Mars Perseverance Landing!

They just fucking landed. No they have not had plenty of time. The website with the raw images will be right here.
[link to mars.nasa.gov (secure)]

The recording of the clean feed is posted on the previous page

Thanks

How much did we just spend to get a first picture of this quality??

A fraction of what were spending on illegal immigrants.

so you think the whole purpose in going there was just to get a quick preview picture from the hazard camera initially after landing? Is that what you think?

I only got kerbal space program knowledge as far as space goes xd

I know the images are not high quality and it takes time to transport data over such massive distances.

But would it not be wiser to make like a air bridge from earth to mars with smaller satelites with high quality send and reciever tech aboard to get data faster. Like a digital chain. You might even control the perseverance or other future vehicles directly live. Instead of using raw data.



Earth ○ - - - - - - - ● Mars

○Earh
- probe/satelite communication chain
●Mars

since any radio transmission takes several minutes to come from there and more minutes to send to there, and the entry in atmosphere hampers any comm and the time between its end and land is a few minutes.. the landing was 100% automatic, blind to command center huh?

Yes. Everything was automated and by the time we heard the first reports from the spacecraft that it was hitting the atmosphere it had already been on the surface for a period of about 4 minutes.

the nasa brunette was pretty hot. would like her to perfom a guided entry

It's like the Louis C.K. bit about people griping about the airlines.

"The seat in front of me reclines too much"

"I can't use my cell phone in the air"

"Peanuts? That's all?

"My kid is ALLERGIC to peanuts."

Louis says "YOU'RE SITTING IN A CHAIR...IN THE SKY..." How crazy is that?!

You're looking at a picture just transmitted from ANOTHER PLANET.

Stop watching TV. It's making you cynical.

Note: The Jack Kirby Comic Book Story about the Face On Mars is on the internet as a PDF. Easy to find.

ok

I knew it would make it.

It's got a lazer wtf

We have lived on Mars for eons. EARTH does not exist. Saw me a YouTube on it. Did my own research like a boss.

Seriously: this landing is great news.

Right fake hope for the masses, give them something to believe in just like barack would’ve said it.

ASROMUT, what do you think are the chances that proof of Martian life will be found by this astrobiological mission?

I think there's a pretty good chance they find evidence of ancient microbial life at the least. That would be amazing.

I think it's over 90%.

And I think they'll probably find something living.

ASTROMUT, why is it in the SETI astronomers are always so focused on RADIO?

Radio to me seems like a weird, primitive technology that only humans would use.

There are other forms of SETI out there, looking for optical laser transmissions and there have even been some primitive attempts to look for ancient artifacts left in our solar system.

They expect to have the first image from the descent stage pointing down at the Rover during the landing tomorrow. They expect to have the first video of the landing available by Monday.

I'm not saying anything you can see through your telescope or even this landing is bullshit... but Don Petit is the worst improv actor I have ever seen

In the above video astronauts say:

1 - Space is black and there are no stars to be seen anywhere from Earth to the moon.

2 - There are so many stars and 'its cool because you can see them in the daytime.'

3 - It's really black but there are also all these polka dots.

4 - 1000 times more stars than on a mountain at night in Colorado and they don't twinkle.

5 - You can see the magellenic clouds along with the stars.

6 - You can't see stars in the daytime in leo. (meaning they would be visible at night in leo)


It seems the experience of the stars for the astronauts would bear factual similarities if not the universal reverence and astonishment we are accustomed to from the moonless mountain experience.

I'm not saying space is a lie... but some of the astronauts are...

Last Edited by Chuckles on 02/18/2021 06:44 PM

He's awkward and a nerd but that doesn't make him a liar. This has nothing to do with this thread and I really don't appreciate the attempted derailing. The divergent descriptions from the astronauts has to do with whether or not your eyes are dark adapted. That's what it really comes down to. If you are on the daytime side of the planet in orbit generally speaking there will be too many bright things shining in your eyes to allow you to properly dark adapt and see the stars. If you make a deliberate effort to block out all stray light sources, then yes you can dark adapt and see the stars.