Spirit Final Resting Spot Guesses

It landed right he

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/m...entimages.html

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/m...ndingsite.html

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/m...1231gusev.html


Hallerb

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It landed right he

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/m...entimages.html

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/m...ndingsite.html

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/m...1231gusev.html

Hallerb

That could very well be. I saw those images in spaceflightnow.com.
However, looking at the DIMES images from the MER website made it appear (in
my layman's eye's) that the craft sailed past the point where the yellow
arrow points. I think the yellow arrow was added by SFNow - not NASA, but
I'm not sure. Also, looking at the panorama released this morning seems to
show the sun setting in the west - and just south of that are some
noteworthy hills. There doesn't seem to be much else around. But, like I
said - take my guess with a huge grain of salt. The DIMES images are not
straightforward to interpret, and now timing information is given on when
they were snapped. I wonder, also, what the velocity and flight path angle
was at the time the images were taken.

Jon

Given that MER was "ahead" of Mars in orbit, and that Mars "overtook" MER,
and that the landing occurred in daylight, my assumption is that MER tracked
west to east in its descent (left to right in images of Gusaev Crater with
north up.

True, correct?

Jon

I've tried to match up various craters in the three images presented as
"EDR" on the marsrover web site.

http://home.houston.rr.com/fancijon/EntryImages.jpg

Compare these with this image:

http://tinyurl.com/2mp3s

Jon

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/m...1231gusev.html


Hallerb


Its funny having two of me here. Its almost as funny as my multiple wives. Jen,
jill, gabby, sharon, carla, and a few oythers.

I love my harem.