Space In General

[CodeRedR51]

Well, Thursday is the day. Perseverance will experience 7 minutes of terror as it descends to the Martian surface.

There will be several live streams, so I will update this post as more are available.

 

[TB]

Any one else have their name on the rover? I have to assume there are at least a couple of us.

 

[Exorcet]

Any one else have their name on the rover? I have to assume there are at least a couple of us.

Just checked, apparently I signed up in 2015. Feels like forever ago.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Edited my last post with a time breakdown of events in EST/PST.

 

[Brett]

Any one else have their name on the rover? I have to assume there are at least a couple of us.

I was not sure I had signed up for this one or not. Checked and I did.

EDIT: I found this: 10.9 Million Names on Perseverance.

 

[Dennisch]

Any one else have their name on the rover? I have to assume there are at least a couple of us.

I know I am.

 

[Dennisch]

The people at NASA talk too much. Give us a live feed from Mars' orbit already!

 

[TB]

Step 1 of 12 complete.
Step 2 complete.
3 and 4.
Parachute deployed.
Step 6.

Halfway there!

Step 7.
Step 8.
Steps 9 and 10.
Step 11.
TOUCHDOWN!

 

[Dennisch]

And the NASA official stream is missing it all. Or mine is minutes behind.

edit

Mine was minutes behind. Good job 👍

TOUCHDOWN!!!!!!

 

[CodeRedR51]

Success!

JPL actually had a 360 degree camera where you could look around their control center. Pretty cool.

 

[Touring Mars]

Fantastic news! Unbelievable achievement, so happy for everyone involved and Credit to them all! Kind of cool to know that we may very soon have the answer to one of the most fundamental questions in science too - is/was there life on other planets? You have to marvel at how this is even possible, but now Everyone can now breathe a sigh of relief. And let's hope that this is the beginning of an amazing mission. H!ow do you top that?!

 

[TB]

H!ow do you top that?!

Pick the samples up and bring them back to Earth!

 

[CodeRedR51]

Fantastic news! Unbelievable achievement, so happy for everyone involved and Credit to them all! Kind of cool to know that we may very soon have the answer to one of the most fundamental questions in science too - is/was there life on other planets? You have to marvel at how this is even possible, but now Everyone can now breathe a sigh of relief. And let's hope that this is the beginning of an amazing mission. H!ow do you top that?!

The RC helicopter!

 

[MatskiMonk]

Matt Damon is trending on Twitter... I really hope we can bring him home.

 

[Dennisch]

Who was the turd crapping all over that Bowie song?

 

[Famine]

I don't understand. It landed perfectly, and safely, and autonomously, 11 light-minutes away from home. Isn't it supposed to smash into the deck and explosively deconstruct to be considered a success?

Totally cool thing, and getting pictures instantly after landing (although, you know, 11 minutes after it actually landed, which also happened 11 minutes before we watched and listened to it happening) is great. Love the fact they've taken a helicopter/drone they're just going to fly about for a laugh to see if they can fly something about on Mars.

 

[Biggles]

Re-enforces the puzzling dichotomy that the United States is at the same time the most innovative & technologically advanced country on the planet ... & one of the most stupid.

No, I don't mean "stupid", I mean: backward, non-progressive, primitive, rudimentary, undeveloped (as per Merriam-Webster).

 

[CodeRedR51]

I don't understand. It landed perfectly, and safely, and autonomously, 11 light-minutes away from home. Isn't it supposed to smash into the deck and explosively deconstruct to be considered a success?

Totally cool thing, and getting pictures instantly after landing (although, you know, 11 minutes after it actually landed, which also happened 11 minutes before we watched and listened to it happening) is great. Love the fact they've taken a helicopter/drone they're just going to fly about for a laugh to see if they can fly something about on Mars.

 

[Famine]

Well, I'm sure it'll generate valuable data for future drones too.

 

[Rossell2]

In seriousness though excellent news.

 

[MatskiMonk]

errr.. guys...

 

[TexRex]

errr.. guys...

 

[Keef]

Hopefully we get some of the HD pics in soon. That red planet is looking pretty miserable so far.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Picture from the sky crane / jetpack just before touchdown.

 

[Dennisch]

I love being a nerd. People who aren't interested in this sort of thing don't know what they are missing.

 

[Dotini]

I love being a nerd. People who aren't interested in this sort of thing don't know what they are missing.

Oh, we are having a nerdgasm!

 

[wfooshee]

The picture in that group, of the lander hanging from its parachute, shot from the MRO is beyond nerd-worthy!

 

[CodeRedR51]

That sky crane photo I posted above is actually a snapshot from a video that is still currently being relayed to Earth. NASA has a live stream scheduled for Monday that should have the full video. (with audio!)

 

[Dotini]

The study of solar cycles is in its infancy, but is both very interesting and very important to our global civilization, relying as it increasing does upon satellites, cellphones and other electromagnetic technologies. It may also give insight into climate studies.

 

[CodeRedR51]

That sky crane photo I posted above is actually a snapshot from a video that is still currently being relayed to Earth. NASA has a live stream scheduled for Monday that should have the full video. (with audio!)

Reminder that this live stream starts in a few minutes.

 

[CodeRedR51]