Monthly Archives: December 2011

Firstly – welcome back, everyone! Hope you all had a *fantastic* Christmas! 2012 is just over there now, on the horizon, peeking at us coyly, and soon 2011 will be consigned to history. As she enters the final days of … Continue reading →

Not expecting an awful lot more back from Oppy over the next few days (famous last words; just watch, there’ll be a huge downlink tonight!!) so figure now is as good a time as any to thank all of you … Continue reading →

Oppy continues to just tick along, parked up at the summit of Cape York, drinking in the view. Not a lot to tell you this time, just a couple of new images to share with you. Firstly, a close-up of … Continue reading →

Oppy – and by the way, yes, I will continue to call her “Oppy”, and if anyone doesn’t like that I suggest they go elsewhere – is right where we left her, standing at the top of Cape York, taking … Continue reading →

Again, not much to report, sorry; Oppy’s just been taking it easy up there on the summit of Cape York, doing sciency…stuff..that doesn’t produce any beautiful images for me to show you. It’ll be this way until after Christmas I … Continue reading →

Oppy’s long-overdue and well-deserved rest continues. No driving again, so a chance to just catch-up with science activities, such as taking close-up images of the rocks around and beneath her. Above: a two frame mosaic of the surface of the … Continue reading →

So. Last night was The Big Announcement from the MER team, attending a big science bash in San Francisco, about just why “Homestake” had got them all as giddy as schoolgirls spotting their favourite popstar. I’m not sure how many … Continue reading →

Tonight is the night we FINALLY get to hear why Homestake – remember, that beautiful, fragile-looking, light-coloured vein of hard mineral that Oppy spotted, studied and then brutally ran over several times about a month ago – got the MER … Continue reading →

Yes, it’s “Road to Endeavour”s birthday today! Three years ago today, struggling to find a way to counter the disappointment of the two year delay of Curiosity’s departure for Mars I decided to start up a blog which would chronicle … Continue reading →

Been a few days since my last post, I know, but to be honest there’s not been a lot new to tell you all about. Until yestersol Oppy had just been standing there, at Turkey Haven, staring at the rocks … Continue reading →