2.30 pm Pacific time there will be deeper coverage - Coverage will be intermittent & when significant followup items are addressed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm0b_ijaYMQ&feature=emb_logo
Watch an epic journey unfold on Thursday, Feb. 18 as our Perseverance rover lands on Mars. To reach the surface of the Red Planet, the rover has to survive the harrowing final phase known as Entry, Descent, and Landing.
Only then can the rover – the biggest, heaviest, cleanest, and most sophisticated six-wheeled robot ever launched into space – search Jezero Crater for signs of ancient life and collect samples that will eventually be returned to Earth.
I'll be sure to watch this tonight.
First views from surface

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://www.weaselzippers.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Euiksg4XIAc0Ii3-768x586.jpeg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://www.weaselzippers.us/wp-content%20...%208x586.jpeg%22%3Ehttps://www.weaselzippers.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Euiksg4XIAc0Ii3-768x586.jpeg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://www.weaselzippers.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/EuiksYDWYAMy1dM-768x591.jpeg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://www.weaselzippers.us/wp-content%20...%208x591.jpeg%22%3Ehttps://www.weaselzippers.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/EuiksYDWYAMy1dM-768x591.jpeg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
If above 2 pics do not show, Click here (//https)
Perseverance's landing involved the "seven minutes of terror," a fiery atmospheric entry in a protective capsule which involved a parachute-assisted descent. The "seven minutes of terror" is referred to by NASA engineers as the time it takes to enter the Martian atmosphere and descend to the surface.
The spacecraft is guided solely by pre-programmed controls in its onboard computer, due to a roughly 11 minute signal delay between Earth and Mars.
Perseverance entered into the atmosphere at about 12,100 miles per hour in a protective capsule. The spacecraft then deployed a parachute to begin slowing down before removing its protective capsule and heat shield. The rover's landing mechanism then fired eight rocket thrusters to slow down from about 170 miles per hour to about two miles per hour and guide it to a proper landing spot before using a sky crane to lower onto Mars' surface.
Perseverance landed in the Jezero Crater, a 28-mile-wide basin in the northern hemisphere of Mars, where NASA believes a body of water about the size of Lake Tahoe used to flow. The Perseverance science team believes this ancient river delta and lake deposits could have collected and preserved organic molecules and other potential signs of microbial life.
Quote from: cc post_id=402712 time=1613694269 user_id=88
First views from surface

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://www.weaselzippers.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Euiksg4XIAc0Ii3-768x586.jpeg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://www.weaselzippers.us/wp-content%20...%208x586.jpeg%22%3Ehttps://www.weaselzippers.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Euiksg4XIAc0Ii3-768x586.jpeg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://www.weaselzippers.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/EuiksYDWYAMy1dM-768x591.jpeg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://www.weaselzippers.us/wp-content%20...%208x591.jpeg%22%3Ehttps://www.weaselzippers.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/EuiksYDWYAMy1dM-768x591.jpeg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
If above 2 pics do not show, Click here (//http)
Perseverance's landing involved the "seven minutes of terror," a fiery atmospheric entry in a protective capsule which involved a parachute-assisted descent. The "seven minutes of terror" is referred to by NASA engineers as the time it takes to enter the Martian atmosphere and descend to the surface.
The spacecraft is guided solely by pre-programmed controls in its onboard computer, due to a roughly 11 minute signal delay between Earth and Mars.
Perseverance entered into the atmosphere at about 12,100 miles per hour in a protective capsule. The spacecraft then deployed a parachute to begin slowing down before removing its protective capsule and heat shield. The rover's landing mechanism then fired eight rocket thrusters to slow down from about 170 miles per hour to about two miles per hour and guide it to a proper landing spot before using a sky crane to lower onto Mars' surface.
Perseverance landed in the Jezero Crater, a 28-mile-wide basin in the northern hemisphere of Mars, where NASA believes a body of water about the size of Lake Tahoe used to flow. The Perseverance science team believes this ancient river delta and lake deposits could have collected and preserved organic molecules and other potential signs of microbial life.
That's awesome.
Quote from: cc post_id=402712 time=1613694269 user_id=88
First views from surface

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://www.weaselzippers.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Euiksg4XIAc0Ii3-768x586.jpeg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://www.weaselzippers.us/wp-content%20...%208x586.jpeg%22%3Ehttps://www.weaselzippers.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Euiksg4XIAc0Ii3-768x586.jpeg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)

(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://www.weaselzippers.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/EuiksYDWYAMy1dM-768x591.jpeg%22%3E%3CLINK_TEXT%20text=%22https://www.weaselzippers.us/wp-content%20...%208x591.jpeg%22%3Ehttps://www.weaselzippers.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/EuiksYDWYAMy1dM-768x591.jpeg%3C/LINK_TEXT%3E%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
If above 2 pics do not show, Click here (//http)
Perseverance's landing involved the "seven minutes of terror," a fiery atmospheric entry in a protective capsule which involved a parachute-assisted descent. The "seven minutes of terror" is referred to by NASA engineers as the time it takes to enter the Martian atmosphere and descend to the surface.
The spacecraft is guided solely by pre-programmed controls in its onboard computer, due to a roughly 11 minute signal delay between Earth and Mars.
Perseverance entered into the atmosphere at about 12,100 miles per hour in a protective capsule. The spacecraft then deployed a parachute to begin slowing down before removing its protective capsule and heat shield. The rover's landing mechanism then fired eight rocket thrusters to slow down from about 170 miles per hour to about two miles per hour and guide it to a proper landing spot before using a sky crane to lower onto Mars' surface.
Perseverance landed in the Jezero Crater, a 28-mile-wide basin in the northern hemisphere of Mars, where NASA believes a body of water about the size of Lake Tahoe used to flow. The Perseverance science team believes this ancient river delta and lake deposits could have collected and preserved organic molecules and other potential signs of microbial life.
That's impressive.
One heckuvan achievement
Quote from: cc post_id=402770 time=1613709460 user_id=88
One heckuvan achievement
Absolutely cc.
When the moon landing was faked, the reason why the cost was so high was because the actor, Neil Armstrong, insisted it to be filmed on location.
Quote from: Odinson post_id=404016 time=1614815996 user_id=136
When the moon landing was faked, the reason why the cost was so high was because the actor, Neil Armstrong, insisted it to be filmed on location.
Good One Odi .. broke me up you did
:roll:
Quote from: Odinson post_id=404016 time=1614815996 user_id=136
When the moon landing was faked, the reason why the cost was so high was because the actor, Neil Armstrong, insisted it to be filmed on location.
:laugh:
That was especially good - I wish I could try it on the deniers - I'll save it for the first opportunity
Quote from: cc post_id=404025 time=1614819628 user_id=88
That was especially good - I wish I could try it on the deniers - I'll save it for the first opportunity
Where is dsm.
:laugh:
yes, that's what I was thinking .. and an incel or 3
DSM would find it funny. The incels wouldn't even get it ac_smile