Piping the rovers home

**Barb T** · 17th September 10, 05:37 AM

My current screen saver, Barb. Super photo: no kilts to be seen but overflowing with Highland emotion.

Wow - I'm honored!

**Pleater** · 21st September 10, 04:59 PM

Oh for a Biology field trip to Eos chasma -

Anne the Pleater

**Lallans** · 22nd September 10, 06:40 AM

Originally Posted by ThistleDown

My current screen saver, Barb. Super photo: no kilts to be seen but overflowing with Highland emotion.

Rex

Green Mars!

**Old Hippie** · 23rd September 10, 12:42 PM

When I was in university 30 years ago, I saw an advert somewhere for NASA's "Atlas of Mars" -- displaying as much of the planet as they had photography to cover. Some of it (quite a lot of it, in fact) is pretty large-scale, low detail photography -- but I've held onto that book ever since.

I'd go just for the adventure.

:ootd:

**tulloch** · 23rd September 10, 02:54 PM

Absolutely amazing! Great photos. Great contrast between the human form with pipes and the exotic machines. Barb you lead the most amazing life. Thank you.

**NewEnglander** · 23rd September 10, 04:12 PM

that is SO friggin' cool!

**CameronCat** · 23rd September 10, 06:12 PM

Originally Posted by tulloch

Barb you lead the most amazing life. Thank you.

I'm late to the party again, but I'll add that just about everybody here wants to be you! Thanks for everything you've done.

Just flippin' brilliant; bravo and well done!

JT

**SteveB** · 23rd September 10, 08:28 PM

Is there pipe music for "Rock On...."?

Slainte

**Bigkahuna** · 23rd September 10, 09:07 PM

OK when do we go to Mars????

**Frank McGrath** · 24th September 10, 06:58 PM

Originally Posted by Barb T.

Yes, indeedy! The test was run in the San Francisco Volcanic Field from just west of SP Crater to the Black Point Lava Flow. At one point, the rovers had to cross highway 89 (the one that runs from Flagstaff to the Grand Canyon and is almost continual traffic). We had to wait about an hour for the State Police to arrive to stop traffic and escort the rovers across the road, and cars just zoomed on by while we were waiting. I guess they thought the rovers were some kind of uninteresting Winnebago (although this kind of new-generation Moon rover, where the astronauts actually live inside the rover and go from place to place, has been nicknamed the "Lunabago"....hee hee)...Anyway - here's a pic of one of those cars that just sped on by.

Had I been driving down the road and seen vehicles such as these, I would have stopped, backed up, exited my vehicle and proceeded to ask the operator about every detail of the vehicle. I would have pulled my truck across the road to stop traffic. I have done it before and would again with no hesitation. Great pics, Barb. As usual.

Frank