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Mars 2020 Missions

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  • #52
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,645 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Confirmation of entry into the atmosphere of Mars


  • #53
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,469 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Str8outtaWuhan wrote: »
    are the images of mars and the space craft actually real or a cgi ?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPrbJ63qUc4
    Real

    they always send a second spacecraft to do all the filming :p


    In reality they should detach little probes to do it for the PR.
    Atmospheric entry with the heat and the flames and the ions is not conducive to radio signals.


  • #54
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,645 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    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.

    Ah right. A bit more time to wait so!


  • #55
    Capt'n Midnight
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    max deceleration passed, so just the sudden stop to worry about 1Km/s 16km to go


  • #56
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,645 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Can't wait for the applause, fingers crossed!


  • #57
    Bit cynical
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,338 ✭✭✭Bit cynical


    Parachute deployed and heat shield jettisoned.


  • #58
    Capt'n Midnight
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    1km to go


  • #59
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,469 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    300m


  • #60
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,469 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    20m and going up :eek:


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  • #61
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,645 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    1km to go!


  • #62
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,469 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Touchdown !


  • #63
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,469 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    people breathing again


  • #64
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,645 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    There we go!!


  • #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


  • #66
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,645 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    I love that scene!

    When do we get pics?


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  • #67
    namloc1980
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,329 ✭✭✭✭namloc1980


    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    I love that scene!

    When do we get pics?

    Some may come through soon enough


  • #68
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,469 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    It's alive , image coming up


  • #69
    Turtwig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,578 ✭✭✭✭Turtwig


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


  • #70
    AMKC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,297 ✭✭✭✭AMKC
    Ms


    Ye they made it wooohooo

    Live long and Prosper

    Peace and long life.



  • #71
    martingriff
    Registered Users Posts: 11,064 ✭✭✭✭martingriff


    And there is of course could be a made up pic

    yes I am joking


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


    Picture from mars:
    544157.png


  • #73
    thepogues
    Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭thepogues


    The weather doesn't look much better on Mars...


  • #74
    MayoForSam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,283 ✭✭✭MayoForSam


    Excellent, the Mars landing curse must be lifted.


  • #75
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,338 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    Stuck the landing like a pro.


  • #76
    US2
    Registered Users Posts: 2,651 ✭✭✭US2


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

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


  • #77
    martingriff
    Registered Users Posts: 11,064 ✭✭✭✭martingriff


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

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


  • #78
    Shlippery
    Registered Users Posts: 2,261 ✭✭✭Shlippery


    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!


  • #79
    bangkok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,638 ✭✭✭✭bangkok


    What an achievment... well done to all at NASA


  • #80
    Str8outtaWuhan
    Registered Users Posts: 968 ✭✭✭Str8outtaWuhan


    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


  • #81
    thepogues
    Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭thepogues


    They stole that helicopter design off Da Vinci.


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  • #82
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,469 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Bowie cover :mad:

    Nasa TV will have a rehash at 10:30


  • #83
    jkforde
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,009 ✭✭✭jkforde


    woooooohoooooooooo!

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

    "Since I no longer expect anything from mankind except madness, meanness, and mendacity; egotism, cowardice, and self-delusion, I have stopped being a misanthrope." Irving Layton



  • #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.


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

    ya, why not play the original


  • #86
    slade_x
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 1,425 Mod ✭✭✭✭slade_x


    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


  • #87
    JJayoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭JJayoo


    Any aliens yet?


  • #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.


  • #89
    JupiterKid
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 12,887 Mod ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    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


  • #90
    ricimaki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 714 ✭✭✭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
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,688 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    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.


  • #92
    namloc1980
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,329 ✭✭✭✭namloc1980


    Some interesting looking rocks right next to where Perseverance landed.

    .


  • #93
    Turtwig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,578 ✭✭✭✭Turtwig


    I fricking love the way they personify the rovers. :D


  • #94
    josip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,151 ✭✭✭✭josip


    Muahahaha wrote: »
    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.


    Bring little green men fossils back to Earth.


  • #95
    namloc1980
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,329 ✭✭✭✭namloc1980


    Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured an image of Perseverance under parachute just before landing. Amazing.

    25610_PIA24270-HiRISE-touchdown-annotated-1200.jpg


  • #96
    namloc1980
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,329 ✭✭✭✭namloc1980


    Nice colour image here

    25612_PIA24430-panorama-1200.jpg


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  • #97
    Shlippery
    Registered Users Posts: 2,261 ✭✭✭Shlippery


    namloc1980 wrote: »
    Nice colour image here

    25612_PIA24430-panorama-1200.jpg

    God it's kinda mad how normal that looks. Super excited to see how this all unfolds over the coming days/months/years!


  • #98
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Turtwig wrote: »
    I fricking love the way they personify the rovers. :D
    Don't anthropomorphise them, they don't like it.

    spirit.png


  • #99
    refusetolose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭refusetolose


    https://twitter.com/NASAJPL/status/1362944639624388610


  • #100
    fryup
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    seriously though, what do that do they expect to find there this time? that will be any different from the previous rover expeditions??

    seems to me like a complete waste of resources


  • #101
    Ger Roe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,138 ✭✭✭Ger Roe


    fryup wrote: »
    seriously though, what do that do they expect to find there this time? that will be any different from the previous rover expeditions??

    seems to me like a complete waste of resources

    Simple.... they hope to find signs of previous life, because they have much better equipment this time. They have also landed at a site that is more likely to provide evidence. It's called progress.


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