Opportunity Route Map |
Opportunity Route Map |
Jan 30 2009, 01:37 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 |
Yes, looks like Oppy's off the bottom of that crop now. (85m S on 1784)
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Jan 30 2009, 01:37 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 530 Joined: 21-March 06 From: Canada Member No.: 721 |
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Jan 30 2009, 08:55 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Oooops! Now corrected!
(It was posted at the end of a very busy morning) |
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Jan 30 2009, 10:37 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 237 Joined: 22-December 07 From: Alice Springs, N.T. Australia Member No.: 3989 |
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Feb 2 2009, 11:30 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
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Feb 2 2009, 06:33 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 656 Joined: 20-April 05 From: League City, Texas Member No.: 285 |
I've clearly been out of the loop for the past few months. I just realized that Endeavour=Ithaca=Big Crater, and that's where Oppy is heading. Wow. Exactly where I wanted to go. Even Spirit is headed exactly where I wanted to go. I just wish I had more time to follow the trek in detail -- hurricane Ike caused one big disruption, and then I decided to go back to school for a couple of years.
Is there an "official" route map showing the generally intended path between the current position and Endeavour, or is the plan more broadly something like "drive south for a bit, then head a bit south of east until we get there"? All the overview images I've been able to find essentially show a single image of Victoria and Endeavour without any marked routes. |
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Feb 6 2009, 08:06 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
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Feb 8 2009, 06:08 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
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Feb 8 2009, 10:17 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Just playing around...
Launch Google Earth, Select Mars, and open this file: rmp.kml ( 2.47K ) Number of downloads: 1169 |
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Feb 8 2009, 11:00 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
Brilliant! (can you do that from now on?)
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Feb 9 2009, 12:06 AM
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Dublin Correspondent Group: Admin Posts: 1799 Joined: 28-March 05 From: Celbridge, Ireland Member No.: 220 |
I second that, it's an excellent addition to the map resources.
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Feb 9 2009, 01:28 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 934 Joined: 4-September 06 From: Boston Member No.: 1102 |
The smooth area immediately ahead looks to me like a filled crater about 400 m in diameter. Look like that to anyone else?
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Feb 9 2009, 01:31 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 530 Joined: 21-March 06 From: Canada Member No.: 721 |
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Feb 9 2009, 05:11 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 3108 Joined: 21-December 05 From: Canberra, Australia Member No.: 615 |
OMG!
TEsh, if you can keep doing that for the rest of the journey and equally for Spirit, this would be the ultimate Route Map. Flying over Victoria and racing along the surface, then lifting up into the 'air' and seeing the contours of the surface and Endeavour in the distance....WOW it just brings the entire journey to life. Incredible. Finally I've found a good reason to have Google Earth/Mars on my computer. Thanks Astro0 |
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Feb 9 2009, 08:46 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Thanks, all. There'll be no problem to keep updating it IF I sort out the way to do it automatically.
Quite a long time has passed without exercising my programming skills... |
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