Last stops around Victoria, before the Long Trek |
Last stops around Victoria, before the Long Trek |
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Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 ![]() |
Let's use this topic for the last stops (Cabo Frio, perhaps?) before Opportunity leave the vicinity of Victoria for good.
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Forum Contributor ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1372 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 ![]() |
Did Oppy just drive 283 meters in two drives ?
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![]() Special Cookie ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 ![]() |
Did Oppy just drive 283 meters in two drives ? Only 11.717 to go! ![]() Cool to know that if Oppy kept this average (141.5) everysol she would arrive Endeavour in 82 sols! ![]() I'm deliberately not taking into account that we're not driving in a straight path towards the crater...but, optimist as I am I see the 2 year drive as a very conservative timeline... ![]() -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
Edgar Alan Poe |
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Founder ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 ![]() |
if Oppy kept this average (141.5) everysol It took 5 sols to cover that distance. Not two. Two drives - but five sols. And this is just about the best driving terrain we'll ever have, and we wont have it for long ( at this pace ![]() A fast couple of months, then it's going to be painfull. |
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![]() Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 648 Joined: 9-May 05 From: Subotica Member No.: 384 ![]() |
It took 5 sols to cover that distance. Not two. Two drives - but five sols. I'm not moaning but: Do you know why it took 5 days? Restricted sols can explain 3 days instead of 2 ,and isn't MRO started relaying data from MERs? Can there be a "restricted sol" with 2 orbiters relaying data? Anyway.....these last 2 drives were just great. ![]() ![]() -------------------- The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful.
Jules H. Poincare My "Astrophotos" gallery on flickr... |
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Founder ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 ![]() |
Can there be a "restricted sol" with 2 orbiters relaying data? MRO isn't doing MER relay at the moment as I understand it. Restricted sols are not a symptom of relay schedules however. Odyssey will usually get a good pass in most days at about 4pm, MRO would get one (if used ) at about 3pm local. The restriction is a symptom of rover-night and pasadena-day being out of sync. i.e. you have to start planning for Sol N+1 before you have the data for Sol N. Sol N's data can only be used for planning Sol N+2 So - as a result, everything sort of takes twice as long as you might expect. Tie that in with the fact that they didn't get post-drive imagery down until the sol AFTER the first drive, then you can see how the days add up. |
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