My Assistant
Site Message
Was the Columbia astronauts memorial plaque imaged by MER-B? |
 Apr 21 2009, 07:30 PM
Post
#1
|
|
 Member  Group: Admin Posts: 978 Joined: 29-September 06 From: Pasadena, CA - USA Member No.: 1200  |
Most of you are aware that on the rear side of the High Gain Antenna mounted on both rovers there is a plaque commemorating the astronauts who died on the STS107 flight. This plaque was imaged by the rover Spirit on Sol 2 (NAVCAM)
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/all...00P1505L0M1.JPG The question is, was it ever imaged by Opportunity as well? If so, can you point me to the Sol#? Thanks! Paolo -------------------- Disclaimer: all opinions, ideas and information included here are my own,and should not be intended to represent opinion or policy of my employer.
|
 |
 
|
 |
|
Apr 22 2009, 03:27 PM
Post
#2
|
|
|
Member Group: Members Posts: 507 Joined: 10-September 08 Member No.: 4338 |
Is it certain that there was a Columbia plaque on Opportunity? The Opportunity landing site was meant to commemorate Challenger versus the Spirit site memorializing Columbia. I did see an announcement by O'Keefe that it was planned to put the Columbia plaque on both rovers, but maybe the announcement was an error and maybe it was only put on Spirit? What eveidence do we have that the Columbia plaque was actually placed on both rovers?
|
|
|
|
|
Apr 22 2009, 03:55 PM
Post
#3
|
|
|
Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14457 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
QUOTE (marsophile @ Apr 22 2009, 04:27 PM)  What eveidence do we have that the Columbia plaque was actually placed on both rovers? An actual rover driver telling us there is one? Building two MER's was an act of adding redundancy - and that redundancy extended to carrying a dedication to the sad loss of Columbia and her crew. The Columbia/Challenger landing sites were names after they got there. Had Spirit not landed successfully, I strongly suspect Opportunity would have been the Columbia Memorial Station. |
|
|
|
RoverDriver Was the Columbia astronauts memorial plaque imaged by MER-B? Apr 21 2009, 07:30 PM
Tesheiner I did a query on the pancam database searching for... Apr 21 2009, 08:27 PM
RoverDriver QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Apr 21 2009, 12:27 PM)... Apr 21 2009, 10:27 PM Tesheiner Oh, just a clarification: the "pancam databas... Apr 22 2009, 05:44 AM djellison I remember when Spirit landed and we saw a picture... Apr 22 2009, 08:10 AM PaulM I have often wondered why the HGA was not turned t... Apr 22 2009, 11:37 AM djellison The HGA only points to the earth sometimes -it... Apr 22 2009, 11:55 AM mhoward Kind of explains why it might not be photographed,... Apr 22 2009, 04:08 PM |
|
Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 17th December 2024 - 06:51 AM |
|
RULES AND GUIDELINES Please read the Forum Rules and Guidelines before posting. IMAGE COPYRIGHT |
OPINIONS AND MODERATION Opinions expressed on UnmannedSpaceflight.com are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of UnmannedSpaceflight.com or The Planetary Society. The all-volunteer UnmannedSpaceflight.com moderation team is wholly independent of The Planetary Society. The Planetary Society has no influence over decisions made by the UnmannedSpaceflight.com moderators. |
SUPPORT THE FORUM Unmannedspaceflight.com is funded by the Planetary Society. Please consider supporting our work and many other projects by donating to the Society or becoming a member. |
|
