The Spirit does not give up, now I try to reverse
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 by cybercaronte
Now try to lift the Spirit of backtracking jam, and suddenly there is hope. From April 2009 the Spirit is stuck and every attempt to remove it appears to sink more.
Until now.
As I wrote before, attempts are now going into reverse, but carefully. Before the wheels turn from side to side and then make the move, so try to remove all possible material accumulated on them. In a first attempt has consegudo forward 3cm and high field 1 cm, is little but a breakthrough to achieve a successful exit. Another attempt on January 16, 2010 has gotten a little more, 3.5 cm and 0.3 cm high. Seems little but remember that the right rear wheel does not work for some time.
For future movements are considering to use the robot arm to drive, getting 30 Newtons of lateral force, but are necessary 100 newtons to move the rover (not counting that could damage your arm, a fundamental tool to continue their scientific research).
Insurance to the Spirit from his Twitter to keep up.
Mood Spirit!
Seen physorg.
