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Tom Montgomery

@65dBnoise

The final step in the Sample Handling System, and it seems to be working as intended. ๐Ÿ™‚

The process appears to have started around 13:00 LMST with the selected sample presented to the Vision Station, presumably to verify the serial number. And the tube is shown lying on the ground at 13:52, so less than an hour elapsed time.

Perhaps the whole process uses up a lot of the daily power budget, and this is why it will take 30 sols to deposit 10 samples? ๐Ÿค”

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65dBnoise

@tom30519
Sounds logical. Presumably precision localization takes place after the tube is on the ground. But the rest is hard to tell without knowing the exact procedure. But let's count on fingers:
1 sol to reach the spot, 1 sol to drop the tube and do localization, 1 sol to exit the area safely (!). That's 3 sols; now that times 10 is 30. That's one whole month with no power interruptions. I think I have it now ๐Ÿ˜†

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