Mars Rover landing today

[turnkey4099]

Well, darn. I triedd to watch, system locked up. re=goot saveral time to get it back. I had set it to record - system showed it had but black screen on play back. Tried again later in night. Direct TV call up 352 and system locked up. Yep, now everytime it try to go to that channel sysem fails. Rather disappointing on the National News. Pictures of simulaltions, tests of the machine but only a couple real pictures.

 

[Cat385B]

Well, it was to be expected:

 

[MoKelly]

Well, it was to be expected:

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Space jam!

MoKelly

 

[cqaigy2]

ho hum, not much to see here.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Anyone happen to notice what looked like a MacDonalds Fry Box in the background?:confused3:

 

[/pine]

For anyone interested JPL /NASA released a real time video of the rover landing today...

Perseverance Rover’s Descent and Touchdown on Mars (Official NASA Video) - YouTube

 

[MossRoad]

Man that's amazing. :thumbsup:

 

[ArlyA]

Love it when we can drop another and better equipped, rover on the red planet! :thumbsup:

 

[MossRoad]

And it isn't small, either!

Check out this 3D imaging of it, and specs and such. Pretty interesting.

Learn About the Rover - NASA Mars

 

[cqaigy2]

Watching on the big TV. Amazing!

 

[TractorGuy]

Still waiting on some pics from the actual lander...everything else is simulation... check the NASA site for the latest...

 

[cqaigy2]

:laughing:

 

[Industrial Toys]

I would settle for a picture of the earth from afar (encompassing the whole thing) and not that ONE handpainted image everyone uses.

 

[riptides]

The only one I have seen is Earth as a bright dot above the Mars horizon. Some claimed it was blue..but I could not make out color.

I would settle for a picture of the earth from afar (encompassing the whole thing) and not that ONE handpainted image everyone uses.

 

[bcp]

I would settle for a picture of the earth from afar (encompassing the whole thing) and not that ONE handpainted image everyone uses.

NASA Visible Earth - Home

Click on "Collections" in the upper right for more.

Bruce

 

[MossRoad]

If you were standing on Mars looking at Earth, it would probably just look like Mars does from Earth, only a little bigger and a bit darker due to it's twice the size of Mars and covered in water and atmosphere, that absorbs reflection. That's my guess.

 

[riptides]

Errr....

If you were standing on Mars looking at Earth, it would probably just look like Mars does from Earth, only a little bigger and a bit darker due to it's twice the size of Mars and covered in water and atmosphere, that absorbs reflection. That's my guess.

 

[MossRoad]

Looks like I was pretty close in my guess. :laughing:

 

[/pine]

With what they have proven they can do with entirely autonomous space craft and rovers etc...IMO they should get moving on missions to T_itan or exoplanets etc...!

seems to me just looking at what they can do on Mars (127 millions miles away)...they should already be mining or exploring for rare elements and compounds on the moon (240K miles away)...What are they waiting on?

 

[MossRoad]

Too expensive to get enough weight up to the moon to support mining operations to bring back enough product to pay for the round trip.