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 Jun 4 2005, 04:47 PM
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Aaargh. I bet on sol 485. Didn't count on them driving on a saturday.
 Speaking of driving during the weekend, is Oppy executing the usual weekend 2/3 sol plan? If so, will it drive into the dune in front of it tomorrow with the MER team unable to do anything about it? 
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Jun 4 2005, 04:51 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 470 Joined: 24-March 04 From: Finland Member No.: 63 |
QUOTE (ObsessedWithWorlds @ Jun 4 2005, 04:47 PM) Speaking of driving during the weekend, is Oppy executing the usual weekend 2/3 sol plan? If so, will it drive into the dune in front of it tomorrow with the MER team unable to do anything about it?  If they are executing it like last weekend, every move should require a go/no go decision, as written in a status update. -------------------- Antti Kuosmanen
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Jun 4 2005, 05:03 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 710 Joined: 28-September 04 Member No.: 99 |
QUOTE (akuo @ Jun 4 2005, 04:51 PM) If they are executing it like last weekend, every move should require a go/no go decision, as written in a status update. Thanks, forgot about that. Glad that Oppy is finally free. 'Only' took a month or so.  Looking on the bright side of things, we got some really cool roverwheel movies now. I suppose they are a feast for soil scientists. And this wind drift will go down in history as the most well-studied dune ever.
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Jun 4 2005, 05:35 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 877 Joined: 7-March 05 From: Switzerland Member No.: 186 |
Wow what a finish and what a trench!!! I'm so happy too! Also it's clearer that we have here two different solid, "exact" zoned terrain. I guess this big trench is now the best ramp for investigations.
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Jun 4 2005, 05:51 PM
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Yeah.....thats some trench there
An update from Steve Squyres already: http://athena1.cornell.edu/news/mubss/ I hope they download lots of those hazcam subframes... it would be great to see Opportunity finally emerging from the soil. 
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Jun 4 2005, 06:18 PM
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QUOTE (djellison @ Jun 4 2005, 11:18 AM) I just gave the celebratory trowel it's last coat of gold - I hope to get a little plaque made tomorrow morning, then mount it tomorrow night and hopefully send it off on Monday  Doug Doug, is there any way you can include a diskette or something that includes the names of all the people here on the Forum? So the MER Team knows how much we were *all* pulling for them? -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Jun 4 2005, 06:32 PM
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 Dublin Correspondent Group: Admin Posts: 1799 Joined: 28-March 05 From: Celbridge, Ireland Member No.: 220 |
Let's hope that the weather doesn't come in and rain on our parade...
From JPL's latest update: QUOTE Weather report: Atmospheric opacity (measured as "tau") has increased over the past few sols, decreasing the amount of solar energy received by Opportunity. The rover has still been able to drive every sol, but has had to use the deep-sleep mode on most nights to save energy. If anyone from the MER team is reading I'd love to see some numbers to go with the occassional reports on the power front. |
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Jun 4 2005, 06:43 PM
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That is quite a trench, that said, I propose that anyone suggesting that we go back into the dune to study the trench be permanently banned from this board
(Although it might be neat to shoot lossless images of it under full sun with all filters and study it with TES from our current position while they are figuring out where to go from here (AKA how to drive in this area without getting stuck again)
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Jun 4 2005, 06:47 PM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4405 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
oops
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Jun 4 2005, 07:22 PM
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Alleluja!
....  ..   ---------------------^^^^""" -------------------- I always think before posting! - Marco -
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Jun 4 2005, 07:24 PM
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QUOTE (tedstryk @ Jun 4 2005, 01:43 PM) That is quite a trench, that said, I propose that anyone suggesting that we go back into the dune to study the trench be permanently banned from this board (Although it might be neat to shoot lossless images of it under full sun with all filters and study it with TES from our current position while they are figuring out where to go from here (AKA how to drive in this area without getting stuck again)Why not? Spin the rover around (if possible with that bum wheel) and reach as far as possible with the arm to do some work on the deep trenches. I wonder if they'll go check out some of those tiny craters now? |
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Jun 4 2005, 07:36 PM
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QUOTE (dilo @ Jun 4 2005, 07:22 PM) Alleluja! .... .. ---------------------^^^^""" Yeah, and they even did it without a wench. |
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Jun 4 2005, 07:42 PM
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Did somebody mention tiny craters?
(grin) -------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!
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Jun 4 2005, 07:49 PM
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Dublin Correspondent Group: Admin Posts: 1799 Joined: 28-March 05 From: Celbridge, Ireland Member No.: 220 |
Yeah - Tiny Craters or bust!
After all how many craters are there where Oppy can do a complete mosaic with the MI?
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Jun 4 2005, 07:58 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1887 Joined: 20-November 04 From: Iowa Member No.: 110 |
I can't wait till they downlaod the rest of the hazcam subframes so we can watch the movie.
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