Lone Striker Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Parachute deployed now.... 10km from the surface Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovecraft Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 The Chinese already have one there and it's gonna turn into Mars Robot Wars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 AI controlled landing radar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Astonishing !! Trump will be claiming the credit, no doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 NASA continues its 100% record on Rover landings (yes it's lost probes but Rovers are 100% success) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Touchdown confirmed. Good job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovecraft Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Astonishing stuff again. See what happens when people stop constantly fighting each other. Imagine how far along we would be if we weren't war monkeys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Must be in good shape. Strong signal from the rover.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 1 minute ago, Lovecraft said: Astonishing stuff again. See what happens when people stop constantly fighting each other. Imagine how far along we would be if we weren't war monkeys. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Well to be fair the Space Race was driven by Cold War rivalry 😛 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 😜😲 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 First picture looks like Clermiston in the 70s 😲 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Okay, boring. Show me the alien life you're there to look for R2D2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 1 minute ago, JFK-1 said: Okay, boring. Show me the alien life you're there to look for R2D2 😀 That would be almost as likely as Hearts winning the Premiership next season, followed by the Champions League the year after !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peakybunnet Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 BBC news coverage was awful. The red bar at the bottom was covering up all the data and the two newsreaders kept talking over themselves and the NASA team. But great job to get it down. Hopefully it will be able to move about OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 10 minutes ago, Lone Striker said: Astonishing !! Trump will be claiming the credit, no doubt. Pity he wasn’t on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovecraft Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Planning on picking up samples in 2027. If the Chinese let us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, The Real Maroonblood said: Pity he wasn’t on it. Trump would be perfectly camouflaged there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JFK-1 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 8 minutes ago, Lone Striker said: 😀 That would be almost as likely as Hearts winning the Premiership next season, followed by the Champions League the year after !! Well what they're actually looking for is evidence of ancient microbial life. I don't think that's quite so unlikely as the Hearts scenario. And if it were found it would be world changing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Can't wait to see if the drone works. A diddy wee helicopter flying about on another planet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Just now, Cade said: Can't wait to see if the drone works. A diddy wee helicopter flying about on another planet Brilliant idea isn't it. Send the drone out scouting for interesting sites before spending days to go there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 1 minute ago, Cade said: Can't wait to see if the drone works. A diddy wee helicopter flying about on another planet Maybe it was a remake of Capricorn One. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, JFK-1 said: Well what they're actually looking for is evidence of ancient microbial life. I don't think that's quite so unlikely as the Hearts scenario. And if it were found it would be world changing. Indeed (I was just joking !). Pretty much any discovery of anything recognisable to human science will be valuable. Any discovery of anything UNrecognisable to human science will be of even more value. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Don't like that guy they have trying to copy David Bowie. The occasion demands the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovecraft Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Just released the unedited picture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 1 minute ago, JFK-1 said: Don't like that guy they have trying to copy David Bowie. The occasion demands the real thing. The video montage alongside it was brilliant - glimpses of how this adventure has captured the imagination of the next generation - some of whom may be colonising the planet in decades to come. I thought it was a pretty good version of the song - sorry 😜 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, Lovecraft said: Just released the unedited picture Damn - you mean the zombie guy beat Bernie to it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bindy Badgy Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Lone Striker said: Astonishing !! Trump will be claiming the credit, no doubt. He posted about it on Twitter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 The first rover NASA landed on Mars was called pathfinder which was put on the surface in 1997. It was toy sized weighing around 23lbs. Now around 24 years later perseverance takes it to a whole new level. The heaviest load ever landed, car sized, weighing around one ton. That weight will assist it in digging somewhat below the surface in the search for ancient microfossils. Quote The Perseverance rover has four science objectives that support the Mars Exploration Program's science goals. Looking for habitability: identify past environments capable of supporting microbial life. Seeking biosignatures: seek signs of possible past microbial life in those habitable environments, particularly in special rocks known to preserve signs over time. Caching samples: collect core rock and "soil" samples and store them on the Martian surface. Preparing for humans: test oxygen production from the Martian atmosphere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Wee yin at the bottom is Sojourner, landed on Mars in 1997. One on the left is Spirit/Opportunity, twin rovers which landed on Mars in 2004. Big boy is Curiosity, which landed on Mars in 2012. Perseverance is the same size as Curiosity, but with better tech and a drone. The science of interplanetary exploration is coming on leaps and bounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Mackerel Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 (edited) NASA’s mission to Mars cost the same as England’s track and trace program. Let that sink in. Divided by 10. Edited February 19, 2021 by Space Mackerel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slog Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 4 hours ago, JFK-1 said: Touchdown confirmed. Good job. Pity we couldnt say that about Mahomes a few times last weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 MOXIE is probably one of the most interesting experiments on board It's attempting to convert the CO2 atmosphere of Mars into pure Oxygen. This has huge implications for both life support and fuel production on Mars and would make manned visits or colonisation possible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Oxygen_ISRU_Experiment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peakybunnet Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Funnily enough just watched this last month. An interesting insight onto what life on Mars could be like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 I hope the drone works as that could be a huge time saver. I haven't heard them speak of this aspect of it yet but I recall them talking during a previous rover mission about how slow everything was. Consider this. During previous rover missions they could only move forward say for example maybe 10 yards at a time then have to stop. Due to the distance from Earth and the time lag before you get a real view of what's right in front of it. Is there a rock there it might get stuck on? A hole it might fall into and become stuck? That kind of thing. So moving was tediously slow. Move 10 yards. Stop. Wait 15 minutes to see exactly where you are and what's 10 yards in front of you. Clear to go. Then it's another 15 minutes before the vehicle receives the signal that it can go forward another 10 yards and another 15 minutes after that again till you get a look at what's right in front of it. Takes over an hour to travel just 20 yards like that. If this drone works it can buzz all around the area for miles in every direction looking for potential hazards and mapping out safe paths for the vehicle to move good distances without stopping. That has to be a massive improvement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 1 hour ago, JFK-1 said: I hope the drone works as that could be a huge time saver. I haven't heard them speak of this aspect of it yet but I recall them talking during a previous rover mission about how slow everything was. Consider this. During previous rover missions they could only move forward say for example maybe 10 yards at a time then have to stop. Due to the distance from Earth and the time lag before you get a real view of what's right in front of it. Is there a rock there it might get stuck on? A hole it might fall into and become stuck? That kind of thing. So moving was tediously slow. Move 10 yards. Stop. Wait 15 minutes to see exactly where you are and what's 10 yards in front of you. Clear to go. Then it's another 15 minutes before the vehicle receives the signal that it can go forward another 10 yards and another 15 minutes after that again till you get a look at what's right in front of it. Takes over an hour to travel just 20 yards like that. If this drone works it can buzz all around the area for miles in every direction looking for potential hazards and mapping out safe paths for the vehicle to move good distances without stopping. That has to be a massive improvement. Yes .... and the rover has advanced versions of "driverless car" technology on board too, so it' has autonomous decision-making capability for movement. I'm not sure if it can be over-ridden by NASA controllers if required. The explanation of the sampling and analysis capability of gas, sand, rock etc was amazing - a high-tech automated science lab on board. Amazing stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tommy Brown Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Is it really fair, us taking Covid-19 to Mars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Maybe I should save this for the what are you listening to right now thread. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr87nJVKdu0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=772472080066006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroonlegions Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 UNIVERSETODAY.COM Just Some of the Planets That TESS Has Found Nearby - Universe Today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 I have been wondering how they tested the drone to fly in the extremely thin Martian atmosphere. Vacuum chamber maybe. And we still don't yet know if it will indeed fly. Quote Relative to Earth, the air on Mars is extremely thin. Standard sea-level air pressure on Earth is 1,013 millibars. On Mars the surface pressure varies through the year, but it averages 6 to 7 millibars. That's less than one percent of sea level pressure here. To experience that pressure on Earth, you would need to go to an altitude of about 45 kilometers (28 miles). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 5 hours ago, JFK-1 said: I have been wondering how they tested the drone to fly in the extremely thin Martian atmosphere. Vacuum chamber maybe. And we still don't yet know if it will indeed fly. Yes they used a chamber to simulate the thickness of the air on Mars and used lines attached to the drone to simulate the weaker gravity. LOTS of pictures expected to be released at some point today, including the video of the sky crane descent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 First batch out https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hagar the Horrible Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 On 22/02/2021 at 03:29, JFK-1 said: I have been wondering how they tested the drone to fly in the extremely thin Martian atmosphere. Vacuum chamber maybe. And we still don't yet know if it will indeed fly. To be fair the parachute worked to slow down, and I have had a drone up Ben Glass and Ben Lawyers, Parachute was made in Scotland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 (edited) Edited February 23, 2021 by Cade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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