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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 I guess you havn't followed the 6-7 pages on t... Apr 29 2005, 02:49 AM
jamescanvin QUOTE (dot.dk @ Apr 29 2005, 12:49 PM)I guess... Apr 29 2005, 04:36 AM Marcel I better continue here, since Erebus and Victoria ... Apr 29 2005, 07:08 AM dvandorn QUOTE (Marcel @ Apr 29 2005, 02:08 AM)I bette... Apr 29 2005, 05:20 PM maycm Steves latest update.......
from http://athena1.co... Apr 29 2005, 12:19 PM djellison http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/doug_im...o448_... Apr 29 2005, 10:50 PM Bob Shaw I'd wager that what we're seeing in Doug... Apr 30 2005, 02:16 PM Bill Harris Great image, Doug.
What do we see here? The duri... Apr 30 2005, 01:26 AM David QUOTE (Bill Harris @ Apr 30 2005, 01:26 AM)Gr... May 1 2005, 02:53 AM Nix A CRACKING image, as you would say. Terrific detai... Apr 30 2005, 06:11 AM Bill Harris Something definitely happened at that point in tim... Apr 30 2005, 11:15 AM wyogold It almost reminds me of a snow crust. When you wal... Apr 30 2005, 07:14 PM Tman I sought a view of this "funny dune" tha... Apr 30 2005, 08:07 PM Gray I'm not sure if anyoone has pointed this out, ... Apr 30 2005, 08:07 PM Bill Harris QUOTE I sought a view of this "funny dune... Apr 30 2005, 10:23 PM Tman QUOTE (Bill Harris @ May 1 2005, 12:23 AM)One... May 1 2005, 10:32 AM gregp1962 I'm thinking that Doug's picture in reply ... May 1 2005, 03:57 AM djellison If a wheel had locked up, the rover would have sto... May 1 2005, 09:12 AM djellison Anyone whos been sailing will know you cant sail s... May 1 2005, 10:41 AM Tman I'm thinking the same, probably in future we s... May 1 2005, 10:59 AM Bill Harris QUOTE you cant sail straight into wind - you have ... May 1 2005, 11:51 AM RedSky I noticed some of today's pancam sun images lo... May 1 2005, 02:00 PM alan I've seen that before. I don't know why it... May 1 2005, 02:49 PM dilo QUOTE (alan @ May 1 2005, 02:49 PM)I've s... May 2 2005, 06:02 AM glennwsmith I'd like to second those who are moving toward... May 1 2005, 03:07 PM djellison The problem that oppy had was with a steering actu... May 1 2005, 04:00 PM Edward Schmitz On the topic of "cascading software errors... May 1 2005, 05:32 PM tacitus QUOTE (Edward Schmitz @ May 1 2005, 11:32 AM)... May 1 2005, 07:23 PM Edward Schmitz QUOTE (tacitus @ May 1 2005, 12:23 PM)QUOTE (... May 1 2005, 11:24 PM odave QUOTE (tacitus @ May 1 2005, 03:23 PM)Softwar... May 2 2005, 04:24 PM Edward Schmitz QUOTE (odave @ May 2 2005, 09:24 AM)QUOTE (ta... May 3 2005, 04:49 AM Jeff7 QUOTE (Edward Schmitz @ May 3 2005, 12:49 AM)... May 3 2005, 01:21 PM deglr6328 QUOTE (dilo @ May 2 2005, 06:02 AM)QUOTE (ala... May 2 2005, 06:36 AM edstrick Regarding the sun images that have CCD blooming.
... May 2 2005, 08:50 AM wyogold I think we might be over thinking this. It could b... May 3 2005, 06:12 AM V.B. I have a similar question.
When djellison explain... May 3 2005, 06:33 AM tty QUOTE (V.B. @ May 3 2005, 08:33 AM)I have a s... May 3 2005, 05:59 PM Sunspot Id love to see what's going on at JPL with the... May 3 2005, 09:45 AM dot.dk QUOTE (Sunspot @ May 3 2005, 09:45 AM)He said... May 3 2005, 10:48 AM Marcel QUOTE (dot.dk @ May 3 2005, 10:48 AM)QUOTE (S... May 3 2005, 10:59 AM sjdprods QUOTE (Marcel @ May 3 2005, 10:59 AM)QUOTE (d... May 4 2005, 12:17 AM Bill Harris Thanks for the explanations, Ed. They take much o... May 3 2005, 12:39 PM Burmese From the above-referenced article:
"The rove... May 3 2005, 07:09 PM jamescanvin QUOTE (Burmese @ May 4 2005, 05:09 AM)From th... May 4 2005, 01:04 AM MahFL I also thought Oppy had tried to do the normal tur... May 4 2005, 12:31 AM Edward Schmitz It definitely did not attempt a turn in place at t... May 4 2005, 05:25 AM Marcel QUOTE (Edward Schmitz @ May 4 2005, 05:25 AM)... May 4 2005, 08:08 AM djellison they CAN detect wheel slippage. They have inertial... May 4 2005, 08:03 AM Edward Schmitz QUOTE (djellison @ May 4 2005, 01:03 AM)they ... May 5 2005, 03:38 AM JES Any changes in the strategy for driving the rover ... May 4 2005, 02:03 PM Jeff7 QUOTE (JES @ May 4 2005, 10:03 AM)Any changes... May 4 2005, 02:23 PM gregp1962 I think the picture posted by Doug http://www.unm... May 4 2005, 02:55 PM glennwsmith I think JES may be on to something here. Does the... May 4 2005, 03:02 PM djellison I'd argue that the stuck steering actuator isn... May 4 2005, 03:10 PM wyogold After looking at all the images I really think it ... May 4 2005, 07:00 PM JES This picture taken before getting stuck shows the ... May 4 2005, 09:12 PM Decepticon As of May 04,05 is op still stuck? May 5 2005, 01:35 AM tacitus QUOTE (Decepticon @ May 4 2005, 07:35 PM)As o... May 5 2005, 02:03 AM Gsnorgathon QUOTE (tacitus @ May 5 2005, 02:03 AM)...
Yes... May 5 2005, 07:21 AM sapodilla Here is a colour topography picture of the area ar... May 9 2005, 09:36 AM slinted here is the JPL release, with captions:
http://ph... May 9 2005, 10:53 AM gregp1962 "The rover team spent more than a week design... May 9 2005, 01:26 PM djellison I wouldnt say "today" or "this week... May 9 2005, 01:32 PM Burmese Squyers' latest entry adds a lot of detail. E... May 9 2005, 01:51 PM Sunspot http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7356
... May 9 2005, 02:06 PM chris QUOTE (Sunspot @ May 9 2005, 02:06 PM)http://... May 9 2005, 02:14 PM dot.dk What can be done in the future to avoid running in... May 9 2005, 02:20 PM gregp1962 Are we even sure it was the dumes that got us stuc... May 9 2005, 02:24 PM dot.dk QUOTE (gregp1962 @ May 9 2005, 02:24 PM)Are w... May 9 2005, 02:28 PM Sunspot QUOTE (dot.dk @ May 9 2005, 03:28 PM)What els... May 9 2005, 02:34 PM gregp1962 We can see from the images, that there wasn't ... May 9 2005, 03:15 PM Edward Schmitz QUOTE (gregp1962 @ May 9 2005, 08:15 AM)We ca... May 10 2005, 02:36 AM Bill Harris I'm sure she'll get unstuck, but looking a... May 9 2005, 03:36 PM Tman It's been moved somewhat:
http://www.greuti.c... May 9 2005, 05:30 PM Burmese I'm pretty sure they have not budged the rover... May 9 2005, 05:34 PM maycm The wheel hasn't moved or rotated at all as fa... May 9 2005, 05:49 PM djellison Keep an eye out on NASA TV's Video File for so... May 11 2005, 02:56 PM sranderson If we do get to the point where nothing seems to w... May 11 2005, 04:23 PM sranderson It is interesting to note that, according to this ... May 11 2005, 04:40 PM Jeff7 QUOTE (sranderson @ May 11 2005, 12:23 PM)If ... May 11 2005, 06:15 PM JES QUOTE (sranderson @ May 11 2005, 12:23 PM)...... May 11 2005, 07:28 PM sranderson QUOTE (JES @ May 11 2005, 01:28 PM)QUOTE (sra... May 11 2005, 08:58 PM dot.dk QUOTE (Jeff7 @ May 11 2005, 06:15 PM)The imme... May 11 2005, 06:42 PM Sunspot The wheels have been straightened
http://qt.explo... May 12 2005, 12:04 AM dot.dk QUOTE (Sunspot @ May 12 2005, 12:04 AM)The wh... May 12 2005, 12:12 AM dot.dk Look at these two Pancam pictures
http://qt.explo... May 12 2005, 01:04 AM Stephen QUOTE (dot.dk @ May 12 2005, 01:04 AM)Look at... May 12 2005, 09:11 AM djellison Well - Thursday was touted as a possible day of ac... May 12 2005, 09:14 AM OWW QUOTE (djellison @ May 12 2005, 09:14 AM)I... May 12 2005, 10:14 AM ustrax QUOTE (ObsessedWithWorlds @ May 12 2005, 10:1... May 12 2005, 01:40 PM GADean A heads up for y'all. I just returned from a t... May 13 2005, 01:14 AM Bill Harris QUOTE Of course. But isn't it possible for Spi... May 12 2005, 12:28 PM dot.dk QUOTE (GADean @ May 13 2005, 01:14 AM)After y... May 13 2005, 01:48 AM GADean QUOTE (dot.dk @ May 12 2005, 06:48 PM)QUOTE (... May 13 2005, 05:52 AM AndyG QUOTE (GADean @ May 13 2005, 05:52 AM)...I al... May 13 2005, 08:33 AM tuomio Yeah, but they have to maximize the support for fu... May 13 2005, 03:50 PM marsman QUOTE (tuomio @ May 13 2005, 11:50 AM)Yeah, b... May 13 2005, 11:47 PM Sunspot http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/sta...tml#o... May 13 2005, 11:37 PM dot.dk From the same report:
Sol 463 (May 13):
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