Yet Another Cycling Forum
Off Topic => The Pub => Topic started by: tonycollinet on 18 February, 2021, 10:30:16 am
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Am I the only one massively excited for this landing at shortly after 8:45 our time tonight.
Not only bringing the first powered flight to another planet, but set up for the multimedia generation with 23 cameras. Hoping for amazing imagery from this one, including mutual photos taken of each machine by the other. Audio being recorded also.
Landing in the bed of an ancient lake in a search for signs of life. Taking core samples for a future (launching 2026) return to earth mission with return about 10 years from now..
I have have full time Nasa Tv on today.
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I hadn't realised it was happening until last night when we watched a Facebook thing from the South Downs National Park.
A talk from Chichester planetarium about the night sky and Mars.
I originally got muddled wrt time zones and was ready to watch from about 9 this evening through to midnight. Luckily saw on the BBC news site this morning that it's more like 7PM to 9PM that I want NASA live loaded. A mix up between PST and EST on my part I think.
Which actually works better for me as I possibly have to be up early Friday morning.
Looking forward to it.
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And a helicopter. In space. Equipped with frikkin lasers.
That's pretty much on the awesomest end of awesome.
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I've always made a point of never getting excited about any Mars landing until the thing is down and transmitting. This one's much the same, and the media continually bleating "seven minutes of hell" is downright tedious.
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getting excited about the landing ahead of time seems like an entirely avoidable source of stress! Once it's down and producing results is the time to get excited. Investing lots of heartbeats and emotional energy in it before that is the preserve of those who are paid to make it work.
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The 50:50 chance of disaster is part of the fun.
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And the delay.
You are looking at a feed of data, and potentially it is already smashed to pieces ;D
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Am I the only one massively excited for this landing at shortly after 8:45 our time tonight.
Is it not scheduled to land at 8pm?
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Am I the only one massively excited for this landing at shortly after 8:45 our time tonight.
Is it not scheduled to land at 8pm?
From the BBC
Key timings for Perseverance's landing
Contact with atmosphere: 20:48 GMT
Parachute deployed: 20:52 GMT
Powered descent: 20:54 GMT
Wheels down: 20:55 GMT
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Everything I've seen says 3pm EST or which is 8pm GMT ???
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Depends whether you want to see all the trailers or wait for the main feature. 20:48 is what they were saying a few days ago
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I've always made a point of never getting excited about any Mars landing until the thing is down and transmitting. This one's much the same, and the media continually bleating "seven minutes of hell" is downright tedious.
Likewise - since a small piece of my handiwork got smashed into a trillion pieces.
No-one tells you quite what working in the space industry will be like ... :facepalm:
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I like the think the little rover is saying 'are we there yet?' And then giving it a moment: 'what about now?'
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I like the think the little rover is saying 'are we there yet?' And then giving it a moment: 'what about now?'
Been up there for years, I believe?
And how's the journey going? Well, it's alright so fa........
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Well, seeing as how, within the next hour and a quarter, a device, manufactured on earth, that has my name microscopically laser engraved on it somewhere will either be sitting pretty in Jezero Crater, Mars OR spread across the Martian landscape in a several of pieces, I for one am a little exited.
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Watching now. Just wondering if it is actually possible for anyone to ask a question in the US and the response not to start with, "That is such a great question........."
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Watching now. Just wondering if it is actually possible for anyone to ask a question in the US and the response not to start with, "That is such a great question........."
Basil, That is such a great question.....
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Watching now. Just wondering if it is actually possible for anyone to ask a question in the US and the response not to start with, "That is such a great question........."
Ask them at what time it will land on Jupiter
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I find it vaguely amusing to see the people in Mission Control (or whatever it is called) flicking through mahoosive ring binders full of dead trees.
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I find it vaguely amusing to see the people in Mission Control (or whatever it is called) flicking through mahoosive ring binders full of dead trees.
Redundancy- having an analogue copy of the flight and mission plans is what they do, in case the hamster faints or the elastic band breaks.
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Watching now. Just wondering if it is actually possible for anyone to ask a question in the US and the response not to start with, "That is such a great question........."
Basil, That is such a great question.....
It's true, in every meeting now it's 'that's such a great question.' It never is.
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12 minute light speed delay. So when our 7 minutes of terror starts, it will already either be smashed to a million pieces spread over the surface of mars, OR safely landed calling home.
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Will it Schroedinger style exist simulteneously in both states untill we hear the tiny "Hello? Hello? I've Landed"
:D
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You can hear the tension in thier voices now.
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Watching now. Just wondering if it is actually possible for anyone to ask a question in the US and the response not to start with, "That is such a great question........."
I had this for about 6 out of 10 questions at the end of a staff forum earlier. I think it’s a way of making the eventual “I don’t know” sound better.
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Watching now. Just wondering if it is actually possible for anyone to ask a question in the US and the response not to start with, "That is such a great question........."
I had this for about 6 out of 10 questions at the end of a staff forum earlier. I think it’s a way of making the eventual “I don’t know” sound better.
I've started doing it, but I dose it with enough sarcasm that no one is sure if I'm being complimentary or not.
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Parachutes deployed...
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Outstanding!
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Awesome stuff!
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I find it vaguely amusing to see the people in Mission Control (or whatever it is called) flicking through mahoosive ring binders full of dead trees.
Redundancy- having an analogue copy of the flight and mission plans is what they do, in case the hamster faints or the elastic band breaks.
Is Mission Control on this one in TX or are they being sensible and running it from for e.g. the JPL?
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It's a good job mission control isn't in Houston, they'd be doing this by candlelight.
Outstanding though, I can't throw a ball and hit a nearby wall.
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And pictures!
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Well, seeing as how, within the next hour and a quarter, a device, manufactured on earth, that has my name microscopically laser engraved on it somewhere will either be sitting pretty in Jezero Crater, Mars OR spread across the Martian landscape in a several of pieces, I for one am a little exited.
You've one-upped me there dude. I'm stoked for you :fistBump:
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Mrs B. "I don't know why they need to go to Mars looking for ancient life. They could have come here to Wales to see you."
Thanks >:(
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Utterly amazing achievement.
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Well, seeing as how, within the next hour and a quarter, a device, manufactured on earth, that has my name microscopically laser engraved on it somewhere will either be sitting pretty in Jezero Crater, Mars OR spread across the Martian landscape in a several of pieces, I for one am a little exited.
You've one-upped me there dude. I'm stoked for you :fistBump:
Thanks :thumbsup:
Not too rare as there are a few thousand names engraved but knowing one of them is mine is quite chuffalicious.
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I'm blown away by this stuff. As a child of the Apollo 11 era who became an engineer, anything like this has me hook line and sinker. Hell, my first boat was called Apollo XI !
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Well, despite my world-weary cynicism earlier, I watched the whole thing and got hugely excited about it. Of course. It was brilliant, and I am really pleased for them. Loved the first picture on Twitter within a couple of minutes of landing!
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We forgot about it until almost too late, and switched on just in time to catch the jubilation. Sorry I missed it. I hope some novel data will come out of it now.
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We forgot about it until almost too late, and switched on just in time to catch the jubilation. Sorry I missed it. I hope some novel data will come out of it now.
They're going to turn it into a book?
I bet Tom Hanks will be in the film adaptation, trying to put a round thing into a square hole
IGMC
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I watched a bit of a Nat Geo documentary about the design and build of Perseverance.
They had problems with the sample return tubes, which sit inside the drill bit when boring cores. Some of the tubes were getting jammed inside the drill bit.
It turned out that the cleaning regime to ensure samples were not contaminated in any way by earth originating factors were so effective that there were no hydrocarbon layers left to 'lubricate' the tube/ drill bit interface. They termed the state Unearthly Clean.
They had to adapt the cleaning regime so that the final solvent wash only cleaned the very end of the tube outer- the bit that might contaminate samples.
The devil is in the detail.
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(https://mars.nasa.gov/system/resources/detail_files/25609_1-PIA24428-1200.jpg) (https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/25609/high-resolution-still-image-of-perseverances-landing/)
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Selfies?
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(https://mars.nasa.gov/system/resources/detail_files/25609_1-PIA24428-1200.jpg) (https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/25609/high-resolution-still-image-of-perseverances-landing/)
Looks like the front steering rack is bust. :-D
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Multi camera view of the landing...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-56158928
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Very cool indeed.
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Just seen that on the news. Awesome footage.
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Very cool indeed. And I really can't wait till we landing things close enough to other things that they can film it from the "outside", as it were.
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I was well impressed with the photo of the unit and parachute descending taken from another satellite. A good deal of calculation required to point the camera in the right direction I would think.
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I don't believe any of it. Looks like a fake, filmed in a studio on the moon......
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I keep on thinking about this: http://pigeonsnest.co.uk/stuff/nasa-fakes-moon-landing.html
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Dare mighty things
Indeed. And let the universe know it
BBC - Dare Mighty Things (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/feb/23/dare-mighty-things-hidden-message-found-on-nasa-mars-rover-parachute?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other)
Excellent.
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More pics.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-56238018