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yellow brick road to the south, The first leg in our journey
Zeke4ther
post Nov 1 2008, 04:09 AM
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It seems that we have started down the 'yellow brick road'. This fits nicely with the first leg that Rui and other have spoken about in the Drive analysis thread.
Hi ho, southward we go, looking for cobbles and other interesting sights.
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- Zeke4ther   yellow brick road to the south   Nov 1 2008, 04:09 AM
- - Tesheiner   Let's see how our friend handles this terrain....   Nov 1 2008, 07:08 AM
- - BrianL   Would our resident route prognosticator (ping ustr...   Nov 1 2008, 04:28 PM
|- - ustrax   Tesheiner, no idea about the distance to cover? B...   Nov 1 2008, 06:12 PM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (BrianL @ Nov 1 2008, 05:28 PM) I w...   Nov 1 2008, 08:27 PM
- - djellison   It's a route-driven-vs-crow-flies issue.   Nov 1 2008, 08:40 PM
- - climber   Will you say this is ordered trajectory or autonom...   Nov 1 2008, 10:22 PM
- - djellison   I'm fairly sure that's auto.   Nov 1 2008, 10:45 PM
- - Tesheiner   That's the last part of sol 1691 drive, so aut...   Nov 1 2008, 10:48 PM
- - climber   I would have said the same intuitively. I don...   Nov 1 2008, 10:52 PM
|- - ustrax   We've got an SS update... Man...I wish I could...   Nov 2 2008, 12:06 AM
|- - climber   QUOTE (ustrax @ Nov 2 2008, 01:06 AM) We...   Nov 2 2008, 10:02 AM
- - Fran Ontanaya   Li Ching-Yuen secrets for a long life, just in cas...   Nov 2 2008, 01:50 AM
|- - Marz   QUOTE (Fran Ontanaya @ Nov 1 2008, 08:50 ...   Nov 2 2008, 02:38 AM
- - glennwsmith   Wow, to see the photo that Climber posted of Oppy ...   Nov 2 2008, 05:14 AM
|- - Nirgal   QUOTE (glennwsmith @ Nov 2 2008, 06:14 AM...   Nov 2 2008, 05:13 PM
- - Tesheiner   Ooops, the road is blocked by a "purgatoid...   Nov 2 2008, 08:27 AM
|- - climber   QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Nov 2 2008, 09:27 AM) ...   Nov 2 2008, 10:00 AM
|- - climber   QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Nov 2 2008, 09:27 AM) ...   Nov 2 2008, 10:16 AM
|- - Juramike   QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Nov 2 2008, 04:27 AM) ...   Nov 2 2008, 01:33 PM
|- - Zeke4ther   It really depends on the sand. If it is firm, we ...   Nov 2 2008, 01:44 PM
- - jamescanvin   QUOTE (Juramike @ Nov 2 2008, 01:33 PM) A...   Nov 2 2008, 02:32 PM
- - BrianL   Well, this is an alleged purgatoid, that has not y...   Nov 2 2008, 03:19 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (BrianL @ Nov 2 2008, 09:19 AM) Wel...   Nov 2 2008, 03:47 PM
- - Fran Ontanaya   Same area in the Laplace edges map:   Nov 2 2008, 03:52 PM
|- - Juramike   It looks like all the UMSF terrain models did a pr...   Nov 2 2008, 04:38 PM
- - fredk   Can anyone offer a guess as to what this dark, qui...   Nov 2 2008, 06:36 PM
- - Tesheiner   QUOTE (fredk @ Nov 2 2008, 07:36 PM) Can ...   Nov 2 2008, 08:28 PM
|- - Nirgal   QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Nov 2 2008, 09:28 PM) ...   Nov 2 2008, 11:39 PM
||- - Geert   QUOTE (Nirgal @ Nov 3 2008, 06:39 AM) If ...   Nov 3 2008, 09:44 AM
||- - ustrax   I am quite limited in time right now so, in conseq...   Nov 3 2008, 10:24 AM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Nov 2 2008, 09:28 PM) ...   Nov 3 2008, 12:23 AM
- - Vultur   So, will there be no new data received for two wee...   Nov 2 2008, 11:55 PM
- - CosmicRocker   While it is true that cobbles can be found anywher...   Nov 3 2008, 06:59 AM
- - djellison   Ever the optimist - 8/11 to get to that dotted lin...   Nov 3 2008, 12:04 PM
|- - ustrax   Come on Doug...that is not what I expect now...it ...   Nov 3 2008, 02:15 PM
- - climber   Last Rover report confirmed that the closer we are...   Nov 3 2008, 12:12 PM
- - Tesheiner   Sol 1700 is driving day. Expect moving SW again...   Nov 4 2008, 11:49 AM
|- - Nirgal   Looking back at our tracks across the pavement: -...   Nov 4 2008, 11:59 AM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Nov 4 2008, 11:49 AM) ...   Nov 4 2008, 01:11 PM
- - djellison   Solar conjunction doesn't start for a couple o...   Nov 4 2008, 01:13 PM
|- - ustrax   I knew that...I was just testing you... EDITED: ...   Nov 4 2008, 01:59 PM
- - fredk   The latest official Oppy route update has a dashed...   Nov 4 2008, 08:57 PM
|- - tim53   QUOTE (fredk @ Nov 4 2008, 12:57 PM) The ...   Nov 6 2008, 10:48 PM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (tim53 @ Nov 6 2008, 10:48 PM) This...   Nov 7 2008, 07:51 AM
||- - tim53   QUOTE (ustrax @ Nov 6 2008, 11:51 PM) Tha...   Nov 7 2008, 04:19 PM
||- - ustrax   QUOTE (tim53 @ Nov 7 2008, 04:19 PM) Your...   Nov 7 2008, 05:53 PM
|- - fredk   QUOTE (tim53 @ Nov 6 2008, 11:48 PM) This...   Nov 7 2008, 04:23 PM
- - Vultur   1700 sols ... wow! Go Oppy! I'm rooti...   Nov 5 2008, 12:57 AM
- - climber   We're riding backward by now. I'm a bit su...   Nov 5 2008, 04:18 PM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (climber @ Nov 5 2008, 04:18 PM) I...   Nov 5 2008, 04:33 PM
||- - climber   QUOTE (djellison @ Nov 5 2008, 05:33 PM) ...   Nov 5 2008, 08:55 PM
||- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (djellison @ Nov 5 2008, 08:33 AM) ...   Nov 5 2008, 11:58 PM
||- - climber   QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Nov 6 2008, 12:58 AM...   Nov 6 2008, 08:42 PM
||- - RoverDriver   QUOTE (climber @ Nov 6 2008, 12:42 PM) Th...   Nov 7 2008, 08:15 PM
|- - dilo   QUOTE (climber @ Nov 5 2008, 04:18 PM) BT...   Nov 5 2008, 05:50 PM
|- - Pando   QUOTE (climber @ Nov 5 2008, 08:18 AM) BT...   Nov 5 2008, 06:32 PM
|- - Nirgal   QUOTE (Pando @ Nov 5 2008, 07:32 PM) *gas...   Nov 5 2008, 06:43 PM
- - fredk   I'm actually not very surprised by our new sto...   Nov 5 2008, 08:24 PM
|- - ustrax   I'm quite surprised no one recognized yet (som...   Nov 5 2008, 08:46 PM
|- - climber   QUOTE (ustrax @ Nov 5 2008, 09:46 PM) I...   Nov 5 2008, 08:51 PM
- - Bobby   Beacon will soon be a Far Rim Object   Nov 5 2008, 11:52 PM
- - Enceladus75   Well I, for one, welcome our new Duck Overlords......   Nov 6 2008, 05:54 PM
- - Phil Stooke   "Beacon will soon be a Far Rim Object" ...   Nov 6 2008, 06:09 PM
- - Tesheiner   QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Nov 6 2008, 12:58 AM...   Nov 6 2008, 09:10 PM
|- - climber   QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Nov 6 2008, 10:10 PM) ...   Nov 7 2008, 08:11 AM
- - Tesheiner   QUOTE (tim53 @ Nov 6 2008, 11:48 PM) But ...   Nov 7 2008, 11:04 AM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Nov 7 2008, 11:04 AM) ...   Nov 7 2008, 11:38 AM
- - Tesheiner   > About the dunes you make reference to Teshein...   Nov 7 2008, 12:19 PM
|- - ustrax   Thanks Tesheiner but the East turn I made referenc...   Nov 7 2008, 03:33 PM
- - PhilCo126   nice jobs ustrax & Eduardo !   Nov 7 2008, 03:32 PM
- - Tesheiner   Ooops! Here's your map and james' p...   Nov 7 2008, 03:47 PM
- - mhoward   Opportunity's drive on Sol 1702 (seen from the...   Nov 7 2008, 03:56 PM
- - Tesheiner   At last some pictures from the new site! There...   Nov 7 2008, 03:56 PM
- - CosmicRocker   Psychic conjunction??? LOL! On a more s...   Nov 8 2008, 07:41 AM
|- - ustrax   Tom,SS says "I don't think it will be lon...   Nov 8 2008, 09:02 AM
|- - Nirgal   QUOTE (ustrax @ Nov 8 2008, 10:02 AM) Por...   Nov 8 2008, 10:04 AM
- - Stu   Some nice detail visible on the ground in this 3D ...   Nov 8 2008, 09:27 AM
- - djellison   Still with the x / sol * y days.   Nov 8 2008, 10:16 AM
|- - Nirgal   QUOTE (djellison @ Nov 8 2008, 11:16 AM) ...   Nov 8 2008, 04:26 PM
- - Astro0   A different view of the Sol1702 location. Enjoy.   Nov 8 2008, 12:14 PM
|- - Zeke4ther   It is people like you that brings the reality of M...   Nov 8 2008, 02:58 PM
|- - Nirgal   QUOTE (Astro0 @ Nov 8 2008, 01:14 PM) A d...   Nov 8 2008, 04:23 PM
- - Stu   Really like that, Astro0. Beautiful landscape we...   Nov 8 2008, 12:35 PM
- - Juramike   Absolutely beautiful, Astro0!   Nov 8 2008, 12:51 PM
- - mhoward   Some more just came down from Sol 1702 (QuickTime ...   Nov 8 2008, 03:31 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   You know Mike, some MMB addicts (not me of course)...   Nov 8 2008, 03:47 PM
|- - mhoward   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Nov 8 2008, 08:47 AM...   Nov 8 2008, 04:23 PM
- - jekbradbury   QUOTE (mhoward @ Nov 8 2008, 12:23 PM) I...   Nov 8 2008, 04:40 PM
- - Tesheiner   Sol 1704 was another driving day, and Opportunity ...   Nov 9 2008, 08:02 AM
- - CosmicRocker   Tesheiner: Has anyone recently told you how much ...   Nov 9 2008, 08:11 AM
- - djellison   Yellow bricks, for a yellow brick road. Drive di...   Nov 9 2008, 10:35 AM
- - djellison   And Navcam mosaic with the R2/R1 Pancam frames ove...   Nov 9 2008, 10:44 AM
- - Tesheiner   Nice one. Note that these post-drive mosaics are ...   Nov 9 2008, 11:03 AM
- - remcook   Looking at your routemap just before I thought: if...   Nov 9 2008, 11:27 AM
- - Juramike   Is this one of those things we're supposed to ...   Nov 9 2008, 01:06 PM
- - Juramike   Couldn't resist!   Nov 9 2008, 01:32 PM
- - Juramike   Here's a proposed route that could examine the...   Nov 9 2008, 02:50 PM
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