Nobody move....apart from Spirit, Busted by HiRISE |
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Nobody move....apart from Spirit, Busted by HiRISE |
 Jun 6 2007, 10:33 PM
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I thought this was rather cool - the two Gusev images in the new HiRISE website - and the old girl moved for us
 Doug
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Jun 6 2007, 10:45 PM
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Thanks for that, Doug. The images make a good stereo pair, and with Spirit's horizontal movement between the frames, it looks as though Spirit took a huge leap into the air for the camera:
 
Seriously, it would be really nice to have stereo images of Spirit's neighbourhood. |
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Jun 6 2007, 10:52 PM
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Unbecoolievable... !
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Jun 6 2007, 10:57 PM
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Looks to be testing the new a-grav capability
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Jun 6 2007, 11:05 PM
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And *controlled* null-grav maneuvers, at that! If you didn't notice, she not only moved laterally about two or three meters, she rotated clockwise 90 degrees. (At least, it seems so to my old, tired eyes...)
-the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Jun 7 2007, 01:51 AM
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QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jun 6 2007, 07:05 PM)  If you didn't notice, she not only moved laterally about two or three meters, she rotated clockwise 90 degrees. (At least, it seems so to my old, tired eyes...) Actually, it looks like she rolled sideways, crab fashion. The two shots must have been taken when Spirit was in it's post drive orientation, not while it was still aimed in the drive direction. |
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Jun 7 2007, 05:00 AM
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Wow, what resolution!
Well, if HIRISE can't find Beagle, or Mars, or any of the other lost spacecraft littering the Martian landscape, I suppose nobody can. That's as good as aerial reconnaissance. |
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