4th leg in the trek to Endeavour, After science stop @ Kasos |
4th leg in the trek to Endeavour, After science stop @ Kasos |
 May 20 2009, 08:25 AM
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I think it's time for a new thread.
Opportunity is leaving the area where Kasos and other targets were "sniffed" and imaged, making a 20m drive westwards during sol 1891. Besides, we are reaching the 16km milestone. Here's a Q&D "post-drive" navcam mosaic.
Edited: we are in "restricted sols", right? |
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Jun 7 2009, 04:48 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4176 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
> the next resting period ...
Is it at that outcrop 200m to the south? |
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Jun 7 2009, 05:17 PM
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QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Jun 7 2009, 08:48 AM)  > the next resting period ... Is it at that outcrop 200m to the south? No, I think we will stop at the end of the next drive. Wherever that might be. 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.
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Jun 8 2009, 02:01 AM
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QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Jun 7 2009, 01:17 PM) No, I think we will stop at the end of the next drive. Wherever that might be. What is the reasoning behind this? Is it due to excessive concern over the RF wheel currents, or because the future path alternatives diverge at this point? The reason I ask is that I would have thought it a priority to reach bedrock before stopping for any length of time (to maximize the science return during the rest). Mike |
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Jun 8 2009, 02:28 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 761 Joined: 29-September 06 From: Pasadena, CA - USA Member No.: 1200 |
QUOTE (Poolio @ Jun 7 2009, 06:01 PM) What is the reasoning behind this? Is it due to excessive concern over the RF wheel currents, or because the future path alternatives diverge at this point? The reason I ask is that I would have thought it a priority to reach bedrock before stopping for any length of time (to maximize the science return during the rest). Mike The only thing that helped reducing the RF current now seems to be resting for a week or two. The higher wheel currents indicate that the motor is subject to more mechanical resistance. I have not been following MER-B closely but was told that the nearest bedrock is about 200m away. At the current rate that would be about one week of driving. 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.
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Jun 9 2009, 02:36 PM
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QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Jun 7 2009, 08:28 PM) The higher wheel currents indicate that the motor is subject to more mechanical resistance. I am suppossing that by driving on bedrock, the wheels traction will require less mechanical resistance than over the sand. Is there any difference of wheel currents between bedrock and sand? |
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Tesheiner 4th leg in the trek to Endeavour May 20 2009, 08:25 AM
djellison QUOTE (Tesheiner @ May 20 2009, 09:25 AM)... May 20 2009, 09:40 AM Tesheiner > ONWARDS!
Rui / Ustrax, did you hacked Do... May 20 2009, 10:22 AM
SFJCody It will be interesting to see what route they take... May 20 2009, 11:21 AM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (SFJCody @ May 20 2009, 03:21 AM) i... May 20 2009, 01:29 PM Tesheiner I was doing the same questions since we continued ... May 20 2009, 12:26 PM Tesheiner QUOTE (Tesheiner @ May 20 2009, 10:25 AM)... May 20 2009, 03:51 PM SFJCody QUOTE (Tesheiner @ May 20 2009, 04:51 PM)... May 20 2009, 08:21 PM RoverDriver QUOTE (Tesheiner @ May 20 2009, 08:51 AM)... May 20 2009, 11:09 PM Tesheiner QUOTE (RoverDriver @ May 21 2009, 01:09 A... May 21 2009, 05:57 AM RoverDriver QUOTE (Tesheiner @ May 20 2009, 10:57 PM)... May 21 2009, 07:28 AM BrianL Paolo, some of these guys know so much you'll ... May 21 2009, 03:53 AM RoverDriver QUOTE (BrianL @ May 20 2009, 07:53 PM) ..... May 21 2009, 05:17 AM Tesheiner > Sorry for the length of the post ...
What... May 21 2009, 08:15 AM Tesheiner Finished reading it, and really enjoyed. Many than... May 21 2009, 01:41 PM RoverDriver QUOTE (Tesheiner @ May 21 2009, 06:41 AM)... May 21 2009, 02:07 PM HughFromAlice QUOTE (RoverDriver @ May 21 2009, 11:37 P... May 21 2009, 09:22 PM climber QUOTE (HughFromAlice @ May 21 2009, 11:22... May 24 2009, 08:19 PM Astro0 Tesheiner: That places the 16km milestone right at... May 22 2009, 04:35 AM nprev ...I knew those labels had to be huge on the groun... May 22 2009, 05:00 AM Tesheiner Good laugh
Could someone enhance/zoom the horizon... May 22 2009, 05:39 AM Nirgal good to see her moving towards the goal again
... May 22 2009, 10:35 AM Ant103 Ha ha ha Astro0 Very nice.
I've made a tru... May 22 2009, 01:59 PM ugordan QUOTE (Ant103 @ May 22 2009, 03:59 PM) I... May 22 2009, 02:04 PM BrianL QUOTE (Ant103 @ May 22 2009, 08:59 AM) I... May 22 2009, 05:14 PM jamescanvin Talking of miles, we must be pretty close to the 1... May 22 2009, 02:52 PM BrianL QUOTE (jamescanvin @ May 22 2009, 09:52 A... May 22 2009, 05:19 PM jamescanvin Here is the sol 1892 colour (R21) drive direction ... May 22 2009, 03:32 PM Ant103 And my version May 22 2009, 03:54 PM ilbasso One or two more drives and we'll be over 10 mi... May 22 2009, 10:58 PM BrianL QUOTE (ilbasso @ May 22 2009, 05:58 PM) O... May 25 2009, 05:44 PM Phil Stooke The holes are where the blueberries have dropped o... May 24 2009, 09:37 PM ngunn I got my Phil,
On blueberry hill . . . May 24 2009, 10:48 PM helvick That's possibly the funniest post I've rea... May 24 2009, 11:05 PM nprev ...DEFINITELY a strong contender for the annual Wo... May 25 2009, 01:59 AM alan Oppy's average rate of travel over 1897 sols =... May 25 2009, 06:56 PM CosmicRocker That sounds about right. I apparently didn't ... May 26 2009, 05:13 AM alan I used martian fortnights, so no conversion of sol... May 26 2009, 02:20 PM redmoon Oppy has passed the 10-mile mark tosol.
http://t... May 26 2009, 05:26 PM Oersted Congrats on the ten miles! (Even though I thin... May 27 2009, 12:34 AM serpens But that is only 8.7 nautical miles so she still h... May 27 2009, 06:38 AM briv1016 QUOTE (serpens @ May 27 2009, 02:38 AM) B... May 27 2009, 08:10 AM djellison It's one minute, not one degree - and on Mars,... May 27 2009, 08:23 AM briv1016 I stand corrected. May 27 2009, 06:24 PM imipak Clearly, where α is awesome,
Op ... May 27 2009, 08:02 PM climber Wondering if those regular 70m drives have somethi... Jun 2 2009, 09:12 PM fredk I think the answer is yes. From the latest PS upd... Jun 2 2009, 09:46 PM SpaceListener However, it is possible to advance two hops of 50 ... Jun 2 2009, 10:21 PM RoverDriver QUOTE (SpaceListener @ Jun 2 2009, 02:21 ... Jun 2 2009, 11:37 PM Nirgal QUOTE drive shorter distances and drive more days
... Jun 3 2009, 07:47 AM Tesheiner Probably yes, but in that case the evening communi... Jun 2 2009, 11:02 PM Tesheiner QUOTE (nprev @ Jun 4 2009, 01:54 PM) That... Jun 6 2009, 12:55 PM RoverDriver RF wheel currents were beginning to trend upwards ... Jun 6 2009, 02:05 PM SFJCody QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Jun 6 2009, 03:05 PM... Jun 7 2009, 10:16 AM RoverDriver QUOTE (SFJCody @ Jun 7 2009, 02:16 AM) It... Jun 7 2009, 01:54 PM BrianL To my eye, angling south-west now, then proceeding... Jun 7 2009, 03:23 PM RoverDriver QUOTE (BrianL @ Jun 7 2009, 07:23 AM) To ... Jun 7 2009, 03:32 PM climber QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Jun 7 2009, 05:32 PM... Jun 7 2009, 04:42 PM Nirgal QUOTE (SFJCody @ Jun 7 2009, 12:16 PM) us... Jun 7 2009, 07:32 PM RoverDriver QUOTE (SpaceListener @ Jun 9 2009, 06:36 ... Jun 9 2009, 03:11 PM Nirgal QUOTE (RoverDriver @ Jun 9 2009, 05:11 PM... Jun 9 2009, 08:56 PM jamescanvin Just catching up a bit. Drive direction mosaics fo... Jun 8 2009, 10:05 PM Floyd I thought I was looking at Spirit tracks. What th... Jun 9 2009, 11:44 PM RoverDriver QUOTE (Floyd @ Jun 9 2009, 04:44 PM) I th... Jun 9 2009, 11:53 PM Astro0 That's very interesting and very pretty
Jun 10 2009, 04:56 AM nprev Hmm. I see some apparent slip marks in the white p... Jun 10 2009, 05:35 AM Shaka The little sliver of white to the upper left of th... Jun 10 2009, 06:41 AM briv1016 QUOTE (Shaka @ Jun 10 2009, 02:41 AM) The... Jun 10 2009, 07:11 AM Floyd QUOTE (Shaka @ Jun 10 2009, 01:41 AM) The... Jun 10 2009, 10:08 AM centsworth_II QUOTE (Floyd @ Jun 10 2009, 05:08 AM) I w... Jun 10 2009, 02:23 PM fredk I don't see any sign of slippage in these imag... Jun 10 2009, 02:17 PM Shaka I'm wishing for the same thing, Cents, but aft... Jun 10 2009, 11:22 PM marsophile Since we seem to be stopped in "DuneLand... Jun 11 2009, 12:13 AM Floyd You don't use the IDD for poking. But hey, wh... Jun 11 2009, 12:30 AM imipak QUOTE (Floyd @ Jun 10 2009, 11:08 AM) I w... Jun 11 2009, 08:29 AM Tesheiner It seems that this site was considered not relevan... Jun 11 2009, 11:19 AM BrianL So, as I understand it, this is where we sit and w... Jun 11 2009, 12:08 PM fredk I think we've seen similar "white powder... Jun 11 2009, 03:04 PM eoincampbell Surely trench digging will not be considered given... Jun 11 2009, 03:23 PM djellison Could always use the FL. I'd expect us to do ... Jun 11 2009, 03:47 PM Tesheiner QUOTE (djellison @ Jun 11 2009, 05:47 PM)... Jun 11 2009, 06:23 PM eoincampbell I wonder about the extent of the "wear" ... Jun 11 2009, 04:50 PM djellison The other wheels are all reporting normal currents... Jun 11 2009, 05:46 PM ngunn . . as stated in post 60, no? Jun 11 2009, 06:57 PM SpaceListener QUOTE As of Sol 1912 (June 10, 2009), Opportunity... Jun 18 2009, 04:33 AM CosmicRocker Yes, thanks to recent wind cleanings, Spirit is ab... Jun 18 2009, 05:44 AM serpens Just out of interest,did they ever venture an opin... Jun 18 2009, 06:25 AM CosmicRocker It was apparently nothing of interest, since it wa... Jun 19 2009, 05:00 AM ustrax According to Tesheiner's latest map I would da... Jun 19 2009, 09:30 AM Tesheiner That's because Opportunity took a short cut
... Jun 19 2009, 10:32 AM ustrax QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Jun 19 2009, 11:32 AM)... Jun 19 2009, 11:30 AM BrianL They sure didn't give any hint on this latest ... Jun 19 2009, 12:47 PM AndyG I prefer a good wheel-turner.
Andy Jun 19 2009, 01:44 PM fredk This was quite a short rest stop - only 8 sols. M... Jun 19 2009, 02:44 PM Tesheiner I'm not sure if we're "back on busine... Jun 19 2009, 03:18 PM |
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