Decision made to send Opportunity into Victoria

[MeteorWayne]

That is corrently working for me. IE7 browser.<br /><br />I think that's the same as the MER link I tested a post or two ago? <br /><br />Edit, not it's not the same. The one I used is similar.<br /><br />So maybe the jpl server was down? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[bdewoody]

We are still using IE6 here at work, but guess what! The link is now working on my puter. Maybe they were just having some technical difficulties. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <em><font size="2">Bob DeWoody</font></em> </div>

 

[acid_frost]

I think that the rovers have been the best money spent in a long time with real results!

 

[MeteorWayne]

Welcome to SDC!<br /><br />I agree 100%. Lots of bang for the bucks!! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

I don't think a bang is what we're worried about.... <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[acid_frost]

MeteorWayne,<br /><br />Ah, thank you! Ive been amazed by what the rovers have sent back and has even my daughter has been amazed by what she has seen from the rovers and she is really young so i think more missions rovers such as these in a multiple of different abilities it the right thing to go. As for these rovers only suppose to have a lifespan of 90 days those at NASA/JPL have got to be proud themselves and what they have discovered and what they aren't telling us. I look forward to see what occurs and find some from this and the next rover on its way. <br /><br />I would really like to see some of the technology which has been coming out of Japan in the ways of their robotics which seem to be able to work on its own and do its thing. Thier has and ive seen in my industry a series of some of the technology that should be used and isn't for the reason i don't know or could tell you.

 

[3488]

Update folks!!!!!!!<br /><br />It is getting worse (the dust storm that is).<br /><br />From JPL website.<br /><br /><br />Dust Delays Mars Crater Entry<br />July 03, 2007 <br /><br />A giant dust storm brewing for more than a week on Mars has become worse and is affecting<br />surface operations of the Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. <br />Because the rovers depend on solar energy for survival, and the dust is partially <br />blocking the sun, the storm is being watched closely by the rover scientists and <br />engineers. Opportunity's entry into Victoria Crater is delayed for at least several days. <br /><br />The storm, the most severe storm yet to hit the rovers, is expected to continue for at <br />least another week. Opportunity is perched near "Duck Bay" as it readies to descend <br />into Victoria Crater, but operations were scaled back on Saturday, June 30, to conserve power. <br /><br />"The storm is affecting both rovers and reducing the power levels on Opportunity," <br />said John Callas, Mars Exploration Rover project manager at NASA's <br />Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. "We are keeping an eye on this as we <br />go forward, but our entry into Victoria Crater will be delayed until no sooner than July 13." <br /><br />"We have some data that show the atmospheric opacity is decreasing, so the storm <br />might have peaked and we <br />may have passed the worst of this. The situation could improve quickly from here, but <br />we will have to wait and see," said Callas. <br /><br />Weather reports from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Color Imager <br />camera are helping track the storm and plan rover operations. <br /><br />Pictures from the orbiter's Mars Color Imager show the storm is regional in extent, <br />and includes several local areas of especially high dust activity. The storm has been <br />moving eastward and toward mid-latitudes, and is now also causing an increase in <br />atmospheric dust at Spirit's location, on the opposite side of th <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[spacefire]

Hope they make it through, I really want to see what's in the crater <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>http://asteroid-invasion.blogspot.com</p><p>http://www.solvengineer.com/asteroid-invasion.html </p><p> </p> </div>

 

[3488]

Same here. It does looks as if the situation is improving, so lets hope that <br />it was a false alarm.<br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[deapfreeze]

When all clears I hope all equipment is still in functioning order so things can move on. I am looking forward to seeing what is found in the crater. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font size="2" color="#0000ff"><em>William ( deapfreeze ) Hooper</em></font></p><p><font size="1">http://deapfreeze-amateur-astronomy.tk/</font></p><p> </p> </div>