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Astromut
Senior Forum Moderator  02/18/2021 12:27 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | NASA will attempt to land the Perseverance rover on Mars today. Live coverage will begin on NASA TV at 2:30 pm eastern, 19:30 UT. Perseverance shares a lot in common with the previous Curiosity rover, including the skycrane landing system. Some notable improvements include a zoom lens for the Mastcam (which uses the same KAI-2020CM CCD that I used to film Perseverance departing earth the night after its launch), a system for collecting and depositing samples to be picked up for a later Mars sample return mission, additional science payloads like MOXIE which will be the first in-situ resource utilization test on Mars to generate oxygen. The upgraded cameras and microphones will capture the sights and sounds of the landing to be transmitted back to earth afterwards. It also brings along a technology demonstrator named Ingenuity, a small helicopter drone with large blades to make the first attempt at powered flight on another world. Here are images I captured of Perseverance's cruise stage headed towards Mars with my telescope and ST-2000XCM (which uses the KAI-2020CM CCD): [link to drive.google.com (secure)] It's the faint object moving from bottom left to top right. Using a simultaneous image from a telescope I controlled over the internet in California, I was able to measure the distance using parallax, and putting together all the data I was able to plot the trajectory and show that it was indeed on-course for Mars: I did a live stream of my tracking of Perseverance right here on GLP: Thread: Tracking the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Tonight!   |
| Astromut
(OP) Senior Forum Moderator 02/18/2021 12:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Landing is expected around 3:55 pm eastern, 20:55 UT. Entry, descent and landing will take about 7 minutes, but the one way light time from Mars is a little over 11 minutes right now. That means that by the time we hear the first signal of the spacecraft reaching atmospheric interface, the rover will either have been safely on the surface or crashed for over 4 minutes. |
| Remedial_Rebel
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| Seething
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| Jack The Leper
User ID: 78345706 United States02/18/2021 12:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It will smash into mars like Bill Clinton into a college cheerleader. Jerusalem, my happy home, When shall I come to thee? When shall my sorrows have an end? Thy joys when shall I see? O Christ, do Thou my soul prepare For that bright home of love That I may see Thee and adore With all Thy saints above. |
| Helios Maximus
User ID: 74772411 United States02/18/2021 12:36 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation |  The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object. ~ Thomas Jefferson, Inaugural Address, 1801 It is not only vain, but wicked, in a legislator to frame laws in opposition to the laws of nature, and to arm them with the terrors of death. This is truly creating crimes in order to punish them. ~ Thomas Jefferson, 1779 |
| Sheepster
User ID: 79183991 United States02/18/2021 12:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | NASA will attempt to land the Perseverance rover on Mars today. Live coverage will begin on NASA TV at 2:30 pm eastern, 19:30 UT. Quoting: Astromut Perseverance shares a lot in common with the previous Curiosity rover, including the skycrane landing system. Some notable improvements include a zoom lens for the Mastcam (which uses the same KAI-2020CM CCD that I used to film Perseverance departing earth the night after its launch), a system for collecting and depositing samples to be picked up for a later Mars sample return mission, additional science payloads like MOXIE which will be the first in-situ resource utilization test on Mars to generate oxygen. The upgraded cameras and microphones will capture the sights and sounds of the landing to be transmitted back to earth afterwards. It also brings along a technology demonstrator named Ingenuity, a small helicopter drone with large blades to make the first attempt at powered flight on another world. Here are images I captured of Perseverance's cruise stage headed towards Mars with my telescope and ST-2000XCM (which uses the KAI-2020CM CCD): [link to drive.google.com (secure)] It's the faint object moving from bottom left to top right. Using a simultaneous image from a telescope I controlled over the internet in California, I was able to measure the distance using parallax, and putting together all the data I was able to plot the trajectory and show that it was indeed on-course for Mars: I did a live stream of my tracking of Perseverance right here on GLP: Thread: Tracking the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Tonight! . Amrican CGI is head and shoulders above Chinise CGI from the moon landing. 8k vs 280p Those Nvidia cards are more realistinc than real landing would ever be. science bitch... . Sheepster |
| Astromut
(OP) Senior Forum Moderator 02/18/2021 12:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | NASA will attempt to land the Perseverance rover on Mars today. Live coverage will begin on NASA TV at 2:30 pm eastern, 19:30 UT. Quoting: Astromut Perseverance shares a lot in common with the previous Curiosity rover, including the skycrane landing system. Some notable improvements include a zoom lens for the Mastcam (which uses the same KAI-2020CM CCD that I used to film Perseverance departing earth the night after its launch), a system for collecting and depositing samples to be picked up for a later Mars sample return mission, additional science payloads like MOXIE which will be the first in-situ resource utilization test on Mars to generate oxygen. The upgraded cameras and microphones will capture the sights and sounds of the landing to be transmitted back to earth afterwards. It also brings along a technology demonstrator named Ingenuity, a small helicopter drone with large blades to make the first attempt at powered flight on another world. Here are images I captured of Perseverance's cruise stage headed towards Mars with my telescope and ST-2000XCM (which uses the KAI-2020CM CCD): [link to drive.google.com (secure)] It's the faint object moving from bottom left to top right. Using a simultaneous image from a telescope I controlled over the internet in California, I was able to measure the distance using parallax, and putting together all the data I was able to plot the trajectory and show that it was indeed on-course for Mars: I did a live stream of my tracking of Perseverance right here on GLP: Thread: Tracking the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Tonight! . Amrican CGI is head and shoulders above Chinise CGI from the moon landing. 8k vs 280p Those Nvidia cards are more realistinc than real landing would ever be. science bitch... . Filmed it myself. Not CGI. It's really out there, headed for Mars. [link to drive.google.com (secure)] |
| exlibris
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| exlibris
User ID: 73888120 United States02/18/2021 12:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Filmed it myself. Not CGI. It's really out there, headed for Mars. Quoting: Astromut [link to drive.google.com (secure)] That thing is moving fast! think for yourself... it's the sane thing to do ~exlibris |
| exlibris
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| Astromut
(OP) Senior Forum Moderator 02/18/2021 12:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Filmed it myself. Not CGI. It's really out there, headed for Mars. Quoting: Astromut [link to drive.google.com (secure)] That thing is moving fast! Yes it is but do keep in mind that that is a time-lapse over the course of the bulk of my webcast. Every single frame was a minute long exposure. The spacecraft was most of the way to the moon during that time-lapse, so it was extremely dim. Last Edited by Astromut on 02/18/2021 12:45 PM |
| ConcernedHuman
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| ConcernedHuman
User ID: 79851275 United States02/18/2021 12:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Landing is expected around 3:55 pm eastern, 20:55 UT. Entry, descent and landing will take about 7 minutes, but the one way light time from Mars is a little over 11 minutes right now. That means that by the time we hear the first signal of the spacecraft reaching atmospheric interface, the rover will either have been safely on the surface or crashed for over 4 minutes. Quoting: Astromut 3:55 eastern...what time is that on Mars? LOL I want the truth. We all deserve it. |
| Eireann
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| exlibris
User ID: 73888120 United States02/18/2021 12:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Filmed it myself. Not CGI. It's really out there, headed for Mars. Quoting: Astromut [link to drive.google.com (secure)] That thing is moving fast! Yes it is but do keep in mind that that is a time-lapse over the course of the bulk of my webcast. Every single frame was a minute long exposure. The spacecraft was most of the way to the moon during that time-lapse, so it was extremely dim. It's still moving pretty fast to complete the journey in 7 months. think for yourself... it's the sane thing to do ~exlibris |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 77780907 United States02/18/2021 12:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Filmed it myself. Not CGI. It's really out there, headed for Mars. Quoting: Astromut [link to drive.google.com (secure)] That thing is moving fast! Yes it is but do keep in mind that that is a time-lapse over the course of the bulk of my webcast. Every single frame was a minute long exposure. The spacecraft was most of the way to the moon during that time-lapse, so it was extremely dim. I don't see notifications from your channel anymore. |
| marooned
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| Astromut
(OP) Senior Forum Moderator 02/18/2021 12:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Filmed it myself. Not CGI. It's really out there, headed for Mars. Quoting: Astromut [link to drive.google.com (secure)] That thing is moving fast! Yes it is but do keep in mind that that is a time-lapse over the course of the bulk of my webcast. Every single frame was a minute long exposure. The spacecraft was most of the way to the moon during that time-lapse, so it was extremely dim. I don't see notifications from your channel anymore. YouTube seems to have shadow banned me. They heavily investigated me at one point for writing software that tracked comments that were deleted from YouTube. I was back and forth in emails with them for about a week before I got them to drop the investigation. They really don't like me. The tools I put out there are too dangerous to them. |
| Jack The Leper
User ID: 78345706 United States02/18/2021 12:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Reading the purpose of the mission it is a failure already. What is the hardon people have to find "life" on mars? I mean really? there were over a dozen probes and landers sent to mars in the 1960s and 70s that were not sterilized! So if a mold or bacteria was on board, guess what? Life on Mars!! whoopy!!! I believe that the high level of Cosmic rays would sterilize any life on Mars. If they were truly serious about a Mars Mission they would be surveying possible cave formations close to water for colonization. The priority should be colonization. And giving the state of "woke" politics, if they find life, they would say,"we can't destroy this environment by colonizing Mars" I think the hardon for seeking life on Mars is some perverted way of saying the Bible is wrong. As if the Bible says there is only organisms on Earth which it does not. Jerusalem, my happy home, When shall I come to thee? When shall my sorrows have an end? Thy joys when shall I see? O Christ, do Thou my soul prepare For that bright home of love That I may see Thee and adore With all Thy saints above. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 77780907 United States02/18/2021 12:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yes it is but do keep in mind that that is a time-lapse over the course of the bulk of my webcast. Every single frame was a minute long exposure. The spacecraft was most of the way to the moon during that time-lapse, so it was extremely dim. I don't see notifications from your channel anymore. YouTube seems to have shadow banned me. They heavily investigated me at one point for writing software that tracked comments that were deleted from YouTube. I was back and forth in emails with them for about a week before I got them to drop the investigation. They really don't like me. The tools I put out there are too dangerous to them. I remember the comment moderator... that was a hoot. Sorry they got you too, I'm dealing with the shadowbanning myself... what a world. |
| Remedial_Rebel
User ID: 78258400 United States02/18/2021 01:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yes it is but do keep in mind that that is a time-lapse over the course of the bulk of my webcast. Every single frame was a minute long exposure. The spacecraft was most of the way to the moon during that time-lapse, so it was extremely dim. I don't see notifications from your channel anymore. YouTube seems to have shadow banned me. They heavily investigated me at one point for writing software that tracked comments that were deleted from YouTube. I was back and forth in emails with them for about a week before I got them to drop the investigation. They really don't like me. The tools I put out there are too dangerous to them. I can't help but wonder if that's due to your affiliation with GLP. GLP to google is a domestic terrorist propaganda site. |
| tos cano ero
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| Astromut
(OP) Senior Forum Moderator 02/18/2021 01:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Astromut Yes it is but do keep in mind that that is a time-lapse over the course of the bulk of my webcast. Every single frame was a minute long exposure. The spacecraft was most of the way to the moon during that time-lapse, so it was extremely dim. I don't see notifications from your channel anymore. YouTube seems to have shadow banned me. They heavily investigated me at one point for writing software that tracked comments that were deleted from YouTube. I was back and forth in emails with them for about a week before I got them to drop the investigation. They really don't like me. The tools I put out there are too dangerous to them. I remember the comment moderator... that was a hoot. Sorry they got you too, I'm dealing with the shadowbanning myself... what a world. The comment monitor was their main focus, but I think they were probably set on me by Suzy Lu. I was helping John Swan monitor which of her videos were getting taken off her channel back when there was the hubub about her basically uploading whole anime episodes with minimal commentary to profit off of them. She got big mad and threatened to get us all banned by YouTube. The most that came of it was some foreigner working for YouTube trying to investigate my comment monitor and related programs, but he could barely write english (the emails were legit from YouTube though). I gave him the run around and eventually he dropped it. Last Edited by Astromut on 02/18/2021 01:05 PM |
| Uncle of an Uncle
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| Layne Staley
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| Astromut
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| THEDONN
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| Astromut
(OP) Senior Forum Moderator 02/18/2021 01:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Neither. A few minutes ago Madrid was receiving data from Perseverance at a rate of just 2 kb/s. Goldstone is currently setting up and preparing to receive the signal. You can't fit "live footage" worth anything in a 2kb/s bandwidth. They're just getting telemetry data and will downlink the recorded sights and sounds after the fact. Last Edited by Astromut on 02/18/2021 01:27 PM |
| OpenHeartMonk
User ID: 79746458  Canada02/18/2021 01:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | very cool, thx for this thread on the perseverance landing, astro! hope they land it intact and functional.. Aether for the Soul [link to www.youtube.com (secure)] |
| CUB4DK
User ID: 79555114 Canada02/18/2021 01:38 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | NASA will attempt to land the Perseverance rover on Mars today. Live coverage will begin on NASA TV at 2:30 pm eastern, 19:30 UT. Quoting: Astromut Perseverance shares a lot in common with the previous Curiosity rover, including the skycrane landing system. Some notable improvements include a zoom lens for the Mastcam (which uses the same KAI-2020CM CCD that I used to film Perseverance departing earth the night after its launch), a system for collecting and depositing samples to be picked up for a later Mars sample return mission, additional science payloads like MOXIE which will be the first in-situ resource utilization test on Mars to generate oxygen. The upgraded cameras and microphones will capture the sights and sounds of the landing to be transmitted back to earth afterwards. It also brings along a technology demonstrator named Ingenuity, a small helicopter drone with large blades to make the first attempt at powered flight on another world. Here are images I captured of Perseverance's cruise stage headed towards Mars with my telescope and ST-2000XCM (which uses the KAI-2020CM CCD): [link to drive.google.com (secure)] It's the faint object moving from bottom left to top right. Using a simultaneous image from a telescope I controlled over the internet in California, I was able to measure the distance using parallax, and putting together all the data I was able to plot the trajectory and show that it was indeed on-course for Mars: I did a live stream of my tracking of Perseverance right here on GLP: Thread: Tracking the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Tonight!  Thank-you again Astro and great topic.     CUB4DK |
Doc! Thanks for sharing 
