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Mars updates-Opportunity-sol 44-Back to the Grind - Spirit sol 64-Reaches the 300-Meter Mark!
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| 03-09-2004
| NASA/JPL
Posted on 03/09/2004 5:22:40 PM PST by Phil V.
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Climbing the crater . . .
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posted on
03/09/2004 5:22:41 PM PST
by
Phil V.
To: Phil V.
After one hour and five minutes of successful grinding, the rock abrasion tool grind motor stalled, probably while grinding into one of the spherules also known as "blueberries."Blueberries rule!, uhhh roll!...
To: zeugma; xm177e2; XBob; whizzer; wirestripper; whattajoke; vp_cal; VOR78; Virginia-American; ...
If you'd like to be on or off this MARS ping list please FRail me
Focus on 'Flat Rock' This panoramic image of the 3.1 millimeter-deep (just over one-tenth of an inch) hole ground by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's rock abrasion tool in the target called "Mojo 2" on "Flatrock" was taken on the 44th martian day, or sol, of the mission. It will help complete the chemical analysis of the lowest layer of the outcrop in the crater where the rover now resides. (Mar. 9)
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posted on
03/09/2004 5:28:30 PM PST
by
Phil V.
To: Phil V.
They finally got the grinder to make a dent in the rock, and that dent is only 3 millimeters deep??
Just what kind of rock is it?
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posted on
03/09/2004 5:36:09 PM PST
by
Darksheare
(Fortune for today: Cats cannot be turned into nunchucks by tying their tails together.)
To: Phil V.
Spirit: first peek over into the crater,
To: Fitzcarraldo
To: Fitzcarraldo
To: Phil V.
Mr. Mojo Grindin'
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posted on
03/09/2004 5:47:55 PM PST
by
mikrofon
(Rock 'n' Roll)
To: Fitzcarraldo
stay tuned - - - i'll make a 3-d - - -
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posted on
03/09/2004 6:03:09 PM PST
by
Phil V.
To: Phil V.
That image doesn't look much like a bite from the abrasion tool; it looks like they simply ground one of the spherical "blueberries" into dust.
To: All
Notice the smooth "ramp" leading into the crater on the right side of #5.
To: Phil V.
Without such outstanding Freepers, you would never know about these exciting discoveries every day.
I want 200 more of these robots crawling over the surface of mars as soon as possible.
Please keep up with the 3D images. I know how much effort you have put into creating those images and it is very much appreciated.
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posted on
03/09/2004 6:29:27 PM PST
by
Hunble
To: Fitzcarraldo
Looks like a real obstacle path.
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posted on
03/09/2004 6:38:23 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
To: Hunble
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posted on
03/09/2004 6:51:43 PM PST
by
Diogenesis
(If you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us)
To: Phil V.
Thanks, I got to get me some 3D glasses.
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Martian Eclipses: Deimos and Phobo Mar 8, 2004 This panel combines the first photographs of solar eclipses by Mars' two moons. The panoramic camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity captured the images as the first in a planned series of eclipse observations by Opportunity and Spirit. The Deimos image was taken at 03:04 Universal Time on March 4, 2004. This irregularly shaped moon is only 15 kilometers (9 miles) across in its longest dimension. It appears as just a speck in front of the disc of the Sun. The Phobos image was taken as that moon grazed the edge of the solar disc at 02:46 Universal Time on March 7, 2004. Phobos is 27 kilometers (17 miles) in its longest dimension. Its apparent size relative to Deimos is even greater because it orbits much closer to Mars' surface than Deimos does Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell + Medium Resolution + High Resolution |
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posted on
03/09/2004 7:01:59 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi Mac ... Support Our Troops! ... Defeat the demRats in November!!! ... Beat BoXer!!!)
To: Fitzcarraldo
Good catch...been too busy today.
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posted on
03/09/2004 7:02:25 PM PST
by
ElkGroveDan
(Fighting for Freedom and Having Fun)
To: Fitzcarraldo
I'd not bet the farm that this is the rim . . . we shall see . . .
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posted on
03/09/2004 7:08:03 PM PST
by
Phil V.
To: Fitzcarraldo; Phil V.
Hey check out that glint of light in the background on the rim in psot #7 Could it be....could it be.....from the Spirit heatshield that Mike Malin identified as impacting the rim of the crater from the orbital Mars Global Surveyor? (see black linear smudge on the crater rim in the photo below).
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posted on
03/09/2004 7:09:30 PM PST
by
ElkGroveDan
(Fighting for Freedom and Having Fun)
To: Phil V.
Can I bet YOUR farm?
I've been to Meteor Crater in Arizona and this rim looks amazingly similar. I bet the vistors' center is just oout of view to the left. I hope the NASA folks capture it in the next panorama.
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posted on
03/09/2004 7:13:30 PM PST
by
ElkGroveDan
(Fighting for Freedom and Having Fun)
To: Phil V.
And for all you 3-D guys, this orbital shot will knock your cardboard glasses off. Bonneville sure looks deep.
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posted on
03/09/2004 7:16:04 PM PST
by
ElkGroveDan
(Fighting for Freedom and Having Fun)
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