NASA’s Perseverance Rover 22 Days From Mars Landing
Seven minutes of harrowing descent to the Red Planet is in the not-so-distant future for the agency’s Mars 2020 mission.
NASA’s Perseverance rover is landing on Mars Today (up: landed within target zone)
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My actual thought pattern reading the title...
I thought this wasn't landing until February.
NO WAY! IT'S ALMOST FEBRUARY!
I thought this wasn't landing until February.
NO WAY! IT'S ALMOST FEBRUARY!
Awesome!
This completely passed me by. I wonder if we'll get some video or really high res pics from the 'seven minutes of terror' this time (I think we only got low res stills from curiosity's landing)
This completely passed me by. I wonder if we'll get some video or really high res pics from the 'seven minutes of terror' this time (I think we only got low res stills from curiosity's landing)
The fact that there will be two nuclear powered rovers on Mars blows my mind. I remember seeing the pictures from Sojourner and being blown away.
Feb 18th is quickly approaching - can't wait!
Is there going to be an OT for this?
Anyways, here's a small "Perseverance Landing (feat. Vangelis)" video I threw together to keep hype levels in check.
Is there going to be an OT for this?
Anyways, here's a small "Perseverance Landing (feat. Vangelis)" video I threw together to keep hype levels in check.
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I'm in a similar place, but still in awe every fucking time a human-made craft/rover is send to another planet.
Yeap, and the robotic helicopter is another thing to look for in this mission.
Hope we get some interesting overhead views/photos from the little guy.
Hope we get some interesting overhead views/photos from the little guy.
Oh man this was off my radar till now. Sweating just thinking about all that could go wrong. That is some Expanse style engineering
Ya I'm really excited for this aspect. Will be great to get photos from very different perspectives than what we're used to.
It's still surreal that a technique as advanced and powerful as robotic sky crane deployment is now a standard method of deploying machines on planetary surfaces.
I like how diverse the team behind perserverence appears to be. Really inspiring for kids everywhere.
And additionally I remember them mentioning that they included multiple microphones on this one in a "why the hell not" way.
We could get some interesting descent/landing/environmental sounds if we are lucky!
It will fly away to the mythical Descent Stafe farm, where it will spend its final days in a loving, caring enviroment
But still I think you need to be a US citizen to work at NASA/JPL. Glad for the diversity, but all of them are americans so for anyone not form the US it's kinda impossible to go in if you are an immigrant :/
I know but at the end of the day seeing black, brown, Asian men and women doing important science is inspiring for kids of those backgrounds even if they can't necessarily work for nasa. This is especially true for ethnic minority kids who live in countries where ethnic minority people on TV are pigeon holed into sports, music etc.
anyway back to the topic in hand, hopefully the mission to pick up perseverence's samples gets funded. Would be the icing on the cake if we can bring the samples back and examine them in a lab.
Absolutely, its critical so that everyone feels they can have a chance at realizing their dreams or to discover that this choice can become their dreams.
Btw, what time is the landing expected?
It's basically "jesus take the wheel" right now.
With the backshell, the thing looks like a 1950's UFO from the illustration
It really does
In 7 1/2 hours. Someone more technically astute than me should post a countdown in this thread, E3 style!
place your bets!. I'm going for F9
I'll go for K7. Looking forward to the livestream tonight and hope it lands in one piece!
