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Cool Science News: NASA Perseverance Mission

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    It looks like star ship troopers planet and you can hear the pissed beatles coming.
     
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    Perseverance being lowered to the ground by the sky crane
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    Apparently HBO Max was in charge of film quality.
     
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    It can take hours to get the standard definition stuff beamed back to earth. It can take days or weeks to transmit the high definition stuff.
     
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    FYI : There is supposed to be a briefing Monday, Feb. 22 @ 1pm Central/2pm Eastern that is supposed to have new video and pics from Perseverance. I'm guessing this will include the multiple-angle landing videos. You should be able to watch it here :

     
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    dang it!!!

    hopefully they are taking and will be sending g some HD stuff eventually.
     
  8. Dr of Dunk

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    No, never. It will almost always be black and white as well as grainy. The next few pics are going to be even worse -- just white.
     
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    The original rovers could take high res pics -- the images from this new rover are going to be incredible.
     
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    Perseverance has found an anamaoly that it can;t make any sense of. Baffled, it keeps sending photos to NASA of the gigantic white cloud over planet Houston.
     
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    NASA is supposed to give a press conference with photo/video footage at 1PM Central

     
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    I really want NASA to get funding to send probes out to Europa or Enceladus.
     
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    Can you imagine the feeling after spending 6 or 7 years on a project like this...the moment that rover touches down safely? It must be like winning the Super Bowl.
     
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    Here is the video
     
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    Mars dirt looks a lot like Kauai.
     
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    The helicopter is going to launch soon -- next day or so if it hasn't already.

    Edit: Delayed until April 11th.
     
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    NASA helicopter set for historic first flight on Mars

    NASA's experimental Mars helicopter, known as Ingenuity, is scheduled to take its much-anticipated first test flight on the red planet on Sunday. If successful, the joyride will be the first powered, controlled flight conducted on another planet.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna624
     
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