Erebus/victoria Entry & Exploration, Would it be worth it? |
Erebus/victoria Entry & Exploration, Would it be worth it? |
Apr 19 2005, 04:57 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 510 Joined: 17-March 05 From: Southeast Michigan Member No.: 209 |
Last year, MER team decided to let Oppy go into Endurance because the value of the potential science gain outweighed the risks to the rover at that time. I remember Steve Squyres saying something like...if Oppy can't get back out, it would be like getting locked in a candy store.
I wonder if the same would be true when we get to Erebus and Victoria. If these craters show something significantly different than we've already seen, and there's a feasible entry/exit route, would they still risk sending Oppy in? If it were me, given the 18 month extended mission and the rover showing its age more and more, any target in Erebus or Victora would need to be very juicy. Then again, there's no guarantee that Oppy will live for the entire extension. Hmmm...depending on what we find when we get there, it could be a hard decision for the team to make! -------------------- --O'Dave
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Apr 25 2005, 04:15 PM
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They're taking lots of pictures with pancam of Methuselah to decide which spot to take a close look at. No idea what's happening with Opportunity - we will have to wait for the latest images to be posted.
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Apr 25 2005, 08:33 PM
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The Insider Group: Members Posts: 669 Joined: 3-May 04 Member No.: 73 |
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Apr 25 2005, 09:24 PM
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Apr 25 2005, 11:52 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 510 Joined: 17-March 05 From: Southeast Michigan Member No.: 209 |
QUOTE (Sunspot @ Apr 25 2005, 05:24 PM) QUOTE (Pando @ Apr 25 2005, 09:33 PM) Oppy is moving south, slowly but surely. They are looking at some software issues though so not much science is being done until that can be sorted out... That's a strange coincidence, didnt Spirit also have some software problems recently too? My guess would be that they're doing some tweaks to account for the stuck steering actuator. Maybe they had Oppy do a donut to see how the motion system behaved, and are making adjustments to get better performance -------------------- --O'Dave
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