Today was the first day the ROC6 officially joined the Lunar Analogue Mission led by the University of Western Ontario here at Mistastin Lake. The rover was manually piloted by an "astronaut" to a rock outcrop about one hundred metres from camp. There it gathered some images and three-dimensional models of the rock and then autonomously returned home. More extensive traverses will occur over the next few days. Bugs were bad today.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
ROC6 Joins Lunar Analogue Mission Operations
Today was the first day the ROC6 officially joined the Lunar Analogue Mission led by the University of Western Ontario here at Mistastin Lake. The rover was manually piloted by an "astronaut" to a rock outcrop about one hundred metres from camp. There it gathered some images and three-dimensional models of the rock and then autonomously returned home. More extensive traverses will occur over the next few days. Bugs were bad today.
