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 Apr 15 2005, 07:09 AM
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Oppy hasn't moved much lately and now they are looking at the front right wheel...
  What are they doing? -------------------- "I want to make as many people as possible feel like they are part of this adventure. We are going to give everybody a sense of what exploring the surface of another world is really like"
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Apr 19 2005, 01:55 PM
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Also from the article:
The big science news for Opportunity is that we are now in the etched terrain. This crept up on us slowly, but we're now starting to understand what etched terrain looks like. We've known for a long time that the etched terrain has a "grain" to it, visible in orbital images, that runs north-south. And what we now realize is that the grain is caused by the very large ripples that we've been driving through. These ripples look different from the ones that we saw farther north. The obvious difference is that they're a lot bigger, but that's not all. Look at some of the recent pictures and you'll see what I'm talking about. We're going to look them over pretty carefully as we continue to the south. do we think he is referring to the bright soil that has been appearing in Oppy's tracks of late? or the micro craters? |
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Apr 19 2005, 02:25 PM
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Don't know about you guys, but if Steve Squyres can manage to post something
once a week I think it's great! That piece alone was a breath of fresh air oppossed to the meagre helpings we get from the Nasa homepage. Brilliant!! Thanks for reminding me about that site 
-------------------- Turn the middle side topwise....TOPWISE!!
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Apr 19 2005, 02:44 PM
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This is an excellent peice of news, the P.I. taking time to post on the web is wonderfull.
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dot.dk What's So Interesting? Apr 15 2005, 07:09 AM
dvandorn QUOTE (dot.dk @ Apr 15 2005, 02:09 AM)Oppy ha... Apr 15 2005, 08:01 AM Sunspot The only other time I remember seeing these hazcam... Apr 15 2005, 08:43 AM
Marcel QUOTE (Sunspot @ Apr 15 2005, 08:43 AM)The on... Apr 15 2005, 09:38 AM
mhoward QUOTE (Sunspot @ Apr 15 2005, 08:43 AM)The on... Apr 15 2005, 10:46 AM mars_armer Opportunity's right front steering actuator st... Apr 15 2005, 03:47 PM mhoward QUOTE (mars_armer @ Apr 15 2005, 03:47 PM)Opp... Apr 15 2005, 03:57 PM Sunspot QUOTE (mars_armer @ Apr 15 2005, 04:47 PM)Opp... Apr 15 2005, 11:36 PM TheChemist I 'm keeping my fingers crossed. We shall over... Apr 15 2005, 04:22 PM paxdan uh oh. I had been lulled into a false sense of sec... Apr 15 2005, 05:18 PM Sunspot Damn.....I thought there might be a problem Let... Apr 15 2005, 06:20 PM mhoward QUOTE (Sunspot @ Apr 15 2005, 06:20 PM)Damn..... Apr 15 2005, 07:09 PM Chmee This could be pretty serious. If that wheel canno... Apr 15 2005, 07:22 PM gregp1962 mars_armer,
Where do you get this information? Apr 15 2005, 11:46 PM Pando QUOTE (gregp1962 @ Apr 15 2005, 04:46 PM)mars... Apr 16 2005, 06:16 AM Sunspot QUOTE (Pando @ Apr 16 2005, 07:16 AM)QUOTE (g... Apr 16 2005, 08:53 AM wyogold QUOTE (Sunspot @ Apr 16 2005, 08:53 AM)QUOTE ... Apr 16 2005, 10:24 AM marsman Even with the wheel completely inoperable, they sh... Apr 16 2005, 12:11 AM Sunspot The sad thing is that in terms of forward progress... Apr 16 2005, 12:00 PM gregp1962 Somebody speak up please. All we have is a bunch o... Apr 16 2005, 11:04 PM Pando QUOTE Somebody speak up please. All we have is a b... Apr 17 2005, 12:11 AM mike I suppose the rovers have to stop functioning (die... Apr 17 2005, 01:23 AM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (mike @ Apr 17 2005, 01:23 AM)If Opport... Apr 17 2005, 04:56 AM deglr6328 ! do we have any detailed diagrams of this are... Apr 17 2005, 05:37 AM gregp1962 QUOTE (Pando @ Apr 17 2005, 12:11 AM)QUOTE So... Apr 17 2005, 08:26 AM TheChemist QUOTE (gregp1962 @ Apr 17 2005, 11:26 AM)QUOT... Apr 17 2005, 09:48 AM dilo QUOTE (TheChemist @ Apr 17 2005, 09:48 AM)I g... Apr 17 2005, 03:32 PM djellison Yes - from time to time, you just have to take thi... Apr 17 2005, 10:06 AM Sunspot Yikes :
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/... Apr 17 2005, 10:30 AM djellison Yeah - it's going to dig little trenches if it... Apr 17 2005, 11:39 AM wyogold Well at least it moves ok. I think your right doug... Apr 17 2005, 01:20 PM Sunspot Didn't Spirit have 2 problems with its wheels?... Apr 17 2005, 01:32 PM Analyst I believe the trench is a byproduct of trying to r... Apr 17 2005, 02:00 PM wyogold How much for a tow?
How far is the next filling ... Apr 17 2005, 02:06 PM dot.dk Ok, I just want to get this right.
It is the whee... Apr 17 2005, 03:00 PM alan I suspect turning in place would be more difficult... Apr 17 2005, 03:57 PM dot.dk QUOTE (alan @ Apr 17 2005, 03:57 PM)I suspect... Apr 17 2005, 03:59 PM gregp1962 QUOTE (dilo @ Apr 17 2005, 03:32 PM)QUOTE (Th... Apr 17 2005, 07:28 PM Pando One thing to keep in mind -- we are not the press ... Apr 17 2005, 08:10 PM Nirgal QUOTE (Pando @ Apr 17 2005, 10:10 PM)One thin... Apr 17 2005, 09:33 PM dot.dk Would a solution to keep the rover driving in a st... Apr 17 2005, 10:38 PM mike It seems to me like that would work, though it see... Apr 17 2005, 11:36 PM Marslauncher Were famous.... On spacedaily here is the Article.... Apr 18 2005, 12:31 AM Simon Does anyone have an update on where things stand n... Apr 18 2005, 01:12 AM odave QUOTE (mike @ Apr 17 2005, 07:36 PM)Or will i... Apr 18 2005, 03:54 PM Sunspot Hopefully we might get some idea of whats going on... Apr 18 2005, 08:56 AM Sunspot QUOTE (Sunspot @ Apr 18 2005, 09:56 AM)Hopefu... Apr 18 2005, 11:03 AM Sunspot Well........no update today, so I gues they're... Apr 18 2005, 06:04 PM Phillip QUOTE (Sunspot @ Apr 18 2005, 01:04 PM)Well..... Apr 18 2005, 06:15 PM helvick And also very assuring note:
Sol 437:
The team pl... Apr 18 2005, 06:31 PM mhoward Wow, that is a big relief. I hope we see some driv... Apr 18 2005, 06:55 PM Jeff7 QUOTE (helvick @ Apr 18 2005, 01:31 PM)And al... Apr 18 2005, 06:59 PM dot.dk Also this sounds like it's not completely dead... Apr 18 2005, 07:13 PM Jeff7 Hopefully it's just some dust somewhere in the... Apr 18 2005, 07:32 PM gregp1962 Where is the rest of the world? We have this big n... Apr 18 2005, 08:32 PM dot.dk QUOTE (gregp1962 @ Apr 18 2005, 08:32 PM)Wher... Apr 18 2005, 08:39 PM CosmicRocker Oh, thank god. I can breath again. Although Oppo... Apr 19 2005, 02:28 AM deglr6328 Well that's certainly a bit of a relief. I wo... Apr 19 2005, 05:46 AM Marcel QUOTE (deglr6328 @ Apr 19 2005, 05:46 AM)Well... Apr 19 2005, 09:36 AM Sunspot Oppy is moving again.........but did take a little... Apr 19 2005, 11:02 AM Marcel QUOTE (Sunspot @ Apr 19 2005, 11:02 AM)Oppy i... Apr 19 2005, 11:40 AM wyogold one word
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SCOTT Apr 19 2005, 01:23 PM odave For those who haven't seen it, Steve Squyres p... Apr 19 2005, 01:28 PM dvandorn QUOTE (odave @ Apr 19 2005, 08:28 AM)For thos... Apr 19 2005, 07:40 PM hendric QUOTE (paxdan @ Apr 19 2005, 01:55 PM)Also fr... Apr 19 2005, 06:20 PM Pando But, the http://athena1.cornell.edu/news/mubss/ si... Apr 19 2005, 10:34 PM dvandorn QUOTE (Pando @ Apr 19 2005, 05:34 PM)But, the... Apr 20 2005, 12:23 AM dvandorn QUOTE (dvandorn @ Apr 19 2005, 07:23 PM)And, ... Apr 20 2005, 12:53 AM Stephen "athena.cornell.edu" and "athena1.c... Apr 20 2005, 02:14 AM dvandorn QUOTE (Stephen @ Apr 19 2005, 09:14 PM)... Apr 20 2005, 02:37 AM CosmicRocker dvandorn:
I'm not having any problem accessin... Apr 20 2005, 02:45 AM Sunspot No pictures today.....I bet they're trying to ... Apr 20 2005, 05:23 PM imran QUOTE (Sunspot @ Apr 20 2005, 05:23 PM)No pic... Apr 20 2005, 06:37 PM CosmicRocker QUOTE (Sunspot @ Apr 20 2005, 11:23 AM)No pic... Apr 21 2005, 01:56 AM Pando I'm wondering if the IDD can be used to look a... Apr 20 2005, 07:00 PM Jeff7 QUOTE (Pando @ Apr 20 2005, 03:00 PM)I'm ... Apr 23 2005, 03:52 PM dot.dk QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Apr 21 2005, 01:56 AM)Q... Apr 21 2005, 02:10 AM CosmicRocker QUOTE (dot.dk @ Apr 20 2005, 08:10 PM).../...... Apr 22 2005, 02:47 AM wyogold Now would that be the right front wheel if it is m... Apr 21 2005, 02:42 AM buddy1475 they really should have labeled those things. Apr 21 2005, 02:53 AM dot.dk Well it is the same wheel they were dragging on Sp... Apr 21 2005, 03:10 AM Mode5 I wonder if the trenching manuevers they did on pu... Apr 21 2005, 07:01 AM Pando QUOTE (Mode5 @ Apr 21 2005, 12:01 AM)I wonder... Apr 21 2005, 03:46 PM Sunspot Damn, looks like exploratorium is dead again at th... Apr 21 2005, 10:24 AM Sunspot ...no update of Opportunity images at JPL's RA... Apr 21 2005, 10:03 PM Bubbinski That would be a bummer if Oppy couldn't drive ... Apr 22 2005, 12:55 AM Sunspot QUOTE (Bubbinski @ Apr 22 2005, 01:55 AM)And ... Apr 22 2005, 08:28 AM Nirgal QUOTE (Sunspot @ Apr 22 2005, 10:28 AM)Unless... Apr 22 2005, 10:10 AM Sunspot Images have been appearing in the JPL site, for Sp... Apr 22 2005, 10:21 AM Sunspot LOTS of pancam images have just arrived..........h... Apr 22 2005, 04:10 PM dot.dk They are probably testing the best ways to drive i... Apr 22 2005, 04:18 PM Sunspot Yeah....they might be building lots sand dunes lol... Apr 22 2005, 04:22 PM cIclops extraordinary, another face of Mars .... surf... Apr 22 2005, 04:29 PM Sunspot Endurance Crater is still easily visble in this do... Apr 22 2005, 05:51 PM |
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