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Leaving Victoria crater
fredk
post Aug 3 2008, 08:50 PM
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I guess "to the cape" no longer applies, so a new thread is in order. From the new PS update:
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...the rover experienced a spike in the electrical current to the motor for its left front wheel, an event ominously similar to what Spirit experienced just before it lost the use of its right front wheel for good back in March 2006... Not surprisingly, the team decided without much debate that it was time for Opportunity to rove on and out of Victoria. "We want to get out of the crater as quickly as possible," Callas said


The plan is to exit via the entry route.

Also some interesting news on the next destination from the same article:
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After roving out of Victoria Crater, Opportunity will begin a study of the cobbles on the Meridiani plains. Then, it may head for another [as yet unnamed] crater about 2 kilometers (about 1.2 miles) to the north/northwest of Victoria, Callas offered, provided of course that all revolves well with its left front wheel.
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- fredk   Leaving Victoria crater   Aug 3 2008, 08:50 PM
- - Oersted   Oh no, that's really sad news. Having to drive...   Aug 3 2008, 08:55 PM
- - Stu   Wow... she really is leaving... OK, then thanks ...   Aug 3 2008, 08:56 PM
- - Tesheiner   Well, time to leave. It was becoming really diffic...   Aug 3 2008, 09:48 PM
- - dot.dk   QUOTE Then, it may head for another [as yet unname...   Aug 3 2008, 10:17 PM
- - Sunspot   But Erebus isn't unnamed lol   Aug 3 2008, 10:25 PM
- - briv1016   Do they have plans to take a full pan of the wall ...   Aug 3 2008, 10:33 PM
- - nprev   Guess that damn slope & the slippery terrain w...   Aug 3 2008, 10:35 PM
- - mike   Huh. Do you suppose they'll get another chanc...   Aug 3 2008, 11:13 PM
|- - Oersted   QUOTE (mike @ Aug 4 2008, 01:13 AM) Huh. ...   Aug 4 2008, 09:11 AM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (mike @ Aug 3 2008, 06:13 PM) Huh. ...   Aug 4 2008, 09:28 AM
- - Bobby   In the current Planetary Society Mars Rover Update...   Aug 4 2008, 12:10 AM
- - BrianL   So, it's back to Erebus. Oh well, at least sh...   Aug 4 2008, 12:51 AM
- - nprev   Gonna go out on a limb here & suggest that tha...   Aug 4 2008, 01:06 AM
- - mike   I recall them saying they'd go into the crater...   Aug 4 2008, 02:15 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (mike @ Aug 4 2008, 03:15 AM) I rec...   Aug 4 2008, 06:25 AM
- - Shaka   Yes, the maximum-age layers remain unanalyzed. ...   Aug 4 2008, 04:39 AM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (Shaka @ Aug 4 2008, 05:39 AM) I ha...   Aug 4 2008, 02:52 PM
|- - PaulM   QUOTE (fredk @ Aug 4 2008, 03:52 PM) Anyo...   Aug 4 2008, 06:33 PM
- - Aussie   A good call by the team. Condition monitoring rev...   Aug 4 2008, 08:32 AM
- - TheChemist   We should not forget that one of the great benefit...   Aug 4 2008, 09:31 AM
- - mike   I'll have to go to Mars myself..   Aug 4 2008, 02:14 PM
- - Bobby   Does anyone have any overhead views of the area to...   Aug 4 2008, 03:50 PM
|- - Pertinax   QUOTE (Bobby @ Aug 4 2008, 11:50 AM) Does...   Aug 4 2008, 05:20 PM
- - djellison   That's the wierd thing - Erebus (and Terra Nov...   Aug 4 2008, 05:30 PM
- - algorimancer   Erebus. A bit boring, not the target I'd have...   Aug 4 2008, 05:38 PM
|- - mhoward   It's been awhile since I've looked at the ...   Aug 4 2008, 06:10 PM
|- - PaulM   QUOTE (mhoward @ Aug 4 2008, 07:10 PM) It...   Aug 4 2008, 07:08 PM
- - nprev   I'd like to see a focus on the cobbles as well...   Aug 4 2008, 08:17 PM
- - Shaka   Like these, for example: Rock Pile As we rolled by...   Aug 5 2008, 05:21 AM
- - Stu   I hope we'll get a closer look at these rocks,...   Aug 5 2008, 05:51 AM
- - dvandorn   Oh, come now, Stu -- you *know* that geologists ju...   Aug 5 2008, 06:00 AM
- - CosmicRocker   I am so ready to get get back out on the plains in...   Aug 5 2008, 06:40 AM
|- - ustrax   I'm happy...* How could we ever reach Ithaca ...   Aug 5 2008, 07:30 PM
- - Stu   THERE you are!!! (shouts off to the ...   Aug 5 2008, 07:41 PM
- - Shaka   Thought you'd fallen into some abyss somewhere...   Aug 5 2008, 07:58 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (Shaka @ Aug 5 2008, 08:58 PM) Thou...   Aug 5 2008, 08:00 PM
- - Shaka   Didn't you see the Warning label on MECA? ...   Aug 5 2008, 08:09 PM
|- - ustrax   Hey! At my home I'm free to try what I wan...   Aug 5 2008, 08:49 PM
|- - climber   QUOTE (ustrax @ Aug 5 2008, 10:49 PM) Hey...   Aug 5 2008, 09:56 PM
- - BrianL   New hazcam pics at exploratorium show no significa...   Aug 6 2008, 05:37 PM
- - fredk   There was a bit of a turn to the left. And yet an...   Aug 6 2008, 06:18 PM
- - Tman   Still a difficult situation to get progress there ...   Aug 7 2008, 05:47 PM
- - peter59   Significant progress today. Sol 1612 http://qt...   Aug 8 2008, 06:23 PM
- - fredk   A turn in place followed by a long drive uphill on...   Aug 8 2008, 06:29 PM
- - Tman   Very nice indeed - in two respects! What a s...   Aug 8 2008, 07:05 PM
- - Stu   Time for one last look at the crater floor before ...   Aug 8 2008, 07:30 PM
- - Tman   Stu, definitely submit it to APOD!   Aug 8 2008, 07:52 PM
|- - Zeke4ther   QUOTE (Tman @ Aug 8 2008, 03:52 PM) Stu, ...   Aug 10 2008, 05:53 AM
- - Sunspot   pheww that's a relief, making some progress at...   Aug 9 2008, 12:22 AM
- - Tesheiner   Glad to see her free from the mess. Let's see ...   Aug 9 2008, 03:29 PM
- - fredk   Hope you're back soon, Tesheiner, fully rechar...   Aug 9 2008, 04:04 PM
- - CosmicRocker   QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Aug 9 2008, 09:29 AM) ...   Aug 10 2008, 04:16 AM
|- - Tesheiner   QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Aug 10 2008, 06:16 ...   Aug 11 2008, 02:18 PM
- - CosmicRocker   Thanks for reminding me, Zeke4ther. I meant to ad...   Aug 10 2008, 06:37 AM
- - Stu   Thanks, glad so many people like it, but to be hon...   Aug 10 2008, 07:07 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (Stu @ Aug 10 2008, 08:07 AM) I get...   Aug 10 2008, 09:43 AM
- - CosmicRocker   QUOTE (Stu @ Aug 10 2008, 01:07 AM) ... ...   Aug 10 2008, 07:47 AM
- - Stu   Ok, just me then.   Aug 10 2008, 07:54 AM
- - Stu   I know it's a robot. It has no heart, no soul,...   Aug 10 2008, 09:56 AM
- - BrianL   Stu, I think your comments are spot on. Not for th...   Aug 10 2008, 02:17 PM
- - ilbasso   I think the personification is a projection of our...   Aug 10 2008, 04:00 PM
- - Tman   Agree mostly! It's like the love to your c...   Aug 10 2008, 04:56 PM
- - djellison   See - thats our emotions projected upon a robot - ...   Aug 10 2008, 06:15 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (djellison @ Aug 10 2008, 01:15 PM)...   Aug 10 2008, 07:44 PM
- - Sunspot   http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...EHP12...   Aug 10 2008, 07:51 PM
- - Tman   Hmm, the new tracks from the last drive are odd. H...   Aug 10 2008, 08:15 PM
- - BrianL   I'm also not sad to be heading out. To be hone...   Aug 10 2008, 08:19 PM
- - Tman   I'm not yet too...   Aug 10 2008, 08:33 PM
- - CosmicRocker   QUOTE (Tman @ Aug 10 2008, 10:56 AM) ... ...   Aug 11 2008, 04:43 AM
- - Tman   It's no wizardry - is that a common term in En...   Aug 11 2008, 12:41 PM
|- - Tman   QUOTE (Tman @ Aug 11 2008, 02:41 PM) Then...   Aug 12 2008, 08:06 PM
- - Oersted   I'm sad to see Oppy back off from the rock wal...   Aug 11 2008, 09:58 PM
- - CosmicRocker   QUOTE (Tman @ Aug 11 2008, 07:41 AM) It...   Aug 12 2008, 04:35 AM
|- - Zeke4ther   QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Aug 11 2008, 11:35 ...   Aug 12 2008, 05:08 AM
- - Tman   Yeah she drives http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/o...   Aug 12 2008, 08:56 PM
- - akuo   Quite striking view on the navcam: http://qt.explo...   Aug 12 2008, 09:24 PM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (akuo @ Aug 12 2008, 10:24 PM) It s...   Aug 12 2008, 09:35 PM
- - Tman   There's another angle of this illumination htt...   Aug 12 2008, 09:40 PM
- - akuo   OK, it's clearly an optical effect then. I hav...   Aug 12 2008, 09:44 PM
- - Sunspot   http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...GBP13...   Aug 13 2008, 10:48 PM
- - Stu   Beautiful...   Aug 13 2008, 11:04 PM
- - imipak   <keanu> woah! </keanu> Fabulous an...   Aug 13 2008, 11:10 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (imipak @ Aug 14 2008, 12:10 AM) .....   Aug 14 2008, 01:01 PM
|- - lyford   QUOTE (djellison @ Aug 14 2008, 06:01 AM)...   Aug 15 2008, 03:57 AM
- - akuo   I wonder if that shadow shot was timed and planned...   Aug 13 2008, 11:18 PM
- - jamescanvin   I would say yes. The normal end of drive hazcams ...   Aug 14 2008, 07:27 AM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Aug 14 2008, 08:27 A...   Aug 15 2008, 03:02 AM
|- - jamescanvin   QUOTE (fredk @ Aug 15 2008, 04:02 AM) Sor...   Aug 15 2008, 07:29 AM
|- - Tman   QUOTE (fredk @ Aug 15 2008, 05:02 AM) Sor...   Aug 15 2008, 08:24 AM
- - Tman   Once Opportunity is back on the rim, it would be s...   Aug 14 2008, 12:27 PM
- - nprev   Just by way of comparison, the cost of a full fuel...   Aug 14 2008, 01:38 PM
- - Ant103   Two parts of a panoramic taken on Sol 1613. And ...   Aug 14 2008, 03:41 PM
- - Sunspot   The front wheels appear to be on solid rock once a...   Aug 15 2008, 10:44 PM
- - Doc   A view from sol 1619...   Aug 17 2008, 07:12 AM
- - peter59   Sol 1623 - little progress, but progress! ...   Aug 18 2008, 07:24 AM
- - BrianL   Where are you finding those images? The explorator...   Aug 18 2008, 01:44 PM
- - jamescanvin   As they are 200x200 pixels they must be from the P...   Aug 18 2008, 02:47 PM
- - ddeerrff   Which wheel is it that gave them problems on Opp...   Aug 19 2008, 02:48 AM
- - Tman   It's the left front wheel that got a current s...   Aug 19 2008, 11:20 AM
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