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Op dinsdag 2 maart 2004 22:31 schreef Marvin-THE-MARTiAN het volgende:
ps weet iemand waar opportunity hierna heengaat? wellicht "Endurance" ... ik kan het nog niet vnden op de nasa site...
Waar zou jij opportunity heen sturen?
BRON: ]http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/mer2004/daily/3-2-04.cfm]Opportunity Status for sol 37
Let's Go to 'Last Chance'
posted Mar. 2, 11:30 am PST
On sol 37, Opportunity woke up at 9:35 Local Solar Time to "Let's Go" by the Cars. Opportunity completed the miniature thermal emission spectrometer and panoramic camera surveys of the rock abrasion tool holes at "Guadalupe" and "McKittrick," then drove 4.25 meters (14 feet) to "Last Chance," ending the sol at 7:33 a.m. PST on Tuesday, March 2.
With the moves of a tango dancer, the drive was another intricate study in, and challenge of, driving on a slippery, steep slope.
The rover was directed to: turn right, go forward, turn right, take images of "Last Chance," turn right, go forward, turn left, go forward, turn right, take images of "Big Bend," go straight, turn left and go straight! Due to the challenges of driving and pirouetting on such a steep slope (as steep as 22 degrees) the rover found it difficult to maintain a perfectly straight course, and Opportunity came up shy and right of the "Last Chance" target by about 30 centimeters (about one foot).
The plan for sol 38, which will end at 8:13 a.m. PST on Wednesday, March 3 is to do a short drive again to get within arm's reach of "Last Chance." Once in place, Opportunity will use the science instruments on the end of the robotic arm to analyze "Last Chance."