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flying sparrow written by Stargazer on Sep 30, 2006 18:03 Speeder said: * wonders if with the sat resolution, is possible to take a photo of the two hovers... Also, wonder if is possible to relay the data of the hovers, so they can use less energy while sending data to us... * I assume that with "hovers" you mean rovers, in which case the answer is yes: MRO should be able to spot both Opportunity and Spirit when given the chance, and there's nothing preventing it from being used as a communication relay between the rovers and Earth. In fact, the rovers have been using the older Mars Odyssey satellite as a relay before and one of the primary objectives of MRO is indeed to act as a relay for current and future missions; forming a major part of the "interplanetary network" which NASA plans to extend with every future operation. That’s one of the reasons it represents the beginning of the next generation for Mars exploration, a generation that could eventually culminate in the first human touchdown, hopefully by some 20-30 years from now. flying sparrow written by Stargazer on Oct 07, 2006 08:08 And here we go, MRO has spotted Opportunity at the rim of Victoria Crater, which the rover reached last week. The image will now be used for mission planning as the rover prepares for what might be its final mission: exploration of Victoria. More information can be found here: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2006-121 doing pushups written by Megagun on Oct 07, 2006 15:19 Stargazer said: The image will now be used for mission planning as the rover prepares for what might be its final mission: exploration of Victoria. I wonder how many times they/you have said "What might be its final mission".. Those things are REALLY wellmade. i haz title: speed-g-dof written by Speeder on Oct 08, 2006 21:42 It is in fact not the final mission, it is the "primary objective" of the entire mission... But I am sure that as soon as they finish it, they will find another objective written by Barebones on Dec 01, 2006 20:33 I don't know if you have visited recently the MRO site for new photos. These are from Opportunity's landing site: The first picture is of the same object than the second, but as seen from orbit: (the second, of course, was taken by the rover itself, shorty after landing) Other 'pieces': Main article: http://hiroc.lpl.arizona.edu/images/PSP/PSP_001414_1780/ and of course the MRO page: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/ written by Barebones on Jun 05, 2007 08:05 *bump* MRO images have been organized in a browser, reminiscent of Google Maps. http://marsoweb.nas.nasa.gov/HiRISE/hirise_images/ Have a look at Mars in astounding detail. Or look at the microbes on the pimples of the Cydonia Face, if you wish. It should give an idea of the enhanced resolution of the MRO camera, compared to <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_on_Mars>previous images. └> last changed by Barebones on June 06, 2007 at 20:35 flying sparrow written by Stargazer on Jun 06, 2007 16:49 Barebones said: http://marsoweb.nas.nasa.gov/HiRISE/hirise_images/ Ah, finally! Thanks for the link! written by Barebones on Mar 04, 2008 07:30 Two amazing images taken by the HIRISE camera of MRO: Avalanche: Earth and moon: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/news/mro-20080303.html going nowhere fast... written by Skinnymon on Mar 04, 2008 19:47 Yes, that was mentioned by our intrepid Stargazer on FRESPYCH yesterday: "19:41, Stargazer whispers: who said nothing ever happpened on thin atmosphere worlds? http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080303-mars-avalanche.html ^.^" Pay attention to the other pictures there also: Long link here! Looking a bit back in time, it probably relates to this story: http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/01/mars-gullies-produced-by-dry-granular-debris-and-not-by-recent-water-flow/ However, my bet is that it's probably just pictures of Admiral Skinnymon exploring falling into PITS on one of those thin atmosphere worlds where you need a flashlight! Edit by Megagun: shortened the extremely long link, so that it doesn't stretch the page.. └> last changed by Megagun on March 04, 2008 at 19:50 written by Barebones on Mar 04, 2008 19:49 Skinnymon said: Yes, that was mentioned by our intrepid Stargazer on FRESPYCH yesterday: oh well, pwned again-- going nowhere fast... written by Skinnymon on Mar 04, 2008 21:02 Barebones said: oh well, pwned again-- Barebones, it could be considered a complement to you for posting! (I was J/K Stargazer, you see) And thank you Megagun, I admit that was a bit much and I haven't needed to do that (usually). [Bad excuse would be, "Well, this thread only has two pages since 2005 and hadn't been posted in for nearly nine months"...but that's pretty lame]

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