The Start of the Drive East, Up to Cambridge Bay |
The Start of the Drive East, Up to Cambridge Bay |
Jul 24 2010, 10:18 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Interesting rocky debris over there...
Probably a bit hard to get to, tho... And a colour view... http://twitpic.com/28cade/full -------------------- |
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Jul 24 2010, 11:13 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
Interesting rocky debris over there... What rocky debris? I don't see any rocky debris... OH LOOK! up ahead! I think I see a sign that says "Free beer for rover drivers while quantities last - Cape York Cantina." -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Jul 24 2010, 11:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4246 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
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Jul 25 2010, 06:17 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
What rocky debris? I don't see any rocky debris... OH LOOK! up ahead! I think I see a sign that says "Free beer for rover drivers while quantities last - Cape York Cantina." I might be wrong, but I thought I detected a slight reluctance to stop there, Dan... -------------------- |
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Jul 25 2010, 09:11 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 41 Joined: 27-May 09 From: Burgundy Member No.: 4798 |
The name of this now 140m away crater is Pond Inlet
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Jul 25 2010, 09:35 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Thanks Bill and Fred, appreciate the extra info.
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Jul 25 2010, 01:52 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1619 Joined: 12-February 06 From: Bergerac - FR Member No.: 678 |
I'm back from Rotterdam (and an extra time in cities in France) and I can process again.
So, Sol 2301 in color, with the dust-devil -------------------- |
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Jul 25 2010, 08:43 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2082 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
From Wikipedia:
QUOTE Pond Inlet (Inuktitut: Mittimatalik, in English the place where Mitima is buried) is a small, predominantly Inuit community in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada and is located at the top of Baffin Island. As of the 2006 census the population was 1,315, an increase of 7.8% from the 2001 census[3] making it the largest of the four hamlets above the 72nd parallel. Pond Inlet was named in 1818 by explorer John Ross for John Pond, an English astronomer. The naming theme remains consistent! (Polar explorers) |
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Jul 26 2010, 02:43 AM
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Martian Photographer Group: Members Posts: 352 Joined: 3-March 05 Member No.: 183 |
Going back a couple days ... I mentioned thinking the dust devil may be a gust. I don't think so any more, as a result of an accidental 4:1 reduction in the horizontal dimension of the image. Maybe y'all saw this clearly already, but this is what did it for me. The request for movie/watch activity is in.
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Jul 26 2010, 02:46 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1887 Joined: 20-November 04 From: Iowa Member No.: 110 |
Sol 2311 was a drive day. New trick is apparent in the forward hazcam.
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...RQP1205R0M1.JPG |
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Jul 26 2010, 03:01 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4246 Joined: 17-January 05 Member No.: 152 |
It looks like the distance was only around 30 m, based on the images. Perhaps this first trial was meant to be a short drive?
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Jul 26 2010, 08:10 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 |
Yeah, if I'm reading the tracking data right, about 20m blind then 10m reverse-auto. I can only imagine that it was an intentionally short first test. They probably wanted a good view of the terrain they were going to test the technique on, rather than doing it on entirely unknown ground (as envisaged eventually) on the first try.
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Jul 26 2010, 05:38 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 90 Joined: 23-February 09 From: Edmonton, Alberta Member No.: 4611 |
Scott's latest tweet
" marsroverdriver - Good news: drive-speedup experiment worked. Still must closely examine data for nasty surprises, but this is a big step! " |
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Jul 27 2010, 10:50 AM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1372 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
Cool, lets go !
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Jul 27 2010, 07:30 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 507 Joined: 10-September 08 Member No.: 4338 |
The MER rovers can be driven forwards or backwards; I've been wondering whether they can be driven sideways. That is, can all six wheels be turned left by, say, 10 degrees, and the rover driven in a straight line at an angle of 10 degrees to its head/tail orientation? This is mainly idle curiosity, but it was stimulated by the news about the new backwards auto-navigation technique that involves rotating the rover to get an unobstructed backward view.
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