MB65E Posted February 18, 2021 Report Posted February 18, 2021 To all the fellow space dorks! this stuff hardly makes the news anymore. https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/landing/watch-online/ -Matt 4 Quote
Hank Posted February 18, 2021 Report Posted February 18, 2021 @MooneyMitch should be along shortly, the Left Coast runs a little behind times. 1 Quote
MooneyMitch Posted February 18, 2021 Report Posted February 18, 2021 21 minutes ago, MB65E said: To all the fellow space dorks! this stuff hardly makes the news anymore. https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/landing/watch-online/ -Matt Dork signing in here! This stuff certainly hits my news antenna...........incredibly exciting!!! Thanks for the post. Checking in with all my MS friends this AM [behind the beat left coaster] before I head to my favorite place...............my airport and my little beloved Mooney. Happy day to all and stay positive and stay happy..............there is always hope............make it so !! 2 Quote
thinwing Posted February 18, 2021 Report Posted February 18, 2021 those helicopter blades rotate at 2400 rpm in that thin Martian atmospere....100 or so works fine on earth 1 Quote
Ibra Posted February 18, 2021 Report Posted February 18, 2021 6 minutes ago, thinwing said: those helicopter blades rotate at 2400 rpm in that thin Martian atmospere....100 or so works fine on earth The good news it’s VFR flying in VMC all the time Quote
MooneyMitch Posted February 18, 2021 Report Posted February 18, 2021 8 minutes ago, thinwing said: touchdown!!! Incredible!!!!! Quote
MooneyMitch Posted February 18, 2021 Report Posted February 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, carusoam said: ....... and I thought my new Mooney white hoodie and my SpaceX hoodie were super cool....... now I’m thinking a white hoodie with that terrific red/black/white logo on the front would be most special!!! Hmmmm Go America!!!! 1 Quote
flyboy0681 Posted February 18, 2021 Report Posted February 18, 2021 Any word on how close to the target she touched down? Quote
EricJ Posted February 18, 2021 Report Posted February 18, 2021 For a while there it seemed very uncertain whether the NASA narrator was going to survive the experience. 1 Quote
carusoam Posted February 18, 2021 Report Posted February 18, 2021 I hope there is a YouTube replay of all of this... -a- Quote
thinwing Posted February 18, 2021 Report Posted February 18, 2021 especially the after landing party!!! Quote
MooneyMitch Posted February 19, 2021 Report Posted February 19, 2021 If you are interested and have the opportunity........ watch National Geographic “Built For Mars” program. The building of Perseverance Rover. An incredible amount of things had to go right to achieve the success of today’s landing.......Wow!! Quote
steingar Posted February 19, 2021 Report Posted February 19, 2021 That approach and landing looked complex! Had to nail the approach, then the parachute, then a rocket lander? Go USA! 1 Quote
flyboy0681 Posted February 19, 2021 Report Posted February 19, 2021 20 hours ago, flyboy0681 said: Any word on how close to the target she touched down? Just found the answer to my question. The craft landed 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from it's target site. 1 Quote
carusoam Posted February 20, 2021 Report Posted February 20, 2021 Must have been a visual approach... They don’t have WAAS satellites circling Mars just yet... See if Spacex can send a spare Falcon9 full.... -a- Quote
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