Simular topic as we did for Spirit's Milli-sol

Curious to see where MER-B will be at the 1000th Martian day milestone

Wouldn't that be a KSol? Oppy passed her first milliSol about, oh, a thousand sols ago.

Milli ... Kilo ... exciting days to come that's for sure
Mobility is important ( see my avatar of a wheeled ... in fact tracked Viking lander )

A 1000 sols for Opportunity on 15th November 2006... correct ?

Landing date: Jan/25/2004 (Source)
Sol duration (Mars): 1.02777 Earth days (Source)

So, according to this, 1000 sols will be approximately 1028 earth days.

Jan/25/2004 + 1028 earth days = Nov/18/2006 (According to Excel)

Is this the correct way to convert earth days to sols?


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The other HAL 9000

According to Mars24 (which agrees with MMB) Oppy Sol 1000 starts at 02:16:49UTC on Nov 16, 2006.

BTW, we've got another milestone to celebrate today : 3 Martian years of rover operations in total

I ain't got much time but I couldn't pass without, in some manner, celebrate the special occasions...
Usually we talk a lot about our two babies and know some faces who made it possible...But there are so many!...From all places, all colours, all perspectives, only this way the astounding success was achieved.
In spite I'm no Fellini here's my sincere tribute to those who made it possible, certainly I'm missing some but hey!...It's from the heart...

So here it goes...:

MER::2000 Sols

Well done Ustrax ... I'm the first guy who gave it a 5 star rating
This is not the end !

Yep, I rate 5 Ustarx too
This is not the end!

Excellent tribute. That's some very dramatic music you've chosen.

By the way, PhilCo126, I last saw your avatar pic of a tracked version of Viking over 30 years ago. It was designed before the Viking landings as a possible follow-on and I recall speaking with a guy at USGS Flagstaff about it in 1975. Amazing...

Kenny

The Ecstasy of Gold. I can't shake its association with Tuco running around and around past all the tombstones in the cemetery.

Thanks!

Damn! I forgot to put the music credits...
That's it mchan...Ennio Morricone's Ectasy of Gold.
I'm sure that are a lot of people who don't appear in the "movie" but those were the ones available at the site...They represent all of them...

Morricone!

Your taste is as bold as your vision, ustrax!

What I like most about your film is that its a good answer when people say "How can you get so excited about a robot?" All that work, all that foundation of years of effort and expertise. The MERs are like the shining gold capstone of a pyramid...

Glad you like...My kind of stuff...
The "movie" ain't that much, it is only a sequence of a lot of common people, but when I watch it I kind of forget I made it, thinking on what they have achieved as a team and with that Ecstasy playing...On that final part...with Steve fading and that "This is NOT the End" credit...Man, shivers down my spine...Give me the Oscar!!!

Have you that old time classic MER at work?...

Good job Ustrax. I agree with you, don't forget the men and women who have made the dream become reality. And the dream exploded by reality.
Many thanks Ustrax

... "This is not the end"...

...Man! Would you believe that only seing this video I have realized that Oppy departed Earth when I was celebrating my birthday?
I miss a lot of details...Unforgivable...

Beautifully done and very moving, man...I'm sure that the MER team will really appreciate it!

What a job they have that they did so exceedingly well...sure would like to be able to tell my grandkids that I put two rovers on Mars! I can't think of a better way to live life than to accomplish something as timelessly important like this.

1000th sols is coming fast and, as for Spirit, poems will be written soon.
The recent entries in this forum are very serious-romantic writting with very smooth music and I LOVE what you've done, Ustrax (Pilgrins), Stu (poems) and Lyford (music).
As 1000th Oppy's sol come I'm in a VERY good mood and I thought I could write a light hearted song.
So, I've done these lyrics hoping somebody (Lyford?) could create music to go with.
This song is the kind of song you can sing in a group (like in 2007's UMSF meeting ) probably after having drunk some beers and been in good mood. By the way, if you like it, you can continue the lyrics...


You know what ? I’m Oppy

My name’s rover Opportuni-ty
Oppyda da di doo dom-dy
Of the two laddies I’m the more hap-py
Oppyda da di doo dom-dy
That what say all the compa-ny
Oppyda da di doo dom-dy
Including father Steve Squy-ry
Oppyda da di doo dom-dy
They say I would last a full dece-ny
Oppyda da di doo dom-dy
I think I’ll be there on next centu-ry
Oppyda da di doo dom-dy
I was born and built in a factory
Oppyda da di doo dom-dy
In the JPL in Califor-ny
Oppyda da di doo dom-dy
They launched me from the Kenne-dy
Oppyda da di doo dom-dy
I cross Martian air and land safe-ly
Oppyda da di doo dom-dy
Thank you to the team of Rob Man-ny
Oppyda da di doo dom-dy
After all these Sols I am still heal-thy
Oppyda da di doo dom-dy
And they thought I’ll be cracky and dus-ty
Oppyda da di doo dom-dy
Now I let you guys to do my du-ty
Oppyda da di doo dom-dy
I need to explore MY crater Vicky
Oppyda da di doo dom-dy

I think you need to bring along a banjo player for that one Climber.