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Post by RickB on Feb 18, 2021 10:08:42 GMT -5
Watch the live stream on the NASA YouTube channel today. Coverage begins at 2:15PM EST. The Mars Rover will be gently lowered to the surface with a "sky crane". Rover will be equipped with the first helicopter drone to fly on another planet www.youtube.com/nasa
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 18, 2021 15:41:43 GMT -5
Watching live.... the suspense is killing me. Fingers crossed and prayers go to a successful mission.
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 18, 2021 15:59:57 GMT -5
Safe landing!!! Yay!
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Feb 18, 2021 20:02:52 GMT -5
I had to miss it. Maybe I can find a replay.
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Post by RickB on Feb 19, 2021 6:55:59 GMT -5
I had to miss it. Maybe I can find a replay. And just think, this mission to Mars is about doing some high-tech rockhounding. They will bring back rocks from the red planet.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Feb 19, 2021 8:40:50 GMT -5
I had to miss it. Maybe I can find a replay. And just think, this mission to Mars is about doing some high-tech rockhounding. They will bring back rocks from the red planet. Unfortunately, not on this mission. It will take 2 more missions for them to retrieve the sterile samples they will take and they need technology that hasn't been developed yet to do it. I watched a special last night on the Science Channel and then another one after that on National Geographic, so I saw most of the highlights.
The part that really was ironic was they were explaining how the one contraption lowered the rover to the Martian soil and then it flew away to crash at a safe distance away from the Rover. Vince said, "Mars' first junk yard!" I had to laugh a bit, because he's right. We're already polluting Mars in the name of Science.
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 19, 2021 8:47:44 GMT -5
And just think, this mission to Mars is about doing some high-tech rockhounding. They will bring back rocks from the red planet. Unfortunately, not on this mission. It will take 2 more missions for them to retrieve the sterile samples they will take and they need technology that hasn't been developed yet to do it. I watched a special last night on the Science Channel and then another one after that on National Geographic, so I saw most of the highlights.
The part that really was ironic was they were explaining how the one contraption lowered the rover to the Martian soil and then it flew away to crash at a safe distance away from the Rover. Vince said, "Mars' first junk yard!" I had to laugh a bit, because he's right. We're already polluting Mars in the name of Science.
I was thinking the exact same thing. I was watching the live program which was really slick and more devoted to kids. When they came to that part, they simply said it flew a distance away. They didn't mention that it crashed and became junk.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Feb 19, 2021 8:56:14 GMT -5
The Science Channel is the one that actually said that. I'm sure they'll be replaying it frequently for the near future. It was only and hour long but it was well done. The National Geographic one was also well done and was more robust in terms of how they think they will actually be able to make oxygen on Mars (by using oxygen generators and converting carbon dioxide into oxygen).
Then I got to thinking, well if they can do that on Mars, why don't they do that here and start erasing that carbon footprint they keep yakking about?
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 19, 2021 9:07:01 GMT -5
Then I got to thinking, well if they can do that on Mars, why don't they do that here and start erasing that carbon footprint they keep yakking about? Great question!
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Post by HankRocks on Feb 19, 2021 9:23:27 GMT -5
Then I got to thinking, well if they can do that on Mars, why don't they do that here and start erasing that carbon footprint they keep yakking about? Great question! The cost, trees and plants are a cheaper method.
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Post by parfive on Feb 20, 2021 3:09:45 GMT -5
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Post by RickB on Feb 22, 2021 14:38:28 GMT -5
LIVE: Nasa releases new video and images from Mars rover landing 700 watching now•Started streaming 33 minutes ago Come watch history in the making as we get to see amazing NEW high quality video of NASA's Perseverance Rover landing on our friendliest celestial neighbor, Mars.
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Post by Brian on Feb 23, 2021 9:35:30 GMT -5
I just read an interesting article in Wired about how they calibrated the cameras on the rover based on different wavelengths the cameras observe. They trained/calibrated the cameras using slabs of rocks containing minerals that would the rover would likely encounter on Mars. It would be great to see some of this technology trickle down because it would be an amazing tool for rock IDing. Link to article.
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Post by parfive on Feb 24, 2021 15:41:38 GMT -5
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 24, 2021 16:28:17 GMT -5
Another article about the message.
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Post by RickB on Feb 24, 2021 17:19:36 GMT -5
Another article about the message. Thanks Tela, I couldn't access the other article without subscribing.
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 24, 2021 17:27:57 GMT -5
Another article about the message. Thanks Tela, I couldn't access the other article without subscribing. Me, either.
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Post by parfive on Feb 24, 2021 17:59:01 GMT -5
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Post by parfive on Mar 3, 2021 12:36:29 GMT -5
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Post by miket on Mar 3, 2021 14:39:49 GMT -5
So cool, super cool if you think about it all. Thanks for the link!
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