Post Conjunction: Santa Maria to Cape York, The Journey to 'Spirit Point' |
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Post Conjunction: Santa Maria to Cape York, The Journey to 'Spirit Point' |
 Jun 7 2011, 09:41 PM
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Scott Maxwell tweeted: "What's better than driving a Mars rover? Driving a Mars rover with Paolo. Today, maybe ~ 100m with drive-by imaging of a crater for Matt G.".
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Jun 8 2011, 07:16 AM
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... But then tweeted later that the drive was off due to DSN problems
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Jun 8 2011, 07:20 AM
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Tosol will thus be a runout, I presume...with the drive getting an uplink tomorrow.
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Jun 8 2011, 11:46 PM
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Destination "Spirit Point"
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mer/news/mer20110608.html That small crater could be an interesting target. |
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Jun 9 2011, 01:13 AM
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QUOTE (Sunspot @ Jun 8 2011, 07:46 PM)  Destination "Spirit Point" Fantastic! What a great memorial.I'm glad it's not one of the craters passed on the way to Cape York named for Spirit but rather the landing spot on Cape York itself. 
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Jun 9 2011, 06:32 AM
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Great. Great! GREAT!!!
 The mission and the people behind it deserve this recognition. |
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Jun 9 2011, 06:35 AM
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A small adjustment to this thread's subtitle.
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Jun 9 2011, 07:24 AM
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Spirit points the way....
Lovely (naming) gesture and emotive target. Oppy drivers - we're thinking of you... -------------------- 'She drove until the wheels fell off...'
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Jun 9 2011, 02:22 PM
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Excuse me, I think I have something in my eye.....
-------------------- Lyford Rome
"Zis is not nuts, zis is super-nuts!" Mathematician Richard Courant on viewing an Orion test |
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Jun 9 2011, 04:39 PM
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I've been crying too. Really wanted to head around the Northern tip of Cape York.
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Jun 9 2011, 05:30 PM
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Yes, I also would really like to see that channel at the north tip of Cape York.
But I want to see how this Cape York will look like, after all these years now ... -------------------- Need more input ...
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Jun 9 2011, 09:42 PM
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QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Jun 9 2011, 02:15 PM) Nice move -- executing two turns across ejecta rays as part of one long drive. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Jun 9 2011, 09:47 PM
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QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Jun 9 2011, 12:39 PM) I've been crying too. Really wanted to head around the Northern tip of Cape York. Who knows, maybe the driving will be so easy along the East side of Cape York that they will make it up there.  |
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Jun 10 2011, 04:39 AM
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QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Jun 9 2011, 02:47 PM) Who knows, maybe the driving will be so easy along the East side of Cape York that they will make it up there. We'll be counting laps around Endeavor eventually! Dream big!
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Jun 10 2011, 02:00 PM
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Meanwhile, sol 2622 images are down. Someone seems to have dropped a mountain in her path. Holy smokes where did that come from?
Attached thumbnail(s)
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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