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Getting to 'Big Crater', A little premature speculation |
 Sep 21 2006, 11:57 AM
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Opportunity is not quite at Victoria yet, but on the horizon is a tantalising goal for the future- the big eroded crater to the south-east, the rim of which is already visible. This is the first 'large scale' topography of the mission so far. Wouldn't it be great if Opportunity could get to these hills and uncover their secrets?
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Oct 30 2006, 09:13 PM
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The realy interesting thing about big crater, to me, is that it appears to predate the evaporite layers that opportunity has been investigating. The sediments seem to drap over the crater and the original rim is poking through in some spots. If we could investigate those peaks, we might see unaltered rock that pre-date the evaporite layers.
That would be exciting... ed |
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Oct 31 2006, 12:49 AM
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QUOTE (Edward Schmitz @ Oct 31 2006, 08:13 AM)  The realy interesting thing about big crater, to me, is that it appears to predate the evaporite layers that opportunity has been investigating. Of course, nobody will know what interesting things are over there unless and until Opportunity actually goes.  ====== Stephen |
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SFJCody Getting to 'Big Crater' Sep 21 2006, 11:57 AM
MaxSt Thanks! We can even see SE rim at 35 km distan... Sep 27 2006, 07:50 PM
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If the rover surv... Sep 30 2006, 12:19 PM fredk QUOTE (Sunspot @ Sep 30 2006, 12:19 PM) I... Sep 30 2006, 05:03 PM SFJCody QUOTE (fredk @ Sep 30 2006, 06:03 PM) The... Sep 30 2006, 05:29 PM ustrax QUOTE (SFJCody @ Sep 30 2006, 06:29 PM) T... Sep 30 2006, 07:19 PM SFJCody QUOTE (ustrax @ Sep 30 2006, 08:19 PM) He... Sep 30 2006, 08:12 PM ustrax QUOTE (SFJCody @ Sep 30 2006, 09:12 PM) I... Sep 30 2006, 09:16 PM Floyd The overriding goal of the mission is science retu... Sep 30 2006, 03:23 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (Floyd @ Sep 30 2006, 11:23 AM) I t... Sep 30 2006, 03:38 PM SFJCody QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Sep 30 2006, 04:38... Sep 30 2006, 04:47 PM algorimancer QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Sep 30 2006, 10:38... Sep 30 2006, 09:39 PM djellison QUOTE (algorimancer @ Sep 30 2006, 09:39 ... Oct 1 2006, 11:15 AM algorimancer QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 1 2006, 06:15 AM) ... Oct 2 2006, 05:43 PM BrianL QUOTE (algorimancer @ Oct 2 2006, 12:43 P... Oct 2 2006, 08:31 PM sranderson Hmm.... give us some free comm time, a little trai... Oct 2 2006, 09:02 PM ustrax QUOTE (sranderson @ Oct 2 2006, 10:02 PM)... Oct 3 2006, 09:18 AM mchan Likewise, I like to imagine Opportinunity on her f... Oct 4 2006, 07:46 AM Bill Harris BC ought to be a goal since that is the way our pr... Oct 1 2006, 06:21 AM ngunn QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Oct 1 2006, 07:21 AM... Oct 1 2006, 12:17 PM edstrick If they ever decide to make a dash for the big cra... Oct 1 2006, 09:10 AM Bill Harris Oh, I agree. If the old girl is still able to rov... Oct 1 2006, 12:50 PM Sunspot On the right tip of the landing ellipse, just outs... Oct 1 2006, 01:17 PM dvandorn I cannot conceive of them cutting off funding on e... Oct 3 2006, 04:48 AM edstrick ....sort of like the cartoon of an alien, crawling... Oct 4 2006, 11:23 AM Stephen QUOTE (edstrick @ Oct 4 2006, 11:23 AM) .... Oct 9 2006, 02:12 AM AndyG QUOTE (Stephen @ Oct 9 2006, 03:12 AM) Yo... Oct 9 2006, 11:02 AM lyford QUOTE (Stephen @ Oct 8 2006, 07:12 PM) Yo... Oct 9 2006, 03:02 PM NoVi Pity that Big Crater fell just out of the scope of... Oct 7 2006, 06:06 AM djellison LOL - 'just' - you'd need another two ... Oct 7 2006, 06:47 AM CosmicRocker LOL? Oct 7 2006, 08:33 AM djellison Laugh Out Loud Oct 7 2006, 07:31 PM CosmicRocker Sorry, Doug. I should have explained it better. ... Oct 8 2006, 05:40 AM djellison I was laughing at the thought that 'Big Crater... Oct 8 2006, 06:01 AM NoVi Oops,
The orientation of the .._1780 image was ups... Oct 8 2006, 09:37 AM RNeuhaus As far as I know, MRO will take pictures landing s... Oct 9 2006, 12:30 AM edstrick Almost certainly the same one... though my memory ... Oct 9 2006, 08:28 AM Myran I tend to agree with edstrick that the image might... Oct 10 2006, 02:00 PM imipak QUOTE "A UK-led team is challenging cherished... Oct 11 2006, 02:51 PM MarkL And since Victoria seems to be eroding, Opportunit... Oct 11 2006, 04:27 PM ustrax QUOTE (MarkL @ Oct 11 2006, 05:27 PM) And... Oct 11 2006, 04:46 PM imipak QUOTE (ustrax @ Oct 11 2006, 05:46 PM) T... Oct 11 2006, 06:41 PM ustrax QUOTE (imipak @ Oct 11 2006, 07:41 PM) Do... Oct 12 2006, 03:46 PM ustrax Wouldn't it be great to multiply Victoria... Oct 30 2006, 01:57 PM RNeuhaus MER was born luckly with wheels so she is very luc... Oct 12 2006, 02:02 PM |
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