Perseverance landing must-see TV Feb. 18

[Enigma SIG]

Humanity must include a protocol for space missions. That is tie up at least one shitty politician on each launch vehicle for a one way trip into the dark void.

 

[Goritoes]

fingers cross about the possible life on Mars...

 

[jamahir]

The best SF TV series for exceptional science , space and politics is The Expanse. Currently at season 5 but if you are new then you MUST start from season 1 . Space imagery and travel is exceptional as is the sophisticated and exciting story line.
Better, for science fans, than star trek Star wars etc as it is far more realistic and the science does not border on the ridiculous.
Must view for anyone interested in SF

You are the second forum member to recommend it to me. I will watch it whenever I chance upon it later ( I don't have the subscription ).

And there is another "what could have been" series being reviewed on thespacereview.com called 'For all Mankind'. It is about an alternative scenario for if the USSR had landed on the Moon as well. Read this article.

 

[TruthSeeker]

You can watch the Mars landing live here and on Space.com's homepage, courtesy of NASA, beginning at 2:15 p.m. EST (1915 GMT). The landing is expected at 3:55 p.m. EST (2055 GMT).

 

[F-22Raptor]

Best of luck to Perseverance!

 

[Ali_Baba]

Good luck perseverance! try and make 2021 happy for us by landing safetly and sending us cool new piccies please!!

 

[F-22Raptor]

7 minutes until atmospheric entry

 

[krash]

But I am surprised that prior lander / rover missions never thought of including microphones. Or maybe I am wrong.

From the InSight Lander back in 2018. Sort of.

It was done without a "microphone".

How NASA recorded the eerie Martian wind, without a microphone

Listen.

mashable.com

 

[Galactic Penguin SST]

At this point Perseverance should be sitting on Mars; 11 min 22 s to signal reaching Earth

And the descent stage, having separated from the rover and made a flyaway burn, should have crashed on the surface close - but not too close - to the rover.

Perseverance is definitely now on Mars. The only question is in how many pieces - 8 minutes till we find out now



Step 1-12 confirmed.

Step 1 | Cruise Stage Separation
Step 2 | Atmospheric Entry
Step 3 | Peak Heating
Step 4 | Peak Deceleration
Step 5 | Parachute Deployment
Step 6 | Heat Shield Separation
Step 7 | Radar Lock
Step 8 | Terrain Relative Navigation Solution
Step 9 | Backshell Separation
Step 10 | Powered Descent
Step 11 | Rover Separation/Sky Crane
Step 12 | Touchdown!

Think about it, China with quantum communications could have made the 11 minutes 22 second delay obsolete!

https://archive.vn/NlDL1/eec26c9aae4ea6f6f1403c392ca0ae9acac8c363.jpg ; https://archive.vn/GbuuN/7063db5b7edd3aed5b4d185a14b6cb2091bb9545.jpg ; https://archive.vn/GbuuN/43278bfbf6390f12e2fb9b1eceda0f1bf932e2d1/scr.png ; https://web.archive.org/web/20210217210325/https://blog.eduhub.tv/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/jpl-mars-mission-bridenstine-event-ashly-cullumber-17319-1-1.jpg ; https://web.archive.org/web/20201208092409/https://www.mmtimes.com/news/burmese-american-engineer-powering-nasa-mars.html ; https://archive.vn/NlDL1
▲ 1. Myanmar's Dawn MiMi Aung, the project manager for the Mars Helicopter, a technology demo that will attempt the first flight on another planet ever!

Next, behold in awe and shock at the first ever flight performed on any other planet, with a Burmese-made powered flying rotary wing vehicle!

 

[F-22Raptor]

Perseverance has landed!!!!

 

[masterchief_mirza]

Wunderbar.
Looking forward to it.
No 3 months of loitering around in orbit like the Chinese @bshifter .

In response to NASA's success with "Perseverance", I heard India is busily preparing its next Mars lander "Desperation".

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

It's alive!!!

That crazy drone deploy has worked again!!

 

[TruthSeeker]

Congratulations to the NASA/JPL team!!! If you watched the JPL landing team on TV this afternoon you saw Americans of ALL ethnicities in the world working together to accomplish this extreme technological feat. The United States is truly pioneering a universal human culture.

 

[Chhatrapati]

Congratulations to the NASA/JPL team!!! If you watched the JPL landing team on TV this afternoon you saw Americans of ALL ethnicities in the world working together to accomplish this extreme technological feat. The United States is truly pioneering a universal human culture.

Congratulations guys. It was great.

 

[Pakistan Space Agency]

Congratulations USA and Nasa.
A fantastic achievement.