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Getting into Victoria crater, Finding the right place & knowing Oppy's abilities |
 Sep 27 2006, 08:01 PM
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We'll not know all the possible places to rove down into Victoria before having a complete view from different angles. Anyway, we can already see that the far rim slopes look very sandy and can only hope the near rim behave better. It's not only a matter of % of the slopes but also about drivability i.e. hard surface instead of sand. Most of the discussions with the pictures we have today are about going/not going inside. I thought we need a thread for this and also think that we can post here all the studies and teh video that have been done when Oppy was about to enter Endurance.
As a start, and to challenge the idea, I (re)post what I think could be a ramp to enter the crater. It's situated in the bleu F1 Bay in James' map. The reason is that the ramp look rocky as compared to all the other ramps visible on the far rim. There's also a lot of rocks to study instead of going nowhere.
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climber Getting into Victoria crater Sep 27 2006, 08:01 PM
RNeuhaus That ramp would look interesting to be inspected. ... Sep 27 2006, 08:18 PM BrianL I think there are better choices on the near rim i... Sep 27 2006, 08:23 PM kenny Everything I've seen so far looks terribly ste... Sep 27 2006, 08:27 PM
sranderson QUOTE (kenny @ Sep 27 2006, 02:27 PM) The... Sep 27 2006, 10:22 PM Jeff7 How about something like this? Check out the slope... Sep 27 2006, 09:42 PM RNeuhaus This kind of surface is of outcrop along with a li... Sep 27 2006, 09:55 PM djellison I think a partial circumnavigation ( even if it in... Sep 27 2006, 10:32 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 27 2006, 06:32 PM)... Sep 27 2006, 11:41 PM sranderson There will certainly be an abundance of caution, i... Sep 28 2006, 01:22 AM djellison QUOTE (sranderson @ Sep 28 2006, 02:22 AM... Sep 28 2006, 07:41 AM RNeuhaus QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 27 2006, 05:32 PM)... Sep 28 2006, 04:50 AM Bill Harris I'll agree with Doug. Into Victoria at this p... Sep 27 2006, 10:49 PM diane As I sometimes need to remind myself, context is (... Sep 28 2006, 01:44 AM Edward Schmitz The views are spectacular, but that's not what... Sep 28 2006, 01:48 AM David QUOTE (Edward Schmitz @ Sep 28 2006, 01:4... Sep 28 2006, 04:36 AM diane Angled layers pretty much mean one of two things, ... Sep 28 2006, 04:20 AM nprev Diane, hear hear...I think that an extremely conse... Sep 28 2006, 04:56 AM CosmicRocker There is still a lot to consider about this crater... Sep 28 2006, 06:19 AM Tesheiner Remember that a hypotetical entry ramp will be con... Sep 28 2006, 07:04 AM diane To clarify on a couple of things, yes, I do want t... Sep 28 2006, 11:36 AM centsworth_II There is no reason that GOING IN needs to be such ... Sep 28 2006, 02:13 PM diane QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Sep 28 2006, 10:13... Sep 28 2006, 02:39 PM Burmese I think they will navigate less than 1/2 way and p... Sep 28 2006, 02:15 PM Phillip Here is what today's Washington Post article h... Sep 28 2006, 02:21 PM Pando QUOTE (Phillip @ Sep 28 2006, 07:21 AM) H... Sep 28 2006, 04:12 PM Pando The other issue is how far... The other side is at... Sep 28 2006, 04:10 PM djellison Another finger into the pie of decision making
Wo... Sep 28 2006, 04:14 PM JRehling Are the north cliffs even in daylight or do we hav... Sep 28 2006, 04:32 PM RNeuhaus QUOTE (JRehling @ Sep 28 2006, 11:32 AM) ... Sep 28 2006, 06:30 PM Jeff7 QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 28 2006, 12:14 PM)... Sep 28 2006, 09:51 PM atomoid Now we have officialy 'arrived' and can se... Sep 28 2006, 05:37 PM Myran I agree with you Burmese, personally I would consi... Sep 28 2006, 05:56 PM alan Getting in at Duck Bay may look easy but what abou... Sep 28 2006, 07:21 PM  |
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