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Post Solar Conjunction/Santorini Study Drive, The second leg in our Journey to Endeavor Crater |
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 Dec 21 2008, 08:58 PM
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As we are about to end our study of The Cobble Santorini and getting ready to hit the road again.
I think it's time we start a new topic on the drive to come. What challenges do we face and can we keep to solid pavement as much as possible   and a Merry Christmas to our little buddies on The Planet Mars. |
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Jan 19 2009, 01:32 AM
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Oh well, the last ridge before Endeavour, then! Point is - it will be visible for quite a way. Actually its small size will be the limiting factor. But Victoria itself might show up on the horizon for quite a distance, long after the tiny beacon is smaller than a pixel.
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Jan 19 2009, 07:18 PM
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(I moved this here from the "route-map" thread)
QUOTE (PaulM @ Jan 19 2009, 07:41 PM)  The following quote from Steve Squyres leads me to expect that Opportunity will stay in one location for up to one month after every one or two km of its journey to Endeavor: “It’s something we’ve decided we should do every so often – like every kilometer or two as we work our way south – to see if there are any trends,” said Squyres." This would mean spending about one year (!) of the remaining rover lifetime for routine rock sampling alone... But I still hope that the plan is to invest the bulk of the remaining life time in studies at Endeavour Crater, which is the main and highest priority scientific target, if I understood Steve S. correctly  The intermediate routine sampling stops will likely be significantly shorter in the future (1-2 weeks) with the potential for longer stops only in the case that we discover something entirely new along the way (BTW it is this latter possibility, that makes driving larger distances to new horizons so important IMHO So I for myself rather take the last part of Steves quote: QUOTE Opportunity will rove on, he said, “and we’ll start driving fast again.”
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Jan 19 2009, 07:25 PM
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QUOTE (Nirgal @ Jan 19 2009, 07:18 PM) the remaining rover lifetime How long is that again? |
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Bobby Post Solar Conjunction/Santorini Study Drive Dec 21 2008, 08:58 PM
djellison 01747 p2286.06 27 0 27 0 1 55 pancam_alb... Dec 22 2008, 07:55 PM Shaka Pretty dazzling surface on Santorini (?): New MI
G... Dec 23 2008, 11:33 PM Stu Anaglyph of Santorini MIs...
Dec 23 2008, 11:50 PM Juramike Wow! That just looks heavy and dense. Dec 24 2008, 12:35 AM nprev Shaka commented in the last post on the "Conj... Dec 24 2008, 12:59 AM MarkG The wire-brushed shiny surface of Santorini sure l... Dec 24 2008, 02:55 AM Stu Bit rough and ready but interesting anyway...
... Dec 24 2008, 03:21 PM BrianL And the first post-conjunction drive, although I d... Dec 24 2008, 03:47 PM Tesheiner Not really.
The shortest drive in a long time: ... Dec 24 2008, 04:05 PM peter59 Next excellent Horton's work:
http://www.flick... Dec 24 2008, 06:29 PM Phil Stooke The basalts seen by Spirit early in the mission lo... Dec 24 2008, 06:48 PM hortonheardawho Er, thanks Peter59 for linking to my Santorini MI ... Dec 25 2008, 04:08 PM Shaka I can't decide whether Santorini has actually ... Dec 26 2008, 09:34 PM hortonheardawho QUOTE (Shaka @ Dec 26 2008, 04:34 PM) I c... Dec 26 2008, 10:33 PM Floyd And all the pressing of instruments up against it ... Dec 26 2008, 11:09 PM
centsworth_II QUOTE (Floyd @ Dec 26 2008, 06:09 PM) (Ju... Dec 27 2008, 02:43 AM
brellis QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Dec 26 2008, 06:43... Dec 27 2008, 06:12 AM RoverDriver QUOTE (Floyd @ Dec 26 2008, 03:09 PM) And... Dec 27 2008, 02:58 AM hortonheardawho QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Dec 26 2008, 09:58 P... Dec 27 2008, 03:10 PM CosmicRocker ...assuming a Spock-like persona, I'll describ... Dec 27 2008, 06:08 AM Shaka Hmmm. The bright surface does look mostly clean -... Dec 28 2008, 01:38 AM CosmicRocker Yeah. I'm guessing that since most of the sof... Dec 28 2008, 07:35 AM Stu Adding a bit of colour...
Dec 28 2008, 08:12 AM mhoward Working on some new image processing tricks. Here ... Dec 29 2008, 12:00 AM gregp1962 Is there any word on when we'll get moving? Dec 29 2008, 09:49 PM RoverDriver QUOTE (gregp1962 @ Dec 29 2008, 01:49 PM)... Dec 30 2008, 12:46 AM Nirgal QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Dec 30 2008, 01:46 A... Dec 30 2008, 09:26 PM Tesheiner Nothing from the pancam web. I wouldn't expect... Dec 30 2008, 12:16 AM BrianL I would hate to get anyone's hopes up, but the... Jan 1 2009, 03:38 PM jamescanvin And suspiciously named 'pancam_drive_dir_4x1_L... Jan 1 2009, 03:58 PM RoverDriver QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Jan 1 2009, 07:58 AM... Jan 2 2009, 05:40 AM nprev Santorini confirmed as a meteorite:
http://www.pl... Jan 2 2009, 08:27 AM Gray nprev,
I couldn't get the link to work, but h... Jan 2 2009, 05:15 PM nprev Oh, my apologies; I screwed up that link copy... Jan 2 2009, 06:31 PM Phil Stooke Here's James's recent pan in a polar forma... Jan 2 2009, 07:50 PM Phil Stooke ... and another one more stretched out...
Phil
Jan 2 2009, 07:58 PM CosmicRocker QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jan 2 2009, 01:50 PM... Jan 3 2009, 05:48 AM Phil Stooke Here's another view derived from James's p... Jan 4 2009, 04:16 AM Tesheiner Great job Phil!
Cape St Mary was clearly visib... Jan 4 2009, 08:32 AM Zvezdichko Some new microscopic images from Oppy:
http://qt.... Jan 4 2009, 11:07 AM glennwsmith Darn, Zvezdichko, it's good to see those blueb... Jan 5 2009, 03:28 AM Juramike The blueberries here are a tad puzzling.
From t... Jan 5 2009, 03:54 AM Phil Stooke There might be a few blueberries here, maybe from ... Jan 5 2009, 04:42 AM dvandorn Also, these MIs look suspiciously like the MIs I r... Jan 5 2009, 04:50 AM Shaka The time stamps are from a few sols ago.
I would ... Jan 5 2009, 06:10 AM RoverDriver QUOTE (Shaka @ Jan 4 2009, 10:10 PM) The ... Jan 6 2009, 03:23 PM glennwsmith You know, other Doug, the very same thought occurr... Jan 6 2009, 01:59 AM dvandorn I can't tell from the images I've seen, bu... Jan 6 2009, 06:43 PM Shaka If you can document those "splash patterns... Jan 6 2009, 09:06 PM Zvezdichko http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...PDP29... Jan 10 2009, 03:33 PM jamescanvin I'm not entirely sure what you mean.
If your ... Jan 10 2009, 04:15 PM Zvezdichko Yeah, thank you! That's why I enjoy be... Jan 10 2009, 04:18 PM jamescanvin Glad to be of help.
Talking of the RAT, is anybo... Jan 10 2009, 05:01 PM RoverDriver QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Jan 10 2009, 09:01 A... Jan 10 2009, 09:27 PM Nirgal QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Jan 10 2009, 10:27 P... Jan 11 2009, 10:43 AM Floyd Nice
Floyd Jan 10 2009, 09:32 PM Oersted Stretch her legs! Jan 10 2009, 09:33 PM nprev Paolo, what's the anticipated work-around for ... Jan 10 2009, 11:49 PM RoverDriver QUOTE (nprev @ Jan 10 2009, 03:49 PM) Pao... Jan 11 2009, 03:32 PM Zvezdichko Hey, folks!
This one... this one!
http:/... Jan 11 2009, 02:54 PM nprev Open-loop operation based on operational experienc... Jan 12 2009, 01:06 AM RoverDriver QUOTE (nprev @ Jan 11 2009, 05:06 PM) Ope... Jan 12 2009, 09:04 AM SFJCody QUOTE sol 1768
Actual number of EDRs by sequence ... Jan 13 2009, 09:33 PM RoverDriver QUOTE (SFJCody @ Jan 13 2009, 01:33 PM) N... Jan 13 2009, 11:52 PM CosmicRocker QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Jan 13 2009, 05:52 P... Jan 15 2009, 06:26 AM RoverDriver QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Jan 14 2009, 10:26 ... Jan 15 2009, 05:26 PM Nirgal Thanks a lot for your prompt updates, Paolo ... th... Jan 15 2009, 07:08 PM RoverDriver QUOTE (Nirgal @ Jan 15 2009, 11:08 AM) ..... Jan 15 2009, 07:17 PM Tesheiner QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Jan 15 2009, 06:26 P... Jan 15 2009, 09:26 PM brellis Is the robotic arm still extended? Jan 15 2009, 07:27 PM RoverDriver QUOTE (brellis @ Jan 15 2009, 11:27 AM) I... Jan 15 2009, 08:05 PM Nirgal QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Jan 15 2009, 09:05 P... Jan 15 2009, 09:53 PM CosmicRocker I'll second that laugh, Nirgal. The 'carr... Jan 16 2009, 05:35 AM Tesheiner ... and Opportunity has finally left Santorini... Jan 16 2009, 01:04 PM BrianL Woo-hoo! And it will be time for a map shift s... Jan 16 2009, 01:10 PM Phil Stooke A polar view of Opportunity's current partial ... Jan 17 2009, 03:24 PM Stu It's been a long road...
Jan 18 2009, 09:48 AM HughFromAlice QUOTE (Stu @ Jan 18 2009, 07:18 PM) It... Jan 18 2009, 11:01 AM climber QUOTE (Stu @ Jan 18 2009, 10:48 AM) It... Jan 18 2009, 03:01 PM jamescanvin Drive Direction mosaic after the sol 1770 drive.
... Jan 18 2009, 02:39 PM Stu Yeah, she's still hanging in there... guess sh... Jan 18 2009, 03:12 PM Phil Stooke Given the tilt of Victoria's rim, it will stil... Jan 18 2009, 04:02 PM fredk QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jan 18 2009, 05:02 P... Jan 19 2009, 01:26 AM BrianL Well really, it wouldn't be worthy of the name... Jan 18 2009, 09:33 PM fredk QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jan 19 2009, 02:32 A... Jan 19 2009, 07:37 PM MahFL Why did Oppy spend 2 months going no where ?
I thi... Jan 19 2009, 05:50 PM PaulM QUOTE (MahFL @ Jan 19 2009, 05:50 PM) Why... Jan 19 2009, 06:41 PM djellison Conjunction, Science, RAT issues. Jan 19 2009, 06:24 PM BrianL QUOTE (PaulM @ Jan 19 2009, 12:41 PM) The... Jan 19 2009, 07:16 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (BrianL @ Jan 19 2009, 02:16 PM) A ... Jan 19 2009, 07:41 PM eoincampbell QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Jan 19 2009, 11:41... Jan 19 2009, 08:12 PM SteveM QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Jan 19 2009, 02:41... Jan 20 2009, 12:00 AM Tom Tamlyn Is there something about the Mössbauer process tha... Jan 20 2009, 02:38 AM Del Palmer QUOTE (Tom Tamlyn @ Jan 20 2009, 02:38 AM... Jan 20 2009, 05:46 AM djellison Remember, part of the Endeavour justification was ... Jan 19 2009, 07:46 PM Nirgal QUOTE How long is that again?
Of course It's... Jan 19 2009, 08:14 PM |
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