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A thought on MER longevity
SFJCody
post Apr 27 2006, 10:06 PM
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It's not completely impossible that one or both MERs could be in a semi-functional state by the time MSL lands in 2010.
If this happens, 3rd Jan 2004 might just go down in history as the last date on which humanity didn't have a working asset on the surface of Mars...
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post May 22 2006, 08:17 PM
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Interesting statistics from Jim Bell on a space.com interview published may 19th : http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/06051...ers_update.html
"Since the twin rovers independently landed on Mars in January 2004, Spirit’s cameras have taken about 82,000 pictures. Opportunity has taken about 71,500 pictures - for a total down-linked image data volume of about 19 gigabytes. Of these, 54,400 and 49,500 are the high-resolution Pancam images, respectively, Bell said."
Does somebody know the total download value on top of the 19Gb of images ?


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- SFJCody   A thought on MER longevity   Apr 27 2006, 10:06 PM
- - JRehling   QUOTE (SFJCody @ Apr 27 2006, 03:06 PM) I...   Apr 27 2006, 10:37 PM
- - Joffan   Interesting thought... and worrying comparison wit...   Apr 27 2006, 10:49 PM
|- - tedstryk   QUOTE (Joffan @ Apr 27 2006, 10:49 PM) In...   Apr 27 2006, 11:01 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (tedstryk @ Apr 27 2006, 11:01 PM) ...   Apr 27 2006, 11:12 PM
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|- - Bjorn Jonsson   I'm convined that sooner or later there will a...   Apr 27 2006, 11:15 PM
|- - gpurcell   QUOTE (Bjorn Jonsson @ Apr 27 2006, 11:15...   Apr 28 2006, 05:48 PM
- - djellison   There was a gap post-Viking-orbiter and pre-MGS - ...   Apr 27 2006, 10:52 PM
- - edstrick   Note that while VL-1 was apparently lost due to a ...   Apr 28 2006, 11:04 AM
|- - ljk4-1   QUOTE (edstrick @ Apr 28 2006, 07:04 AM) ...   Apr 28 2006, 01:23 PM
- - Stephen   QUOTE (SFJCody @ Apr 27 2006, 10:06 PM) I...   May 5 2006, 01:36 AM
|- - RNeuhaus   QUOTE (Stephen @ May 4 2006, 08:36 PM) Th...   May 5 2006, 02:34 AM
- - climber   As we're talking about MER longevity, note tha...   May 22 2006, 11:49 AM
- - climber   Interesting statistics from Jim Bell on a space.co...   May 22 2006, 08:17 PM

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