MER-B is "swimming" in Mars dust

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Gary — 5/24/2005 3:26:11 PM (archived)

If the Meridiani plain is mostly deep Mars dust then MER-B's controllers need to chose their path carefully. A wiser course maybe to backtrack to firmer ground and then try to circle around the worst of the Mars dust. I wonder if the regions of deeper Mars dust can be detected from orbit?

Gary

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More "movie shots" of Opportunity's digout - Tom Brosz - 5/24/2005 7:49:02 AM
- Coool animation...But how can it be 'stuck' yet move 39 feet? (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 5/24/2005 2:04:00 PM
  - Oooops!...Brain freeze!....I think I answered my own question. - Jacob Samorodin - 5/24/2005 2:11:07 PM
    - It's not stuck ;) - Doug Ellison - 5/24/2005 2:57:54 PM
      - Boy, if my car were doing that, I'd still be saying "stuck." (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/24/2005 4:01:11 PM
      - MER-B is "swimming" in Mars dust - Gary - 5/24/2005 3:26:11 PM
        
        re: MER-B is "swimming" in Mars dust - Doug Ellison - 5/24/2005 4:01:59 PM
        
        Will radar help?.... Hint hint hint. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 5/24/2005 3:58:52 PM
      - They should have put retrorockets on the rovers to blast them out of there! - ljk - 5/24/2005 3:20:49 PM

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