tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557240086320000561.post3097926299144862484..comments2024-01-15T00:07:32.472-08:00Comments on Mars and Me: Spirit Sol 156Scott Maxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11510688120932625522noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557240086320000561.post-79485384397275125032009-06-17T15:10:56.444-07:002009-06-17T15:10:56.444-07:00@Anonymous I don't honestly recall what the da...@Anonymous I don't honestly recall what the data from this experiment showed. I seem to recall the mechanical guys going into a huddle around it, but I don't recall what specific recommendations arose.<br /><br />And -- good instinct! We have indeed thought about testing whether running the wheels at different rates would help us extract Spirit. It's one of the things we'll be testing in the testbed.Scott Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11510688120932625522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557240086320000561.post-58230865512196766382009-06-13T23:21:13.377-07:002009-06-13T23:21:13.377-07:00How did the experiment with turning the wheels slo...How did the experiment with turning the wheels slowly go? <br /><br />Could this be useful extracting Spirit from her current position, for example when climbing over the rock in front of her left middle wheel without causing another wheel stall?<br /><br />AlanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557240086320000561.post-51476198639880359582009-06-12T14:33:50.602-07:002009-06-12T14:33:50.602-07:00@akuo Essentially everyone but me (even around her...@akuo Essentially everyone but me (even around here) uses the word "tosol" as well. Even I admit that "tosol" has etymology going for it; my only reason for using "thisol" is that I coined it and am therefore irrationally attached to it. :-) As I'm sure you know now, our word for "the next sol" is "nextersol" (also my coinage), although John Wright prefers "solmorrow" (which, unlike "tosol," is etymologically unsound).<br /><br />During this period, I made time almost every day to catch up on the latest images. I wanted to savor the entire experience as completely as I could, and that was an important part of doing so. Sadly, I can simply no longer afford the time for glorying in our images the way I could then, but I'm really glad I did it while I could.Scott Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11510688120932625522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557240086320000561.post-7859224308270610702009-06-12T03:47:19.285-07:002009-06-12T03:47:19.285-07:00300 KB? Surely it's kilobits?
Another interes...300 KB? Surely it's kilobits?<br /><br />Another interesting thing is the use of "thisol". In conversations with other rover enthusiasts we were using "tosol". This might of course be confused with tomorrow. We had no word for the next sol really.<br /><br />During the long trip from Bonneville to the base of the hills we were checking out the new details in the hills showed by the new pancam images almost every sol. JPL also published mosaics of the hills on frequent intervals. Did you marvel the outcrops in the hills or were you too busy with the next 50-100 metres?<br /><br />Looking forward to your details of the driving around Pot of Gold ;-)akuohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01391338873053179258noreply@blogger.com