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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
Sunspot oops...I meant to say that I dont think it is sink... May 21 2005, 10:07 AM TheChemist Are these tracks made from Oppy ? Or something els... May 21 2005, 03:02 PM
garybeau QUOTE (TheChemist @ May 21 2005, 10:02 AM)Are... May 21 2005, 03:20 PM Tman QUOTE (garybeau @ May 21 2005, 05:20 PM)That ... May 21 2005, 04:21 PM dilo QUOTE (Tman @ May 21 2005, 04:21 PM)In a Germ... May 21 2005, 09:12 PM Bob Shaw Personally, I've found that a life-time enthus... May 21 2005, 10:18 PM dilo QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ May 21 2005, 10:18 PM)Perso... May 21 2005, 11:17 PM JRehling QUOTE (dilo @ May 21 2005, 02:12 PM)QUOTE (Tm... May 22 2005, 06:40 PM Jeff7 QUOTE (garybeau @ May 21 2005, 11:20 AM)QUOTE... May 22 2005, 02:48 PM dot.dk QUOTE (TheChemist @ May 21 2005, 03:02 PM)Are... May 21 2005, 03:19 PM alan QUOTE (TheChemist @ May 21 2005, 03:02 PM)Are... May 21 2005, 03:20 PM dot.dk If you compare this Pancam SOL 469
http://marsrove... May 21 2005, 03:25 PM TheChemist I should have known better, this is the Nth time t... May 21 2005, 03:46 PM edstrick About 10% of the population is more or less Stereo... May 22 2005, 09:19 AM Nix I tried for 4 months and then one day it worked. I... May 22 2005, 12:47 PM TheChemist Under certain light conditions in an image, I may ... May 22 2005, 02:59 PM dot.dk Before we get to far OT here...
What do you th... May 22 2005, 03:09 PM Sunspot The rover has moved quite a bit overall:
http://q... May 22 2005, 11:43 PM mhall I'm distinctly worried that, when it reaches t... May 23 2005, 07:21 AM Sunspot That was something that I thought about too. As t... May 23 2005, 08:55 AM dot.dk If you look at the last drive the right front whee... May 23 2005, 09:16 AM djellison I've been trying to understand the 'means... May 23 2005, 09:19 AM mars_armer In the attached images, the blue position is the o... May 23 2005, 02:54 PM Tesheiner QUOTE (mars_armer @ May 23 2005, 04:54 PM)In ... May 23 2005, 04:43 PM Jeff7 QUOTE (mars_armer @ May 23 2005, 10:54 AM)In ... May 23 2005, 11:27 PM jamescanvin QUOTE (mars_armer @ May 24 2005, 12:54 AM)In ... May 24 2005, 02:19 AM djellison There we go - THAT's what I'm talking abou... May 23 2005, 03:59 PM dot.dk Now that's some cool stuff
Looks like my... May 23 2005, 05:03 PM Deeman Oppy seems to move faster with a bit more grip on ... May 23 2005, 05:11 PM Deeman and the right one as well
Dirk May 23 2005, 05:13 PM dilo Agree, is clearly accelerating now!
Look fo... May 23 2005, 08:10 PM Sunspot It would be interesting to know how long it took t... May 24 2005, 10:11 AM JES The amount of fill in the left wheel trench is gre... May 24 2005, 05:58 PM maycm I thought I read somewhere that they were reversin... May 24 2005, 06:29 PM djellison Yes - instead of trying to fight the 7 degree toe-... May 24 2005, 07:06 PM dvandorn QUOTE (djellison @ May 24 2005, 02:06 PM)Yes ... May 24 2005, 11:43 PM JES QUOTE (djellison @ May 24 2005, 03:06 PM)....... May 26 2005, 12:46 PM tuomio The rear wheels seem to dig themselfs deeper all t... May 24 2005, 10:57 PM dot.dk From: http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/05052..... May 25 2005, 05:48 AM jaredGalen Thr first image in oppy's rear_hazcam page for... May 25 2005, 07:02 AM Mode5 QUOTE (jaredGalen @ May 25 2005, 07:02 AM)Thr... May 25 2005, 08:26 AM Trader "I was looking some image sent from 'toda... May 25 2005, 05:41 PM Mode5 QUOTE (Trader @ May 25 2005, 05:41 PM)"I... May 25 2005, 10:25 PM Sunspot QUOTE (dot.dk @ May 25 2005, 06:48 AM)From: h... May 25 2005, 08:52 AM Pando Looking back at those images, it's a relief th... May 25 2005, 07:14 AM dot.dk At least some genuine new images just came down...... May 25 2005, 08:32 AM djellison I wouldnt say less optimistic. Clearly they still ... May 25 2005, 08:57 AM dot.dk He also said:
QUOTE "If Opportunity gets fre... May 25 2005, 09:00 AM SFJCody QUOTE "If Opportunity gets free, its next tas... May 25 2005, 11:52 AM Burmese More steady progress. Is it my imagination or doe... May 26 2005, 12:25 PM dot.dk Animation of todays drive: May 26 2005, 12:45 PM maycm Apologies if this has already been posted.
Here... May 26 2005, 07:10 PM dot.dk Interesting! In todays drive they seem to have... May 27 2005, 09:30 AM Marcel QUOTE (dot.dk @ May 27 2005, 09:30 AM)Interes... May 27 2005, 09:35 AM Tesheiner QUOTE (dot.dk @ May 27 2005, 11:30 AM)Interes... May 27 2005, 10:25 AM Sunspot How would you rate Opportunity's progress so f... May 27 2005, 10:12 AM Marcel QUOTE (Sunspot @ May 27 2005, 10:12 AM)How wo... May 27 2005, 11:13 AM Cugel I'm new to this topic, so maybe it has been di... May 27 2005, 11:22 AM Marcel QUOTE (Cugel @ May 27 2005, 11:22 AM)I'm ... May 27 2005, 12:05 PM Cugel QUOTE (Marcel @ May 27 2005, 12:05 PM)QUOTE (... May 27 2005, 12:57 PM Marcel QUOTE (Cugel @ May 27 2005, 12:57 PM)By the w... May 27 2005, 01:40 PM dvandorn QUOTE (Marcel @ May 27 2005, 07:05 AM)Then th... May 27 2005, 01:20 PM dot.dk According to this:
http://www.space.com/imageofthe... May 27 2005, 03:51 PM dilo Last 12 days progress from both hazcam full frames... May 28 2005, 07:33 AM Tman Hi dilo, I've allowed me to continue your anim... May 30 2005, 02:07 PM dilo QUOTE (Tman @ May 30 2005, 02:07 PM)Hi dilo, ... May 30 2005, 05:34 PM Richard Trigaux Does anyone noted that the bogging starts, not whe... May 30 2005, 08:27 PM Edward Schmitz removed un-necessary quoting - see http://www.unm... May 30 2005, 08:50 PM CosmicRocker dot.dk: Good catch on the wheel turn. That 70 cm... May 28 2005, 07:27 AM Sunspot WOW..........lots of forward progress, interesting... May 28 2005, 09:11 AM CosmicRocker Steve Squyres has a new update out today. It... May 28 2005, 06:07 PM alan QUOTE (dot.dk @ May 27 2005, 09:30 AM)Interes... May 28 2005, 09:09 PM dilo QUOTE (alan @ May 28 2005, 09:09 PM)The left ... May 30 2005, 06:17 AM Mode5 Thank you for putting that together.
Am I the on... May 30 2005, 08:46 AM Tesheiner Hi all,
On this image you can see the (approximat... May 31 2005, 04:52 PM Sunspot If you take a close look at this latest hazcam ima... May 31 2005, 06:43 PM mhoward It looks to me like Oppy made better progress on S... Jun 1 2005, 03:10 PM Tesheiner Oppy were commanded on previous sols (476-480) to ... Jun 1 2005, 03:21 PM Tesheiner QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Jun 1 2005, 05:21 PM)Oppy ... Jun 1 2005, 03:30 PM dot.dk Latest hazcam pics looks VERY good!
Both t... Jun 1 2005, 03:23 PM Burmese Yes, I think just a few more days and we can consi... Jun 1 2005, 03:47 PM Sunspot Certainly the most the rover has moved in a single... Jun 2 2005, 12:40 PM Tesheiner IMO, yesterday's move has a net advance of aro... Jun 2 2005, 01:24 PM Tman It's going more and more exciting - climb or n... Jun 2 2005, 01:30 PM Bill Harris My guess is that progress will pick up once Oppy g... Jun 2 2005, 02:47 PM OWW My guess is that Oppy will pick up speed once the ... Jun 2 2005, 03:54 PM Sunspot We don't know how long these drives were thoug... Jun 2 2005, 04:19 PM avkillick <glass half full>
I think that Oppy getting ... Jun 2 2005, 05:15 PM NoVi QUOTE (avkillick @ Jun 2 2005, 05:15 PM)<g... Jun 2 2005, 07:22 PM dilo Last six days movie; impressive raising of left wh... Jun 2 2005, 06:39 PM dilo And this is a PanCam detail (pseudo colors created... Jun 2 2005, 07:23 PM garybeau Excellent picture dilo. I'm amazed at how weat... Jun 2 2005, 08:05 PM Tesheiner Hi all,
Here is a panorama made with pancam image... Jun 2 2005, 08:17 PM dilo QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Jun 2 2005, 08:17 PM)Hi al... Jun 3 2005, 05:00 AM Pando Interesting how the front left wheel is starting t... Jun 2 2005, 09:09 PM dot.dk New update from the Steve!
http://athena1.... Jun 3 2005, 12:48 AM alan They are site numbers and drive numbers from the f... Jun 3 2005, 06:04 AM  |
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