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Thinking Happy Thoughts, Opportunity's Best Mission Moments.....so far
Astro0
post Jul 23 2007, 12:46 AM
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Opportunity is far from beaten, and I for one believe (hope) that she has a long way to go yet.

While 'The Storm' thread is a bit doom and gloom for the moment, I thought it might also be good to focus on all the fantastic highlights that have occurred during Opportunity's mission so far.

For me, I think seeing those first images inside Eagle Crater and the obvious layered rocks that appeared to be just metres away. Then that first big view into Endurance Crater. That huge maw with those fantastic rippled dunes. Of course the drive along the Erebus Highway was incredible and Payson Passage. Then the drive towards the Beacon, and the first view into VC from Duck Bay.

OK, so the entire mission has been great, but what are your highlights!?

It's time for some positive thoughts smile.gif

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Del Palmer
post Jul 23 2007, 01:29 AM
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All of the above and I'd like to add observations of the heat shield, along with Heat Shield Rock*, the first meteorite observed up-close on Mars - way cool! smile.gif

* "This is a huge surprise, though maybe it shouldn't have been. I never thought we would get to use our instruments on a rock from someplace other than Mars." - Steve Squyres
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- Astro0   Thinking Happy Thoughts   Jul 23 2007, 12:46 AM
- - Del Palmer   All of the above and I'd like to add observati...   Jul 23 2007, 01:29 AM
- - nprev   Hate to say it, but by far the biggest charge was ...   Jul 23 2007, 03:57 AM
- - CosmicRocker   Hehe, I was also going to comment on the the initi...   Jul 23 2007, 05:14 AM
- - climber   Yes, the first view! And even more, the first ...   Jul 23 2007, 05:25 AM
- - Astro0   Yep, climber reminded me... At the Canberra DSN, w...   Jul 23 2007, 06:59 AM
- - Stu   Good topic! Yep, the landing was a very em...   Jul 23 2007, 07:19 AM
- - Oersted   For me there is some poetic justice in the fact th...   Jul 23 2007, 12:00 PM

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