Carl Sagan Posted February 19, 2021 Author Share Posted February 19, 2021 Here's an image from the descent, about 2 metres off the ground the retro rockets from the Sky Crane (lowering the rover onto the surface) kicking up dust. Pretty incredible TimRam, RamO and Angry Ram 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted February 20, 2021 Author Share Posted February 20, 2021 The team are just finding their feet and getting the lie of the land. The Jezero Crater where they sent the rover contains a dried up river delta so it's thought to be a good place to look for signs of past life. This picture to assess the front right wheel and see what sort of position the rover is in, also captured the surrounding hole-filled rocks. But are they igneous, with the holes caused by outgassing from volcanic material, or sedimentary where water has dissolved portions of the interior? Or something else? There are lots of cameras on the rover, I thing 20 megapixel colour ones, so you won't be disappointed once they start taking and uploading shots. Sadly, interplanetary internet is very slow. A new probe going to one of the asteroids is going to test laser communication instead, which would dramatically increase bandwidth for transmissions across the inner solar system. TigerTedd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gee SCREAMER !! Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 10 minutes ago, Carl Sagan said: The team are just finding their feet and getting the lie of the land. The Jezero Crater where they sent the rover contains a dried up river delta so it's thought to be a good place to look for signs of past life. This picture to assess the front right wheel and see what sort of position the rover is in, also captured the surrounding hole-filled rocks. But are they igneous, with the holes caused by outgassing from volcanic material, or sedimentary where water has dissolved portions of the interior? Or something else? There are lots of cameras on the rover, I thing 20 megapixel colour ones, so you won't be disappointed once they start taking and uploading shots. Sadly, interplanetary internet is very slow. A new probe going to one of the asteroids is going to test laser communication instead, which would dramatically increase bandwidth for transmissions across the inner solar system. Almost sounds like your describing our season and the current Pride Park pitch. Carl Sagan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oomarkwright Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 On 18/02/2021 at 16:57, TimRam said: Too much chocolate in space. Go where there is space dust instead...much more interesting. I haven't had a bluddy Mars in years. I'm going out to get one now. Carl Sagan and TimRam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjam Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 1 minute ago, oomarkwright said: I haven't had a bluddy Mars in years. I'm going out to get one now. Deep-fried? rynny 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oomarkwright Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 No. Don't live in Glasgow. maxjam and TimRam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted February 22, 2021 Author Share Posted February 22, 2021 Some nice high-res colour pics starting to come through now. There's a press conference that'll be on NASA TV later tonight which might even have video of the landing! Uptherams, Angry Ram, RamO and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted February 22, 2021 Author Share Posted February 22, 2021 Here's the press conference if anyone wants to watch: Rev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjam Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Carl Sagan, Boycie and Frogram 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjam Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Carl Sagan and TigerTedd 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted February 25, 2021 Author Share Posted February 25, 2021 After the piece of the equipment called the Sky Crane/Descent Stage lowered the rover onto the surface, its job was done and it flew away from the landing site so as not to interfere with it. This is actual footage from another planet of that happening. Amazing! RamO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Ram Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Amazing stuff. Carl Sagan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanish Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 not impressed with the CGI, not clear and all that dust, dead give away Carl Sagan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 23 hours ago, maxjam said: "We come in peace" Translation: "Ack! Ack!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjam Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 RoyMac5 and Carl Sagan 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted March 18, 2021 Author Share Posted March 18, 2021 They've picked a flight zone for the first try with the helicopter. What I hadn't realized is that they haven't put a video camera on it! The claimed reason is that this is a technology demonstration mission, just trying to show we can get something too fly in Mars' incredibly thin atmosphere. But COTS cameras are so lightweight nowadays I'm disappointed one hasn't been incorporated into the flight, having spent so much money and travelled so far. Very much a missed opportunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 Date for the diary is 8th April when the helicopter is going to attempt its first flight, and the first time Humanity has attempted powered flight on another world. https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-ingenuity-mars-helicopter-prepares-for-first-flight Norman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share Posted April 19, 2021 The Mars helicopter Ingenuity has been sent the instruction to perform its first test flight. The way the data streams work, we won't get to know how things worked till 11.15am Monday morning, UK time This first test flight is a little hop only, to 3m or 10 feet in old money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share Posted April 19, 2021 First Flight achieved on another planet maxjam and Wolfie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted May 15, 2021 Author Share Posted May 15, 2021 For those of you with a pair of those old-fashioned red/green 3D glasses, you can now watch Ingenuity fly on Mars in 3D! Also, in the early hours of this morning, the Chinese safely landed their first rover, Zhurong, on Mars. This report from the BBC is terrible because it doesn't explicitly state that you're not watching footage, just a computer animation. As opposed to the NASA actual footage. MrPlinkett, DesertRam, TimRam and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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