OT: Perserverance Anyone??

[Chin Diesel]

About ready to land on Mars this afternoon.

Nice bit of engineering having it fly for over 200 days and getting ready to pass through Mars' atmosphere and land.

 

[OkaForPrez]

Mars rover landing: Live updates

Perseverance, NASA's most sophisticated rover to date, is expected to land on Mars around 3:55 p.m. ET today. Follow here for live updates.

www.cnn.com

Live coverage

 

[Chin Diesel]

Nice call on the landing.

"Tango Delta". Sounds way better than "Touchdown".

 

[Austin316]

Great day for mankind one step closer to Mars!

 

[Dove]

Nice call on the landing.

"Tango Delta". Sounds way better than "Touchdown".

I prefer "Touchdown." That's just me, tho.

 

[Austin316]

Perseverance is actually carrying a helicopter/drone-like aircraft that is going to survey the land areas. Very cool

 

[formerlurker]

About ready to land on Mars this afternoon.

Nice bit of engineering having it fly for over 200 days and getting ready to pass through Mars' atmosphere and land.

I've been watching on and off all day and DVR'ng the Nat Geo special now. I'm too stupid to follow this stuff but it amazes me beyond belief. This rover has a remote helicopter!

 

[formerlurker]

Perseverance is actually carrying a helicopter/drone-like aircraft that is going to survey the land areas. Very cool

Was just posting this @Austin316

Nutty, right?

 

[Austin316]

Was just posting this @Austin316

Nutty, right?

Yeah pretty neat.

NASA is planning “Dragonfly” which is a mission to Titan, a Saturn moon, by 2027ish. They will send similar rotorcraft to study the surface, chemistry, search for biological life, etc. The work they’re able to do is remarkable. I’m happy it’s happening in our lifetime.

 

[Palatine]

UAE, China and the USA have all made it to Mars in the last week or so. Not everyone lnded but they all got there successfully. Pretty amazing.

 

[FatHank]

UAE, China and the USA have all made it to Mars in the last week or so. Not everyone lnded but they all got there successfully. Pretty amazing.

If they have drones too, this is the beginning of Star Wars.

 

[Chin Diesel]

I've been watching on and off all day and DVR'ng the Nat Geo special now. I'm too stupid to follow this stuff but it amazes me beyond belief. This rover has a remote helicopter!

You realize those images are of Utah, correct??

 

[formerlurker]

You realize those images are of Utah, correct??

Fake news. Rover would have at least 3 wives with him if that were true.

 

[Dove]

I saw on Twitter that Russkies sent a vehicle to Venus? Got two hours of work in before getting torched.

 

[oldanintheway]

Fake news. Rover would have at least 3 wives with him if that were true.

That's Funny.

 

[Chin Diesel]

I saw on Twitter that Russkies sent a vehicle to Venus? Got two hours of work in before getting torched.

Matt Damon filmed there and didn't have 3 wives.

Love the way people just suck up the "news" of a rover landing on a planet hundreds of millions of miles away when it could just as easily be broadcasting from planet earth.




Much like the Donovan Clingan, I kid. Mostly. Not as much as those who realize this is full trolling, but more than those who take this seriously.

 

[formerlurker]

Matt Damon filmed there and didn't have 3 wives.

Love the way people just suck up the "news" of a rover landing on a planet hundreds of millions of miles away when it could just as easily be broadcasting from planet earth.




Much like the Donovan Clingan, I kid. Mostly. Not as much as those who realize this is full trolling, but more than those who take this seriously.

You were serious? I'm usually on point with you but we can agree to disagree here.

 

[TheChamps990411]

Matt Damon filmed there and didn't have 3 wives.

Love the way people just suck up the "news" of a rover landing on a planet hundreds of millions of miles away when it could just as easily be broadcasting from planet earth.




Much like the Donovan Clingan, I kid. Mostly. Not as much as those who realize this is full trolling, but more than those who take this seriously.

So are you saying this is fake?

 

[HooperScooper]

So are you saying this is fake?

See the bottom of his post in really small letters.

Much like the Donovan Clingan, I kid. Mostly. Not as much as those who realize this is full trolling, but more than those who take this seriously.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Noted, multiple messages approved by @Apollo

 

[Duncan Idaho]

About ready to land on Mars this afternoon.

Nice bit of engineering having it fly for over 200 days and getting ready to pass through Mars' atmosphere and land.

Proud to say the two rechargeable lithium ion batteries on board is the last project I completed before retiring. All lithium ion batteries on Mars as well. The program is a remarkable achievement. Science had a good year.

 

[Hankster]

I prefer "Touchdown." That's just me, tho.

I had to use those for 21 years. I agree, just say "touchdown". I am sure their are some people saying "what the hell is a tango delta."

 

[Apollo]

Noted, multiple messages approved by @Apollo

Yes - I’m a big proponent of space exploration

 

[huskypantz]

Proud to say the two rechargeable lithium ion batteries on board is the last project I completed before retiring. All lithium ion batteries on Mars as well. The program is a remarkable achievement. Science had a good year.

That is awesome, kudos!

 

[SixRings]

The US and NASA are just incredible. Fully autonomous landing of a 20,000lb vehicle. The best best part, a touch arrogant almost, we didn’t need to orbit Mars first. We just took off from Earth, entered the Martian atmosphere, and stuck that landing within a few feet of their planned landing site.

 

[Austin316]

Proud to say the two rechargeable lithium ion batteries on board is the last project I completed before retiring. All lithium ion batteries on Mars as well. The program is a remarkable achievement. Science had a good year.

Wow that’s awesome!!

 

[UCSouth]

You realize those images are of Utah, correct??

Is it Utah, because I heard that it was a Hollywood basement. I could be wrong.

 

[Fairfield_1st]

Conspiracy theorist question here. Do you believe in the possibility of previous intelligent life on Mars and, if so, If there is evidence of current or former intelligent life coming back from Perseverance, would NASA show it or hide it? I'm a believer in intelligent life somewhere in the universe, maybe even on Mars somewhere in the billions of years it's existed. I see the government chilling out a bit about ETs, like with the videos of the pilots tracking the fast moving objects in the Atlantic, but not sure they're ready to come clean.

 

[mussels]

Proud to say the two rechargeable lithium ion batteries on board is the last project I completed before retiring. All lithium ion batteries on Mars as well. The program is a remarkable achievement. Science had a good year.

Reminded me that when I was a kid, and your uncle or some old guy in the neighborhood learned you were going to college, the standard old guy joke was "Are you gonna take up space?"

 

[OkaForPrez]

Conspiracy theorist question here. Do you believe in the possibility of previous intelligent life on Mars and, if so, If there is evidence of current or former intelligent life coming back from Perseverance, would NASA show it or hide it? I'm a believer in intelligent life somewhere in the universe, maybe even on Mars somewhere in the billions of years it's existed. I see the government chilling out a bit about ETs, like with the videos of the pilots tracking the fast moving objects in the Atlantic, but not sure they're ready to come clean.

If NASA found intelligent life they would most certainly tell us. It would quadruple their funding and ensure their survival.