show similar signs at some point after 3km

Either way - it's worked 5x past it's design already biggrin.gif

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- Sunspot   Opportunity's Future?   Jun 19 2004, 07:56 PM
- - djellison   QUOTE (Sunspot @ Jun 19 2004, 07:56 PM)Do you...   Jun 19 2004, 09:19 PM
- - Sunspot   They didnt seem too concerned about the wheel at t...   Jun 19 2004, 10:43 PM
- - Pando   When the rover is moving, some of the time only 3 ...   Jun 20 2004, 01:08 AM
- - djellison   Oh - I know that one wheel failing isnt a particul...   Jun 20 2004, 10:09 AM
- - YesRushGen   QUOTE (djellison @ Jun 20 2004, 10:09 AM)...E...   Jun 20 2004, 03:15 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   (1) Opportunity may have reached the underlying d...   Jun 22 2004, 11:38 PM
- - EckJerome   QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Jun 22 2004, 11:38 PM).....   Jun 23 2004, 10:07 PM

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