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Old January 5th 04, 12:39 PM
Jon Berndt
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Default Spirit Final Resting Spot Guesses

Heh. Looks like the DIMES images (raw) on the marsrover website were
compressed in the vertical dimension. Also, considering that the images were
taken at an altitude of a little less than a mile, only 12-15 seconds or so
prior to "bouncedown", there's no way it could have sailed as far downrange
as I had initially guessed.

The DIMES images are a bit confusing, though. They appear to paint a
picture of a drift from east to west. I wonder at what angle they were
coming down, and what the wind speed was above ground as they descended? If
these are the only three images used to determine whether or not to use the
transverse rockets, I'll be impressed.