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 Apr 29 2005, 02:44 AM
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I just read on SPACE.com that Oppy managed to get all six wheels stuck deep in a sand ripple.
 From the picture http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imaged...t%3A+NASA%2FJPL the sand looks very fine grained, maybe a tad powdery. Squyers is optimistic they'll get out, but it seems they'll have to do some rocking back and forth with prayers that they don't get in deeper. The taller ripples and the different textured sand is curious; any ideas out there as to why it gets that way farther south from the landing site? I don't mean to be a cynic, but perhaps Oppy won't die of her own natural causes; maybe Mars, the god of war, has found prey.... |
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nasaman58 Stuck Apr 29 2005, 02:44 AM
dot.dk New hazcams up!!
http://qt.exploratorium.... May 14 2005, 01:06 AM dot.dk Some gifs
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Lot's of spinning, b... May 14 2005, 01:28 AM deglr6328 Well at least it looks like the caking in between ... May 14 2005, 01:43 AM dot.dk Looks very encouraging at the back May 14 2005, 01:50 AM Bubbinski Very nice animations, dot.dk. That's encourag... May 14 2005, 02:38 AM glennwsmith Yes, dot.dk, THANKS for posting the animations -- ... May 14 2005, 03:28 AM CosmicRocker Woohoo! This is truly encouraging. Those ani... May 14 2005, 03:51 AM CosmicRocker Oh yeah. I also checked the times the hazcam imag... May 14 2005, 03:56 AM Sunspot It also looks like the rover has risen up out of t... May 14 2005, 09:14 AM
dilo QUOTE (Sunspot @ May 14 2005, 09:14 AM)It als... May 14 2005, 02:53 PM Tman QUOTE (dilo @ May 14 2005, 04:53 PM)Sad to sa... May 14 2005, 05:15 PM dvandorn QUOTE (dilo @ May 14 2005, 09:53 AM)By combin... May 14 2005, 06:41 PM Jeff7 Assuming it gets out, which it looks like it shoul... May 14 2005, 02:11 PM lyford QUOTE (Jeff7 @ May 14 2005, 06:11 AM)Assuming... May 14 2005, 04:43 PM Bubbinski I thought about that last night....what are they g... May 14 2005, 02:35 PM dvandorn QUOTE (Bubbinski @ May 14 2005, 09:35 AM)I th... May 14 2005, 06:49 PM jaredGalen Latest report says
"In the loose footing, the... May 14 2005, 10:11 PM dilo QUOTE (jaredGalen @ May 14 2005, 10:11 PM)Lat... May 15 2005, 05:16 AM dot.dk Just drive as much as possible between the dunes a... May 14 2005, 02:37 PM Sunspot dot.dk...... looking at your animation, I get the ... May 14 2005, 04:57 PM Edward Schmitz When you say front, I presume you meant rear. The... May 14 2005, 05:08 PM CosmicRocker Wow. It is absolutely amazing to me that they fee... May 15 2005, 12:32 AM CosmicRocker ...watching and waiting for Oppy's Act 2...It ... May 15 2005, 04:51 AM Edward Schmitz QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ May 14 2005, 09:51 PM).... May 15 2005, 06:22 AM jaredGalen QUOTE (Edward Schmitz @ May 15 2005, 07:22 AM... May 15 2005, 11:12 AM garybeau Do you think the consistency of the soil is any di... May 15 2005, 11:33 AM jaredGalen QUOTE (garybeau @ May 15 2005, 12:33 PM)Do yo... May 15 2005, 12:12 PM garybeau QUOTE (jaredGalen @ May 15 2005, 07:12 AM)I t... May 15 2005, 02:13 PM dvandorn QUOTE (garybeau @ May 15 2005, 09:13 AM)QUOTE... May 15 2005, 06:46 PM dilo QUOTE (Edward Schmitz @ May 15 2005, 07:22 AM... May 15 2005, 06:48 PM Tman QUOTE (Edward Schmitz @ May 15 2005, 08:22 AM... May 15 2005, 06:29 PM Edward Schmitz I tend to think that there is hard surface under t... May 15 2005, 08:30 PM dilo Yes Edward, absolutely not shadows! they are c... May 15 2005, 09:26 PM garybeau QUOTE (Edward Schmitz @ May 15 2005, 03:30 PM... May 15 2005, 09:54 PM maycm Have we made a significant move?
Not sure what I... May 16 2005, 12:17 PM dilo QUOTE (maycm @ May 16 2005, 12:17 PM)Have we ... May 16 2005, 07:52 PM Tman QUOTE (dilo @ May 16 2005, 09:52 PM)Hey, Edwa... May 16 2005, 08:12 PM Edward Schmitz QUOTE (dilo @ May 16 2005, 12:52 PM)Hey, Edwa... May 17 2005, 02:45 AM djellison Yup - another few CM forward i'd say
It'l... May 16 2005, 12:47 PM maycm Looks like the wheel is at right angles to the pre... May 16 2005, 01:14 PM garybeau Sol 465 animations.
http://i6.photobucket.com/alb... May 16 2005, 01:40 PM Bill Harris QUOTE Is this what we are seeing
It may be, but l... May 16 2005, 01:17 PM djellison Those anims are SUPERB Gary - nicely done
Doug May 16 2005, 01:49 PM glennwsmith She's a' movin' !
And I'll se... May 16 2005, 02:06 PM David S. Thanks a lot for the anims, they are great ! A... May 16 2005, 03:51 PM Nirgal Thanks a lot for those fantastic animations !
... May 16 2005, 04:25 PM Tman QUOTE (Nirgal @ May 16 2005, 06:25 PM)I have ... May 16 2005, 05:07 PM Nirgal Thanks Tman !
didn't know that the motors... May 16 2005, 05:28 PM dot.dk QUOTE (Nirgal @ May 16 2005, 04:25 PM)in the ... May 16 2005, 04:40 PM MizarKey After watching Tman's animation in slow-mo, I ... May 16 2005, 05:34 PM alan So far the wheel thats moved the most is the right... May 16 2005, 09:18 PM djellison I dont think they're going to try and back out... May 16 2005, 10:01 PM dilo This is and enhanced version of poor-quality left/... May 16 2005, 10:59 PM lyford More info from The Steve.
QUOTE We have begun the... May 16 2005, 11:26 PM Sunspot New update from Steve Squyres:
http://athena1.cor... May 16 2005, 11:26 PM dot.dk He also said they will drive the wheels for 4 mete... May 16 2005, 11:35 PM Edward Schmitz Wow. It's really moving. I had faith it woul... May 17 2005, 03:04 AM alan New article in New Scientist
Optimism as Mars rov... May 17 2005, 07:01 PM RonJones Opportunity progressed another 1.1 inches on the t... May 17 2005, 07:09 PM RNeuhaus QUOTE (RonJones @ May 17 2005, 02:09 PM)Oppor... May 18 2005, 01:22 AM Pando Good suggestions RNeuhaus, although on your points... May 18 2005, 01:38 AM dot.dk Another day, another inch forward
made some an... May 18 2005, 04:40 AM CosmicRocker dot.dk: What an excellent idea, to rock the anima... May 18 2005, 05:35 AM djellison If someone knows an appropriate JPL address that w... May 18 2005, 07:00 AM Tman QUOTE (djellison @ May 18 2005, 09:00 AM)If s... May 18 2005, 11:01 AM djellison I was thinking more getting a little garden trowel... May 18 2005, 11:20 AM dot.dk Looks like it's animation time again
Warni... May 18 2005, 11:30 AM Nirgal absolutely love those animations, dot.dk !... May 18 2005, 11:44 AM Marcel QUOTE (Nirgal @ May 18 2005, 11:44 AM)absolut... May 18 2005, 12:07 PM dot.dk QUOTE (Marcel @ May 18 2005, 12:07 PM)These a... May 18 2005, 12:09 PM Marcel QUOTE (dot.dk @ May 18 2005, 12:09 PM)QUOTE (... May 18 2005, 12:12 PM Edward Schmitz QUOTE (dot.dk @ May 18 2005, 05:09 AM)QUOTE (... May 19 2005, 01:46 AM Burmese I can't tell that the chassis sunk in at all. ... May 18 2005, 12:16 PM Marcel QUOTE (Burmese @ May 18 2005, 12:16 PM)On a s... May 18 2005, 12:42 PM djellison But the WEB ( and thus the Hazcams ) dont appear t... May 18 2005, 12:17 PM Tman QUOTE (djellison @ May 18 2005, 02:17 PM)I... May 18 2005, 01:11 PM Pando QUOTE (djellison @ May 18 2005, 05:17 AM)I... May 18 2005, 04:01 PM RNeuhaus According to the last motion pictures, I am convin... May 18 2005, 02:39 PM Marslauncher Do we have any power numbers for Oppy? Surely sat ... May 18 2005, 03:22 PM helvick QUOTE (Marslauncher @ May 18 2005, 04:22 PM)D... May 18 2005, 04:01 PM Pando QUOTE (Marslauncher @ May 18 2005, 08:22 AM)D... May 18 2005, 04:08 PM Nirgal QUOTE Actually the news on that front is pretty go... May 18 2005, 04:20 PM helvick QUOTE (Nirgal @ May 18 2005, 05:20 PM)Does an... May 18 2005, 07:47 PM Nirgal great work helvick !
your graph is exactly wh... May 18 2005, 09:37 PM djellison Am I the only one thinking "damnit - if they ... May 18 2005, 10:35 PM garybeau Beautifull chart helvick, you must have way too mu... May 18 2005, 10:52 PM helvick QUOTE (garybeau @ May 18 2005, 11:52 PM)Beaut... May 18 2005, 11:25 PM Nirgal QUOTE (helvick @ May 19 2005, 01:25 AM)Excel ... May 18 2005, 11:36 PM dot.dk After the 8 meter drive yesterday, how are we look... May 20 2005, 02:42 AM dot.dk Another day, another cm
Here is an animation o... May 20 2005, 05:39 AM Marslauncher wow thats a really awesome animation you got there... May 20 2005, 02:36 PM dot.dk New JPL update.
QUOTE Opportunity continues to ma... May 21 2005, 01:21 AM tacitus That's pretty consistent at 0.5cm per metre so... May 21 2005, 02:07 AM alan QUOTE Sol 470 (May 20):
The rover was sent command... May 21 2005, 03:12 AM dot.dk I was just playing around with the Rocker-Bogie su... May 21 2005, 03:58 AM alan Rear wheels are getting in deep
http://qt.explorat... May 21 2005, 05:12 AM dot.dk Yeah, but we are really making good progress now... May 21 2005, 05:13 AM dot.dk The usual...
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