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Post Solar Conjunction/Santorini Study Drive, The second leg in our Journey to Endeavor Crater |
 Feb 10 2009, 05:41 PM
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QUOTE (fredk @ Feb 10 2009, 05:22 PM)  "mini-Endurance" (is that what people are calling it?) yes but that can always change...  Since craters are being named after vessels of exploration, I went to the list from where Porcupine came and, after looking at it, I'm in a mood for...Lightning! 
-------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Feb 10 2009, 05:48 PM
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QUOTE (ustrax @ Feb 10 2009, 05:41 PM) yes but that can always change... Since craters are being named after vessels of exploration, I went to the list from where Porcupine came and, after looking at it, I'm in a mood for...Lightning!   How come you get to name everything? I liked calling it 'mini-Endurance' for two reasons:1) Looks a bit like Endurance 2) Smaller than Endurance
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Feb 10 2009, 06:15 PM
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Personally I think we should avoid using ships for our own informal names to reduce the possibility of there being a conflict between the two. i.e. ending up with same name for different objects.
I could easily see a different crater getting the official name Lightning - and that would get confusing. I vote for sticking with Mini-Endurance. 
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Feb 10 2009, 07:52 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Feb 10 2009, 06:15 PM) I vote for sticking with Mini-Endurance. I vote for sulking... -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Feb 10 2009, 09:12 PM
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New images from both vehicles up on Exp, now.
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Feb 10 2009, 09:34 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 8-February 04 From: Arabia Terra Member No.: 12 |
QUOTE (djellison @ Feb 10 2009, 09:12 PM) New images from both vehicles up on Exp, now. This shot is particularly good. The landscape has the kind of aesthetic that would be perfect for advertising cars or chocolate or shampoo. http://nasa.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportu...J0P0713L0M1.JPG |
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Feb 11 2009, 01:46 AM
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QUOTE (SFJCody @ Feb 10 2009, 04:34 PM) This shot is particularly good. The landscape has the kind of aesthetic that would be perfect for advertising cars or chocolate or shampoo. It makes me want to drink a big bottle of water! -------------------- Jonathan Ward
Manning the LCC at http://www.apollolaunchcontrol.com |
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Feb 11 2009, 05:49 AM
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Wow, SFJCody, these are the coolest dunes yet!
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Feb 11 2009, 10:12 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4280 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Just checked the imaging plan for today and it's driving day too so we are no longer in restricted sols.
 There's also a very interesting imaging target planned for tomorrow:  01797::p2409::19::16::16::0::0::1::33::pancam_endeavor_look_R12 |
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Feb 11 2009, 10:28 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14445 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Looks like it's time to start with the Phil-O-Stretch on the Horizon with an observation like that
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Feb 11 2009, 05:21 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10255 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
I'm on it... I'll just take off my anti-astigmatism glasses...
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PDF: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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Feb 11 2009, 05:55 PM
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QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Feb 11 2009, 11:12 AM) so we are no longer in restricted sols. Very good news ! If all goes well, this will be the first fully-devoted-to-driving non-restricted-period since the beginning of the big trek. In other words, Oppy has now finally reached her "full cruise speed" for the great journey BTW.: what is the exact duration of restricted/non-restricted periods again ? |
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Feb 11 2009, 08:18 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4280 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
QUOTE (Nirgal @ Feb 11 2009, 06:55 PM) Very good news ! If all goes well, this will be the first fully-devoted-to-driving non-restricted-period since the beginning of the big trek. In other words, Oppy has now finally reached her "full cruise speed" for the great journey Add another 120+ meters to the odometer; that's the result of today's drive. Southwards once again. QUOTE (Nirgal @ Feb 11 2009, 06:55 PM) BTW.: what is the exact duration of restricted/non-restricted periods again ? I don't know of any equation, but the basic principle to be on non-restricted sols is "you need X working hours (X=6?) on JPL's local time between the downlink time of a given sol and the uplink time of the next one". |
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Feb 12 2009, 10:41 AM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
Slippage on the last drive?
Latest navcams: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...cam/2009-02-11/ -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Feb 12 2009, 11:48 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14445 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
I think that's what happens when you do a turn-in-place with a FR wheel that doesn't turn, but still drives.
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