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 Oct 4 2008, 06:29 PM
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An impossible task? And maybe a not very useful one but...here it goes...
I would really like to establish a link between both rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. How to achieve it? Is there a way to find the X marking the spot? Phil? James? Pando?...Anyone? Is there a way of, through your accurate measurements find a a way to Xitania and X Civitas? The martian ground wher both rovers meet? How does this work? Nothing really scientific, maybe a mere curiosity but I would like to know where, grabbing both rovers landing sites and drawing a straight line between these and then, taking their current locations, find where the intesection point is located...that is what I would call the Xitania capital, X Civitas...is it feasible? Come on guys...I know that from you there are no impossibles...  Maybe we can this exercise into previous sols and, most importantly, future ones, until the last one of them...then we would have the whole Xitania territory marked, joining the four quadrants and X Civitas would be there, as a capital of a whole unexplored ground...please me!
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Oct 5 2008, 07:00 PM
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Ido not understand why you want a route map going along the equator. There are two others by each of the pole. So there are 4 possible meeting points.
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Oct 5 2008, 07:34 PM
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QUOTE (climber @ Oct 5 2008, 08:00 PM)  Ido not understand why you want a route map going along the equator. Because that is the shortest. If they were on EXACT opposite sides of the planet ( 0, 0 and 180, 0 ) - then yes, you could infact leave one in any direction and if travelling in a straight line - you would then hit the other. BUT - they're not. |
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ustrax Xitania Oct 4 2008, 06:29 PM
djellison How about just the lat and long values in the midd... Oct 4 2008, 06:34 PM
ustrax Sorry for my eagerness and one beer beyond the acc... Oct 4 2008, 06:43 PM ugordan Well, for starters you can take a look at this: ht... Oct 4 2008, 06:47 PM djellison QUOTE (ustrax @ Oct 4 2008, 07:43 PM) Ima... Oct 4 2008, 06:51 PM ustrax QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 4 2008, 07:51 PM) ... Oct 4 2008, 06:56 PM ugordan QUOTE (ustrax @ Oct 4 2008, 08:56 PM) Euc... Oct 4 2008, 06:59 PM centsworth_II Using an image from Google Mars, I marked two rect... Oct 4 2008, 07:02 PM imipak QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Oct 4 2008, 08:02 ... Oct 4 2008, 07:48 PM fredk Ahh, daydreaming of Mars. Perhaps a "daydrea... Oct 4 2008, 09:56 PM ustrax You guys are crazier than this special cookie of y... Oct 4 2008, 11:35 PM djellison QUOTE (ustrax @ Oct 5 2008, 12:35 AM) int... Oct 5 2008, 02:39 PM centsworth_II I still think that, using Google Mars, it is a fun... Oct 5 2008, 03:17 AM dilo I vote for rectangle 1 because I think the "L... Oct 5 2008, 02:26 PM fredk Actually since they are almost at opposite sides o... Oct 5 2008, 07:07 PM climber OK, got it! But, as you said yourself Doug, ... Oct 5 2008, 07:46 PM djellison Of course, I'm making the mistake in thinking ... Oct 5 2008, 07:51 PM climber You're right, it's far from it:
Oct 5 2008, 07:57 PM centsworth_II Given that:
1. The solar powered MERs must stay c... Oct 5 2008, 08:07 PM ustrax From where did you guys pull out the idea of calcu... Oct 6 2008, 03:19 PM djellison Well - they've both travelled south - so a lin... Oct 6 2008, 05:02 PM djellison Had Spirit, for example, driven North, not south -... Oct 6 2008, 05:50 PM climber Hard to demonstate but I think, for an observer on... Oct 6 2008, 07:08 PM djellison I can't really imagine how - they're so cl... Oct 6 2008, 07:11 PM mchan Well, if you're going to drive all that way, m... Oct 7 2008, 06:14 AM |
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