Just sort of curious, it’s been weeks since the decision to enter the crater, I understand about the dust storms etc, but the raw data pictures sure seem uninformative.
Perhaps in a few days, here is what it posted on site.
Opportunity began performing activities requested by the science team during Sol 1263. Those images and other data are currently being sent back to Earth for posting on Sol 1264. Any data not transmitted on Sol 1264 will be stored onboard the rover and sent on subsequent days during the next possible communications opportunities.
One can only hope those activities relate to beginning the
descent.
I’m sure looking forward to seeing new geology.
tet.
looks like they are finally preparing to make a go of it into the crater and soon, the dust storms have quieted down a bit and they have been prepping both of them for action.
During the dust storms, both rovers were kept in a very low power use mode and didn’t run the batteries dead. So fingers crossed, they may still have a few more discoveries in them still.