Southward from San Antonio to the Next Waypoint |
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Southward from San Antonio to the Next Waypoint |
 May 27 2010, 09:10 AM
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 Senior Member  Group: Admin Posts: 2419 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615  |
If this really the turn final east, could we call the waypoint 'Albuquerque'
 As in "I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at..." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8TUwHTfOOU |
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May 27 2010, 10:20 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2253 Joined: 30-October 04 Member No.: 105 |
Or "Niagara Falls"...
As in "Niagara Falls! Slowly I turned ... step by step ... inch by inch ..." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slowly_I_Turned http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr6VBg1SiYI --Bill -------------------- |
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May 27 2010, 05:00 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 72 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 272 |
QUOTE (Tesheiner @ May 26 2010, 10:44 AM)  Around 55m ESE. We'll better wait for a few additional moves to confirm this trend but I think (or wish) they'll move east whenever possible from now on. Seems to me that continuing on the same track is almost certain at this point. Directly to the south of the current track there is an area of sand where there is no exposed bedrock at all. It looks like there could be an old crater under there, and if the sand is a little deeper as a result, then there really is little option but to continue ESE for another 100m or more. |
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May 27 2010, 05:48 PM
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 The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5546 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Fascinating new leg of the journey coming up. I hope Exploratorium gets back up to speed soon; it's really been struggling the past few days.
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May 28 2010, 09:13 AM
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From the Exploratorium:
QUOTE Folks,
The computer that we use for hosting the raw Mars Rover data had a serious meltdown recently. We will be rebuilding it and will hopefully have your beloved raw data flowing in a few days. Sorry for the inconvenience. Who knew that hard drives don't last forever (or that the Rovers would be such troopers!) - Ron 2010-05-27 -------------------- -- Hungry4info (Sirius_Alpha)
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May 28 2010, 11:44 AM
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Somebody’s going to have a long Memorial Day weekend.
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May 28 2010, 03:33 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4164 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Ok, since the images server is down we will have to live with the mobility data provided by the tracking web.
Last drive, which was yesterday during sol 2254, covered some 25m heading southeast. |
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May 28 2010, 09:05 PM
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Sol 2251 color view :
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May 28 2010, 09:32 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 71 Joined: 19-January 10 From: Grimsby, N.E. Lincs, UK Member No.: 5179 |
Thanks for that colour view Ant103.
When you look at the picture in detail the differing terrain between the left and right hand side of the image is really noticeable. I know a great deal of posts in this forum have discussed the future route but just to be clear, I would assume we will be taking the left hand route as it looks considerably smoother? Neil |
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May 28 2010, 09:46 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4514 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
We should be going to the left in that view, but most of the difference in texture in the image is caused by lighting angles. On the right you see lots of shadows, on the left the shadows are hidden behind the drifts. There isn't really much difference in texture between the two sides of the image.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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May 29 2010, 12:55 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 90 Joined: 23-February 09 From: Edmonton, Alberta Member No.: 4611 |
couple of tweets from Scott today
Energy levels not spectacular; drive truncated to 30min or so; will go 15-25m. Shooting for a spot where we'll recharge well over weekend. On the plus side, we had a cleaning event this week, so energy levels are maybe 10% (or more) higher than they would be otherwise. |
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May 29 2010, 01:54 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 237 Joined: 18-December 07 From: New York Member No.: 3982 |
Exploratorium is back up.
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May 29 2010, 05:49 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5546 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
 I still can't get on...
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May 29 2010, 06:39 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5546 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Hmmm. I can get to the front page, but clicking on the individual camera links brings everything to a stop.
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May 29 2010, 08:05 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 877 Joined: 7-March 05 From: Switzerland Member No.: 186 |
Stuart try (http instead of https) http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportunity/pancam/?C=N;O=D
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