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Duck Bay will be the entry point according to Squyres, From Planetary Society
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post Apr 1 2007, 06:42 AM
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According to Steve Squyres from The Planetary Society Web Site. Opportunity will enter Duck Bay after taking a toe dip into Valley Without Peril's for some quick imaging. She will first investigate The Dark Streak then head back to The Valley Without Peril for Possible first entry (teaser entry) then onto the main event at Duck Bay. biggrin.gif

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- Bobby   Duck Bay will be the entry point according to Squyres   Apr 1 2007, 06:42 AM
- - dilo   I'm a little disappointed by the decision to e...   Apr 1 2007, 11:04 AM
- - Tesheiner   Well, it makes sense to enter at Duck Bay. The goa...   Apr 1 2007, 01:49 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Apr 1 2007, 09:49 AM) ...   Apr 1 2007, 06:11 PM
|- - BrianL   QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Apr 1 2007, 07:49 AM) ...   Apr 1 2007, 11:00 PM
- - MarsIsImportant   I agree. Duck bay is the easiest entry for Oppy t...   Apr 1 2007, 11:08 PM
- - Shaka   Okay, I guess the Final Decision is imminent. So ...   Apr 2 2007, 02:26 AM
|- - Tesheiner   QUOTE (Shaka @ Apr 2 2007, 04:26 AM) So i...   Apr 2 2007, 01:21 PM
|- - Edward Schmitz   QUOTE (Shaka @ Apr 1 2007, 07:26 PM) ...t...   Apr 2 2007, 05:29 PM
- - CosmicRocker   It seems that the final decision has been made, un...   Apr 2 2007, 05:12 AM
- - dilo   Hey, Shaka.. I think the red entry path is safer, ...   Apr 2 2007, 05:36 AM
- - Bobby   AFLAC AFLAC AFLAC   Apr 2 2007, 06:12 AM
- - Shaka   Hey, amico, you might be right, but have you calcu...   Apr 2 2007, 06:34 AM
- - akuo   Yes! Go Oppy go! Duck Bay looked like the...   Apr 2 2007, 07:30 AM
- - kenny   Like BrianL, I'd be very keen to get a close-u...   Apr 2 2007, 06:24 PM
- - atomoid   whats all this talk about 'dead Lizards' ?...   Apr 2 2007, 09:38 PM
|- - Floyd   QUOTE (atomoid @ Apr 2 2007, 05:38 PM) wh...   Apr 2 2007, 11:24 PM
- - atomoid   Thanks, but i was only able to salvage this image ...   Apr 3 2007, 01:12 AM
- - kenny   That's the correct image. The distinctive bloc...   Apr 3 2007, 07:16 AM
- - BrianL   People in here seem to be talking about getting up...   Apr 3 2007, 12:28 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (BrianL @ Apr 3 2007, 08:28 AM) Are...   Apr 3 2007, 12:57 PM
|- - hendric   QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Apr 3 2007, 07:57 ...   Apr 3 2007, 03:33 PM
- - helvick   QUOTE But there is the "cool factor" of ...   Apr 3 2007, 02:33 PM
|- - antoniseb   QUOTE (helvick @ Apr 3 2007, 08:33 AM) Do...   Apr 3 2007, 03:06 PM
|- - BrianL   QUOTE (antoniseb @ Apr 3 2007, 09:06 AM) ...   Apr 3 2007, 06:36 PM
- - Edward Schmitz   Just my opinion... On earth, the few rocks we...   Apr 3 2007, 04:14 PM
- - helvick   My fear is that these rocks are made of very soft ...   Apr 3 2007, 05:03 PM
|- - atomoid   QUOTE (helvick @ Apr 3 2007, 09:03 AM) My...   Apr 3 2007, 09:47 PM
- - Shaka   If MER can't RAT a vertical surface, the desig...   Apr 3 2007, 07:35 PM
- - djellison   Humphrey was a near face-on ratting, as was, I THI...   Apr 3 2007, 08:19 PM
- - fredk   Then there was that pre-landing ratting animation,...   Apr 3 2007, 08:56 PM
- - fredk   From Shaka in the route map thread:QUOTE OOOHh...   Apr 11 2007, 10:09 PM
- - Tesheiner   After looking to the latest images (navcam, pancam...   Apr 27 2007, 12:14 PM
- - fredk   This drive caught me by surprize - we're used ...   Apr 27 2007, 04:58 PM
|- - atomoid   QUOTE (fredk @ Apr 27 2007, 09:58 AM) ......   Apr 27 2007, 08:47 PM
|- - Tesheiner   QUOTE (fredk @ Apr 27 2007, 06:58 PM) But...   Apr 28 2007, 07:02 AM
- - Stu   They didn't go look at the inside of this..? S...   Apr 27 2007, 11:09 PM
- - Edward Schmitz   I don't think the toe dip is off the table. W...   Apr 28 2007, 08:37 AM
- - mhoward   Here's the Navcam pan from sol 1157 (360x90 de...   Apr 28 2007, 02:03 PM
- - Stu   One of the most striking things about Victoria Cra...   Apr 28 2007, 02:19 PM
|- - mhoward   QUOTE (Stu @ Apr 28 2007, 02:19 PM) This ...   Apr 28 2007, 02:28 PM
- - Floyd   I'm surprised that Opportunity did not go the ...   Apr 28 2007, 03:13 PM
- - fredk   In Byron Jones' podcast, he mentions that they...   Apr 28 2007, 04:36 PM
- - edstrick   My impression is that the "footing" gets...   Apr 29 2007, 08:39 AM
- - Phil Stooke   The driving targets change frequently, so it's...   Apr 29 2007, 12:16 PM
- - djellison   Indeed - to quote Pete Theisinger from the Jan ...   Apr 29 2007, 01:05 PM
- - fredk   Lots of good details in the latest update, includi...   May 1 2007, 11:18 PM
|- - BrianL   QUOTE (fredk @ May 1 2007, 05:18 PM) Also...   May 1 2007, 11:27 PM
||- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (BrianL @ May 1 2007, 07:27 PM) And...   May 2 2007, 12:36 AM
|- - atomoid   QUOTE (fredk @ May 1 2007, 04:18 PM) Also...   May 1 2007, 11:28 PM
- - CosmicRocker   The cleaning is excellent news. I noticed that it...   May 2 2007, 02:41 AM
- - Bobby   I know I started this topic of Duck Bay after we g...   Jun 14 2007, 06:12 AM
- - djellison   I think we'll be having a new one.   Jun 14 2007, 06:51 AM

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