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Mars Rover Encounters Dune
JPL Rover website ^
| 29 April 2005
| NASA photo
Posted on 04/29/2005 2:18:48 PM PDT by Fitzcarraldo
Mars Rover Opportunity Raw Image site.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dune; mars; nasa; opportunity
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To: N. Theknow
The answer depends on whether or not they remembered to pack a time machine.
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posted on
04/29/2005 3:24:19 PM PDT
by
Redcloak
(But what do I know? I'm just a right-wing nut in his PJs whackin' on a keyboard..)
To: Kenny Bunkport
I like those little NASA hubcaps.I wonder if they're spinners...
62
posted on
04/29/2005 3:24:29 PM PDT
by
wysiwyg
(What parts of "right of the people" and "shall not be infringed" do you not understand?)
To: Fitzcarraldo
I was just thinking of somthing I was told at least once:
Four wheel drive just lets you get twice as far before you get stuck.From that, I figure the little rover went 3 times as far as it should. I hope it's got a winch. ;-)
63
posted on
04/29/2005 3:27:22 PM PDT
by
wysiwyg
(What parts of "right of the people" and "shall not be infringed" do you not understand?)
To: LibWhacker
Yeah, but I'm saying it seems like we have a preference for things lit from a certain angle. I think most people will see that crater as a bump. Yes, they can force it to look like a crater. And, if you turn the picture over, most people will see it as a crater. Why the preference? Is our brain designed to see craters lit from the right (?) as bumps? Save that picture into a graphics program and do the following: flip it, mirror it, rotate it 90, 180, 270. You will see some as crater and some as bumps.
Maybe someone can post these various shots so you can see what I mean.
I remember an article years ago, maybe Scientific American, that talked about this. I've forgotten what they said about it.
64
posted on
04/29/2005 3:29:15 PM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
To: Fitzcarraldo
65
posted on
04/29/2005 3:29:32 PM PDT
by
Fintan
(Someday we'll look back on this moment and plow into a parked car.)
To: Fitzcarraldo
No problem... The same dudes who cleaned the dust off of the solar arrays a few months ago can make another house call and pull them out of the deep sand.
66
posted on
04/29/2005 3:29:57 PM PDT
by
Zeppo
To: Zeppo
Unless some little Ewok guys show up first and start taking it apart and hauling it away. Depends on whose 'turf' we're on.
67
posted on
04/29/2005 3:33:10 PM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
To: Right Wing Assault
My brain must be wired wrong, lol! I'm familiar with that claim and have seen some really good examples of it. But in this case, I see a crater right off the bat and only see the bump when somebody mentions it.
To: LibWhacker
69
posted on
04/29/2005 3:38:34 PM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
To: RightWhale; Brett66; xrp; gdc314; sionnsar; anymouse; RadioAstronomer; NonZeroSum; jimkress; ...
70
posted on
04/29/2005 3:41:47 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: Fitzcarraldo
This thing will be unstuck in mere minutes once they get all of the tires going in the same direction. With one set trying to go perpendicular to the direction of travel, they're bound to be screwed.
Another way out of this would be to use the tooling head's brush to clean out the cleats on the tires, and/or use that head to manually re-orient the perpendicular tires (if the steering command is not working).
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posted on
04/29/2005 3:41:49 PM PDT
by
datura
(Fix bayonets.)
To: Right Wing Assault
72
posted on
04/29/2005 3:45:22 PM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
To: Right Wing Assault
Interesting! I wonder what caused it?
"It must be signs of intelligent alien manipulation! Or signs of water on Mars bubbling up to the surface." [/Richard C. Hoagland speak]
73
posted on
04/29/2005 3:48:05 PM PDT
by
Simmy2.5
(DUmmies in mourning. World is a better place.)
To: Fitzcarraldo
Fear is the mind killer!!!!
74
posted on
04/29/2005 3:48:39 PM PDT
by
TruthConquers
(Delenda est publius schola)
To: MineralMan
Hmmmmm
75
posted on
04/29/2005 4:01:43 PM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(I'm pleased that my banishment was reversed on appeal)
To: StevieB
Both of them are still working ... and a couple of weeks ago NASA extended their operational mission into mid-2006. Not bad for a couple of pieces of equipment that were designed to last for 90 days!
Do you know where to look for a map of Mars showing the full paths taken so far?
To: Fintan
ROFL....Man, you're good.
To: Cultural Jihad
Spirit Traverse Map:
To: StevieB
did they find our flag yet?
sarcasm
79
posted on
04/29/2005 4:24:25 PM PDT
by
longfellow
(You're either with US or from Hollywood! Ultimateamerican.com)
To: Fitzcarraldo
The spice must flow....
80
posted on
04/29/2005 4:27:24 PM PDT
by
traumer
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