Post-Conjunction at Home Plate North, Getting ready to leave |
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Post-Conjunction at Home Plate North, Getting ready to leave |
 Jan 20 2009, 04:02 PM
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QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Jan 19 2009, 11:03 PM)  I'm in the dark just as you are. The radio-frequency light has arrived: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/fo...AFP1206L0M1.JPG  
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Jan 20 2009, 04:39 PM
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Spirit, where you are going?
 Whether Spirit wants to climb again on the Home Plate ? Here it is probably possible. -------------------- Free software for planetary science (including Cassini Image Viewer).
http://members.tripod.com/petermasek/marinerall.html |
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Jan 20 2009, 05:34 PM
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Here's a navcam mosaic.
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Jan 20 2009, 05:51 PM
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Here's a view with the rover model in Spirit's previous position. The placement may not be 100% perfect, but it may give a sense of scale.
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Jan 20 2009, 06:10 PM
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QUOTE (mhoward @ Jan 20 2009, 12:51 PM) Here's a view with the rover model in Spirit's previous position. It's easy to see in that image that Spirit was parked in the worst spot to try to mount Home Plate. |
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Jan 21 2009, 10:44 AM
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Quite a drop off Homeplate...
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Jan 21 2009, 12:13 PM
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...you ain't kidding! That has "high-centered" written all over it.
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Jan 21 2009, 10:48 PM
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She's looking at the ground with the MI now. And the previous Pancam of the churned up wheel track was labelled "Thunderbolt". A new discovery by the Persistent Trenching Tool, perhaps? Just speculating.
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Jan 22 2009, 03:07 PM
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From Emily's blog:
QUOTE I've been told by someone on the science team that they only have until October to do science around Home Plate before they'll have to park again on a good north-facing slope from which to wait out the next winter. That doesn't surprize me with power levels as low as they are now. I would think that should give enough time to drive to Goddard/von Braun, if the drive goes relatively smoothly. Of course a nice strong gust of wind would always be welcome... |
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Jan 22 2009, 07:25 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5546 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
That's another nice trench you've dug for us, Spirit...
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Jan 23 2009, 09:03 PM
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ANOTHER drive - time for a new thread
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