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Spirit 1000, Earth time for that 'moment'

ollopa View Member Profile	Oct 21 2006, 03:26 PM Post #1
Member Group: Members Posts: 109 Joined: 25-November 04 From: Dublin, Ireland Member No.: 113	For the mathematically challenged, such as myself, could someone please post the exact time when Spirit enters Sol 1000. My feeble calculations place the moment on the evening of Wednesday next, October 25th., at either 1845 or 2345 GMT, depending on whether you add or subtract the extra 40 minutes a day to get Earth time. A Duff beer for anyone who can coach us dunces on this one!

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MarsEngineer View Member Profile	Oct 26 2006, 03:09 PM Post #31
Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 89 Joined: 25-January 06 Member No.: 661	Very nice! By the by, do not forget that we started MERs SOL clock on Sol 1 and NOT Sol 0. Spirit wiill not have experienced 1000 Sols until the start of Sol 1001. (Don't ask) -Rob Manning

Ant103 View Member Profile	Oct 26 2006, 03:10 PM Post #32
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1621 Joined: 12-February 06 From: Bergerac - FR Member No.: 678	1000 sols!!!!! HAIL SPIRIT!!! (yes, I'm not so romantic than the two guys over me ). -------------------- Marsrovers Images • db-prods.net • Follow me on Twitter

ustrax View Member Profile	Oct 26 2006, 04:08 PM Post #33
Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra \| Portugal Member No.: 228	QUOTE (Nix @ Oct 26 2006, 01:43 PM) Yeah I'll give you a hug for this Ustrax, and Spirit... She's amazing...Isn't she?... Stu...Your work will, someday, be read by martian teenagers at school...You know that, don't you? Climber...That "say Hello to sister Oppy" sent a shiver down my spine... I assure I'll look up and wave a that incredible creature, fruit of human dedication to know more, and wish her an happy anniversary... -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!" Edgar Alan Poe

Stu View Member Profile	Oct 26 2006, 04:30 PM Post #34
The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60	QUOTE (MarsEngineer @ Oct 26 2006, 03:09 PM) By the by, do not forget that we started MERs SOL clock on Sol 1 and NOT Sol 0. Spirit wiill not have experienced 1000 Sols until the start of Sol 1001. (Don't ask) -Rob Manning Oh, picky picky picky!!! Seriously, congratulations on the fantastic achievement Rob, it's wonderful almost beyond words. Glad you liked the poem too. -------------------- Homepage Astropoetry "Cumbrian Sky" blog "Road to Endeavour" blog

fredk View Member Profile	Oct 27 2006, 05:01 AM Post #35
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4271 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152	Sol 1000 update from New Scientist. Details include QUOTE Spirit will make a very short drive in about a week to study new ground with its instruments. About a month from now, it will start a longer drive towards a formation called Home Plate, visible as a light-coloured strip of material in the upper right corner of the image.

paxdan View Member Profile	Oct 27 2006, 08:16 AM Post #36
Member Group: Members Posts: 563 Joined: 29-March 05 Member No.: 221	Only another 280 sols to beat Viking 2 for Surface Ops Duration

alan View Member Profile	Oct 29 2006, 02:39 AM Post #37
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1887 Joined: 20-November 04 From: Iowa Member No.: 110	QUOTE (OWW @ Oct 26 2006, 09:14 AM) The Pancam data tracking site apparently suffers from the S1K bug!!! LOL: It appears to be down now, at least partially, the front page opens but I get no response to requests.

alan View Member Profile	Oct 29 2006, 03:15 AM Post #38
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1887 Joined: 20-November 04 From: Iowa Member No.: 110	images from sol 999 http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/navcam/2006-10-28/

Tesheiner View Member Profile	Nov 2 2006, 02:18 PM Post #39
Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4280 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253	QUOTE (OWW @ Oct 26 2006, 03:14 PM) The Pancam data tracking site apparently suffers from the S1K bug!!! LOL: QUOTE 2. What EDRs do we have on the ground from sol 1001? Actual number of EDRs by sequence number and image type: Sol Seq.Ver ETH ESF EDN EFF ERP Tot Description --- -------- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ----------- 001 f0006.00 3 0 3 0 3 9 fs_commanded(eg_sunfind,autonav) 001 f0007.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 Unexpected sequence!!!! It seems to be solved and we shoudn't expect a new bug 'til sol 100000! Wow! CODE 2. What EDRs do we have on the ground from sol 979? Actual number of EDRs by sequence number and image type: Sol Seq.Ver ETH ESF EDN EFF ERP Tot Description ----- -------- --- --- --- --- --- ---- ----------- 00979 p0066.01 38 40 0 0 0 78 photon_transfer_left_rear_hazcam 00979 p0068.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 photon_transfer_mi 00979 p2102.13 3 0 0 0 0 3 pancam_isc_voc_cal_L267 Edited: 100000 sols are about 27, ooops, 270 years!

climber View Member Profile	Nov 2 2006, 09:28 PM Post #40
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2924 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682	QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Nov 2 2006, 03:18 PM) Edited: 100000 sols are about 27 years! Men will be on Mars by then! That'll help you, Tesheiner, to follow "Opportunity route..." -------------------- My Blog

Guest_Analyst_*	Nov 3 2006, 09:46 AM Post #41
Guests	QUOTE (climber @ Nov 2 2006, 10:28 PM) Edited: 100000 sols are about 27 years! Men will be on Mars by then! I strongly doubt. But 100000 sols are about 270 years. Men will be on Mars by THEN. Analyst

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Wow! Sol 1005 images are very ... far

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Tesheiner View Member Profile	Nov 3 2006, 01:26 PM Post #43
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