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Mars 2020 Missions

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    #62
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Touchdown !


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    #63
    Capt'n Midnight
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    people breathing again


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    #64
    igCorcaigh
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    There we go!!


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    #65
    Capt'n Midnight
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    AMKC wrote: »
    A European built rover actually been built in the UK I think is going to be sent there to collect them in 2026 and it will sent them into space where another mission in 2031 will collect them. I think I have all that right.

    https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Exploration/Mars_sample_return


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    #66
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,079 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    I love that scene!

    When do we get pics?


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    #67
    namloc1980
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    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    I love that scene!

    When do we get pics?

    Some may come through soon enough


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    #68
    Turtwig
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    Can't wait for the HD upload of the descent and landing. :D
    I know it's gonna be a while. :o


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    #69
    Capt'n Midnight
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    It's alive , image coming up


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    #70
    AMKC
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    Ms


    Ye they made it wooohooo

    Live long and Prosper

    Peace and long life.



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    #71
    martingriff
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    And there is of course could be a made up pic

    yes I am joking


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    #72
    Bit cynical
    Registered Users Posts: 2,338 ✭✭✭Bit cynical


    Picture from mars:
    544157.png


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    #73
    thepogues
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    The weather doesn't look much better on Mars...


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    #74
    MayoForSam
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    Excellent, the Mars landing curse must be lifted.


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    #75
    Itssoeasy
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    Stuck the landing like a pro.


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    #76
    US2
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    thepogues wrote: »
    The weather doesn't look much better on Mars...

    Maximum tempture on mars today was a balmy -16°c


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    #77
    martingriff
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    US2 wrote: »
    Maximum tempture on mars today was a balmy -16°c

    So Texas!!!!!!!!!!


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    #78
    Shlippery
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    Looking forward to them getting the HD cameras fired up to get a proper look! Videos, sounds, all sorts....the problem being the length of time to beam em back to Earth!



    So exciting though, some achievement!


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    #79
    bangkok
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    What an achievment... well done to all at NASA


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    #80
    Str8outtaWuhan
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    Shlippery wrote: »
    Looking forward to them getting the HD cameras fired up to get a proper look! Videos, sounds, all sorts....the problem being the length of time to beam em back to Earth!



    So exciting though, some achievement!

    They must be using Tesco Mobile


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    #81
    thepogues
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    They stole that helicopter design off Da Vinci.


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    #82
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Bowie cover :mad:

    Nasa TV will have a rehash at 10:30


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    #83
    jkforde
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    woooooohoooooooooo!

    🌦️ 6.7kwp, 45°, SSW, mid-Galway 🌦️



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    #84
    Capt'n Midnight
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    thepogues wrote: »
    They stole that helicopter design off Da Vinci.
    Copyright expired so not a lot Leonardo can do now since he isn't Mickey Mouse who has had copyright extended multiple times.

    NASA are doing spacecraft. Boeing & co. are getting the pork raiding warehouses for old kit and outsourcing difficult stuff. James Webb telescope is being launched by ESA who will also do the sample return missions. SLS is using an Italian service module, they also make the Cygnus supply craft. And don't mention Russian or Uranian engines and other bits.

    Str8outtaWuhan wrote: »
    They must be using Tesco Mobile
    You may laugh but the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter can get between 0.5 and 4 Mb/s and has already uploaded 50 TB and I'd probably still be a Three customer if I could get that reliably at home.


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    #85
    fryup
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    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Bowie cover :mad:

    ya, why not play the original


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    #86
    slade_x
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    fryup wrote: »
    ya, why not play the original

    They barely have the budget to do what they do, they don't need to waste a cent on licensing music :D


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    #87
    JJayoo
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    Any aliens yet?


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    #88
    Capt'n Midnight
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    slade_x wrote: »
    They barely have the budget to do what they do, they don't need to waste a cent on licensing music :D
    SLS $9.1 bn + $2.1Bn on ground systems. SpaceX Falcon Heavy retails at $0.15Bn
    Orion $12.8 billion with another $17.5 billion hidden
    It's an enlarged Apollo command module, and the service module is being bought in Europe for about three fifty. ($390m for the first, $220m each for the next three)

    Ares $4-4.5 billion a year,
    Constellation $11.9 billion

    All pork barrelling with NASA being used as a cover for slush funds for the US aerospace industry.



    If Boeing's SLS explodes on the pad then Airbus will face a new round of US tariffs out of spite.


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    #89
    JupiterKid
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    Fantastic achievement. Was watching the nail biting entry and descent sequence “live” - textbook touchdown and landing! :)

    I know Perseverance has sent back two preliminary images of the surface at Jezero Crater already but I’m dying to see more images released at the press conference at 6pm this evening. :D


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    #90
    ricimaki
    Registered Users Posts: 650 ✭✭✭ricimaki


    Can't wait for the full video release of this, but even this one still image is incredible
    https://twitter.com/NASAPersevere/status/1362825545227018240


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    #91
    Muahahaha
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    Lads whats the end game of this Mars exploration? Would have thought it is too far and inhospitable for human habitation and the moon fits that bill better.


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