Author Topic: Mars Landing, live coverage! (Read 3622 times)

bad Chad · « **on:** February 17, 2021, 05:17:40 PM »

If you're into cool science, it doesn't get much cooler than this.

For the first time ever there will be live coverage of the NASA lander and Rover as it happens.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm0b_ijaYMQ

Can the first Guzzi on Mars be far behind?

Chuck in Indiana · « **Reply #1 on:** February 17, 2021, 06:17:33 PM »

Grandson (Dorcia's side) Max wants to be a rocket scientist. He's about rockets like I used to be about airplanes. NASA had a name the lander contest, and Max said, "Perseverance" and wrote a letter about why..

cliffrod · « **Reply #2 on:** February 17, 2021, 06:23:11 PM »

Quote from: Chuck in Indiana on February 17, 2021, 06:17:33 PM

Grandson (Dorcia's side) Max wants to be a rocket scientist. He's about rockets like I used to be about airplanes. NASA had a name the lander contest, and Max said, "Perseverance" and wrote a letter about why..

Man, that's very VERY cool!

Gliderjohn · « **Reply #3 on:** February 17, 2021, 08:16:58 PM »

WOW! I am getting old as I remember how exciting the pictures from the Ranger missions to the moon were in the mid-sixties. In context though my father was born seven months after the first Wright brother first flight and lived to see the moon landings and Spacelab.
GliderJohn

Kent in Upstate NY · « **Reply #4 on:** February 17, 2021, 08:42:59 PM »

My mother would pull us out of school to see the Mercury and Gemini launches. When she couldn't do that, she, being a teacher at my grade school, badgered the principal into letting the whole school watch it in the lunchroom.

Mike Craven · « **Reply #5 on:** February 17, 2021, 08:44:44 PM »

Wait a minute...! Actually eleven. Mars is eleven light-minutes away.

Gliderjohn · « **Reply #6 on:** February 17, 2021, 09:15:42 PM »

From Kent:

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My mother would pull us out of school to see the Mercury and Gemini launches. When she couldn't do that, she, being a teacher at my grade school, badgered the principal into letting the whole school watch it in the lunchroom.

Attended a rural school of 60 some students out of 8 grades and the principal always allowed us to watch the space shots and the world series as long as we kept up with our assigned work. Still friends with that principal and I ain't young no more. Good times.
GliderJohn

Moparnut72 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 18, 2021, 11:17:15 AM »

The only thing we got to watch in school was the showdown with the Soviet Union over the missiles in Cuba. Since we were only a few miles from the Sub Base in Groton Ct I guess we were going to be able to see what happened just before we were vaporized. We were trained to get under our desks if the air raid siren sounded, like that would guarantee survival.

I am excited to see this Mars adventure. I thought I would not live long enough to see this. Wow.
kk

kingoffleece · « **Reply #8 on:** February 18, 2021, 01:37:04 PM »

I'm watching right now

Motormike · « **Reply #9 on:** February 18, 2021, 01:40:15 PM »

When I saw the elaborate, Rube-Goldburg landing sequence used on the Curiosity Rover, I wouldn't have given NASA and JPL a plug nickel on it all working. But it did. Here's hoping for two in a row.

guzziart · « **Reply #10 on:** February 18, 2021, 02:33:57 PM »

Quote from: bad Chad on February 17, 2021, 05:17:40 PM

If you're into cool science, it doesn't get much cooler than this.

For the first time ever there will be live coverage of the NASA lander and Rover as it happens.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm0b_ijaYMQ

Can the first Guzzi on Mars be far behind?

Hey Bad Chad,

Thanks for the YouTube link, I'm watching it now!

Motormike · « **Reply #11 on:** February 18, 2021, 02:40:29 PM »

Watching it live! I could never do this. Years of work, hundreds of millions of dollars at stake and all you can do is cross your fingers. The stress would kill me!

LowRyter · « **Reply #12 on:** February 18, 2021, 02:56:37 PM »

guzzisteve · « **Reply #13 on:** February 18, 2021, 03:17:22 PM »

Live camera's on Mars, some pretty cool stuff.

Joliet Jim · « **Reply #14 on:** February 18, 2021, 03:23:41 PM »

Saw this with 9 minutes to go, very cool. Maybe there is hope.

Chuck in Indiana · « **Reply #15 on:** February 18, 2021, 03:58:48 PM »

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Man, that's very VERY cool!

Yes it is.

We had an (unrelated) behind the scenes tour at JPL, and it was fun seeing it today.

Kiwi_Roy · « **Reply #16 on:** February 18, 2021, 04:02:57 PM »

Congratulations to all involved, we need some good news for a change

bad Chad · « **Reply #17 on:** February 18, 2021, 05:36:01 PM »

Great stuff! !

cloudbase · « **Reply #18 on:** February 18, 2021, 06:57:02 PM »

I will describe it using what I believe to be the most overused word in the English language.

It was awesome!

One of the guys who used to be in my soaring club when he was doing postdoc work in Houston is now a Martian geologist at JPL. Time for him to get to work.

Motoark · « **Reply #19 on:** February 18, 2021, 07:34:50 PM »

I jumped into the live stream at just before 15 minutes to interface. Pretty amassing technology going no there. I was wondering how they were going to avoid running into a ditch with a 11 minute delay in realtime data.

LowRyter · « **Reply #20 on:** February 18, 2021, 07:44:26 PM »

I think due to the 11 minute delay, that the spacecraft/lander is totally autonomous. The feed given were status reports.

That's why everyone was holding their breath and breaking out into applause.

stubbie · « **Reply #21 on:** February 18, 2021, 08:14:05 PM »

They have a rock on board from our state that the computer compares with material from the Mars surface.

pebra · « **Reply #22 on:** February 19, 2021, 06:33:43 AM »

Just fantastic!

You know, as a 70 year-old, I must say I found it thrilling to see all the paper manuals on the desks in the operations room, being used actively - - - -

Bulldog9 · « **Reply #23 on:** February 19, 2021, 06:45:17 AM »

Thanks for sharing, I love this stuff and hope to live long enough to see humans living and working on the Moon and Mars.

Rough Edge racing · « **Reply #24 on:** February 19, 2021, 08:37:21 AM »

I watched, when it landed in one piece and they applauded, I felt a bit of pride. We had men on the moon and will have people on Mars...

Joliet Jim · « **Reply #25 on:** February 19, 2021, 08:53:26 AM »

Quote from: Bulldog9 on February 19, 2021, 06:45:17 AM

Thanks for sharing, I love this stuff and hope to live long enough to see humans living and working on the Moon and Mars.

I bought into 2001 a Space Odyssey a little too much as a kid when I saw it. Over 50 years since the lunar landings. I really thought we'd do more. Now I hope my grandsons will see it.

Motormike · « **Reply #26 on:** February 19, 2021, 04:19:42 PM »

Quote from: Joliet Jim on February 19, 2021, 08:53:26 AM

I bought into 2001 a Space Odyssey a little too much as a kid when I saw it. Over 50 years since the lunar landings. I really thought we'd do more. Now I hope my grandsons will see it.

I believe it was on the cover of Time Magazine many years ago, a stern photo of Buzz Aldrin with the following caption: "I wanted Men on Mars, you gave me Facebook."

Still, I can't believe this marionette puppet contraption actually works. Look at this photo...boggles the mind!

steven c · « **Reply #27 on:** February 19, 2021, 05:07:27 PM »

That was fantastic.Most people do not realize the untested tech that went that went into this mission. Science. They said they have photos of the deployed chute coming.

wymple · « **Reply #28 on:** February 19, 2021, 07:26:36 PM »

And to think that millions of people in this country think it's all fake, and that scientists & engineers are stupid. Blows the mind.

steven c · « **Reply #29 on:** February 19, 2021, 08:21:13 PM »

Pioneer Aerospace Corporation who made the parachute is just a couple of miles from my house.

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Author Topic: Mars Landing, live coverage! (Read 3622 times)

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