February 18, 20215 yr 46 minutes ago, VFXSimmer said: A proud papa today 🙂 And indeed you should be. Intel 10700K @ 5.1Ghz, Asus Hero Maximus motherboard, Noctua NH-U12A cooler, Corsair Vengeance Pro 32GB 3200 MHz RAM, RTX 2060 Super GPU, Cooler Master HAF 932 Tower, Thermaltake 1000W Toughpower PSU, Windows 10 Professional 64-Bit, 100TB of disk storage. Klaatu barada nickto.
February 19, 20215 yr Author 11 hours ago, VFXSimmer said: Woot! Just wanna brag on my son a little.. he works at JPL and had a hand in this one! A proud papa today 🙂 Fantastic! Which part of perseverance did he work on?
February 19, 20215 yr Author You should read some of the garbage in the comments section on YouTube. Honestly, they say average IQ is dropping. They must be right. Garbage like... "My iPhone is better quality." "Why is it black and white?" What a waste of money for a blurry black and white photo." "Haven't they already been to Mars?" 🙄
February 19, 20215 yr Some of the comments might be humour, but one would expect those to be preceded or followed by an appropriate smiley.. Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
February 19, 20215 yr 7 hours ago, martin-w said: Fantastic! Which part of perseverance did he work on? He worked with the sterilization teams to keep the life science experiments pristine. He was in the clean room with the rover on many occasions. If they find DNA from a blonde Californian kid on Mars.. I'll quietly tiptoe out the door 😉
February 20, 20215 yr Author An update from Perseverance... Ingenuity, the Mars Helicopter I carry, is working as expected. I’m currently charging it, but once I set it down, it’ll rely solely on its solar panels. If it survives the brutally cold Martian nights, the team will attempt flight. https://t.co/8pksN06ZwP #CountdownToMars https://t.co/80kEoww0QU Edited February 20, 20215 yr by martin-w
February 20, 20215 yr The MRO caught the lander while under parachute. https://mashable.com/article/mars-perseverance-rover-image-parachute/
February 21, 20215 yr This is amazing stuff! Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
February 21, 20215 yr Author 15 hours ago, goates said: The MRO caught the lander while under parachute. https://mashable.com/article/mars-perseverance-rover-image-parachute/ Yep, great shot. And guess where the parachute was made, the amazing parachute that could be deployed at supersonic speed without being ripped to shreds? Those of us from the UK will be happy to know it was made in Tiverton Devon of all places. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-56123602#:~:text=A textiles company in Devon,on to the planet's surface.
February 22, 20215 yr Video of Perseverance landing on Mars. The real thing, not the fake that was circulating this weekend. Webcast today at 2 p.m. EST (1900 GMT) link: https://www.space.com/perseverance-rover-mars-landing-video-reveal-webcast Great imagery and, the first sounds recorded from the surface of Mars!! Edited February 22, 20215 yr by CYXR
February 22, 20215 yr Author Okay, maybe it's because I'm older and my testosterone is dropping but that made me feel very emotional. Absolutely stunning.
February 24, 20215 yr There's a secret code in the Mars rover's parachute: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/mars-decoder-ring It is JPL's motto taken from Teddy Roosevelt's "Strenuous Life" speech: "Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure ... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.". Edited February 24, 20215 yr by CYXR
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