Lewie Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Man, gotta love what Percy is up to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PakledHostage Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 A media briefing about the Ingenuity helicopter will start in about 45 minutes from the time of this writing: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Perseverance discovers large pile of socks on mars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meecrob Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Wow...some of my tax dollars got wasted on that...joke... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 (edited) 19 hours ago, Meecrob said: Wow...some of my tax dollars got wasted on that...joke... Mine too, but considering that should’ve only taken about 5 minutes to ‘shop and post it, I’m sure there are bigger wastes of tax dollars to worry about Edited April 2, 2021 by StrandedonEarth just noticed the autocowreck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kerbiloid Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 8 hours ago, StrandedonEarth said: Mine too, but considering that should I’ve only taken about 5 minutes to ‘shop and post it, I’m sure there are bigger wastes of tax dollars to worry about But what about the heap of junk delivered to Mars just to make a picture and photoshop out the Martians? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 10 hours ago, kerbiloid said: But what about the heap of junk delivered to Mars just to make a picture and photoshop out the Martians? Persy: "Heap of junk? HEAP OF JUNK? *points SuperCam at kerbiloid* Did you just call me a heap of junk? Let's see what you're made of, or maybe my little buddy Ingenuity here should give you a haircut..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyplayer321 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 19 hours ago, Meecrob said: Wow...some of my tax dollars got wasted on that...joke... in my opinion, at least they included a well photoshopped image Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dfthu Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 Man I really hope they can take picture of ingenuity from the rover while it flies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 This would be the first "drone vs anti-aicraft" duel on another planet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanRising Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 2 hours ago, Dfthu said: Man I really hope they can take picture of ingenuity from the rover while it flies Why not video? They've got the cameras for it, I know they do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 43 minutes ago, RyanRising said: Why not video? They've got the cameras for it, I know they do. Yes pretty sure it shoot video, Purpose of the helicopter to give air recon for the rover. Making it easier to spot interesting things and plan the route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, StrandedonEarth said: wen hop Edited April 4, 2021 by RealKerbal3x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 My 'bet' on the green rock is that it's part of a comet. BTW: why is this a 'twitter' thing and a 'fluff media' thing... but not readily found on the NASA Perseverance website? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Spaceman.Spiff Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Hmmm... Looks like there’s already a decent amount of dust accumulation on that panel. Hopefully that doesn’t impact operation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Spoiler Landing site Octavia E. Butler Landing in Jezero crater, 18.4447°N 77.4508°E 18.5 N 77.5 E Why did they land it so far from the channels??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 8 hours ago, kerbiloid said: Hide contents Landing site Octavia E. Butler Landing in Jezero crater, 18.4447°N 77.4508°E 18.5 N 77.5 E Why did they land it so far from the channels??? As I understand it, they landed in the outflow from one of those channels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 (edited) On 2/26/2021 at 11:57 AM, JoeSchmuckatelli said: Moving this discussion over here from me getting jiggy with the wrong thread: Question is, effectively, why they chose this location rather than the canyons to the west of where Viking 1 landed. Those channels to the west of Viking 1 look like a long-term water feature, and one that would have originated from precipitation at the nearby high elevations... seems to me that if we are looking for evidence of wet Mars / life... a long established watershed feature might be better than what looks like an impact-driven melt/flow that occurred after Mars lost most of its atmosphere (Jezero Crater flow features). If you click the arrow above - it actually shows the missing colorized altitude graphic that makes it obvious what I'm talking about; Viking's spot was literally almost perfect (good job, humans of so many decades ago!). On 3/4/2021 at 5:36 PM, JoeSchmuckatelli said: That was an incredible read. Thank you! Also answered my question above 'spacecraft orbiting mars have detected carbonate molecules in the area. Carbonate molecules are made when carbon dioxide reacts with water and rocks. This is exciting because, on Earth, carbonate molecules that precipitate out of the water in lakes and oceans are known to trap evidence of microbial life. ' On 4/7/2021 at 2:47 AM, kerbiloid said: Reveal hidden contents Landing site Octavia E. Butler Landing in Jezero crater, 18.4447°N 77.4508°E 18.5 N 77.5 E Why did they land it so far from the channels??? @kerbiloidI think I questioned and answered that back on pg 13-ish. The more permanent channels look like better places - but dem rocks man! On 3/4/2021 at 3:52 PM, Brikoleur said: Very interesting, in-depth article about how Perseverance got to where it is. NASA are clearly better than I am at pinpoint atmospheric landings... and they do it with n-body physics enabled! https://jalopnik.com/how-nasas-perseverance-landed-on-mars-an-aerospace-eng-1846332411 Here's the quote and link that answered the question! (This did not edit out quite the way I wanted it: first reply should be Kerbiloid's followed by my rambling and responses.) Edited April 9, 2021 by JoeSchmuckatelli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JcoolTheShipbuilder Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 (edited) How often can perseverance take pictures of ingenuity and send them to Earth? About two times per minute? Or can it do nearly 1 every five seconds? Edited April 9, 2021 by JcoolTheShipbuilder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted April 9, 2021 Author Share Posted April 9, 2021 16 minutes ago, JcoolTheShipbuilder said: How often can perseverance take pictures of ingenuity and send them to Earth? About two times per minute? Or can it do nearly 1 every five seconds? I believe it can take lots of pictures in a short timespan. Curiosity took this video: Downlinking them all will take a while, but we should get so see some kind of video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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