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Physics and astronomy thread (7 Viewers)
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Nick Vermeil
Footballguy
It's happening...
Phil Elliott
Footballguy
Goosebumps watching the NASA team at confirmation of touchdown. Looked like they hit the spot exactly.
The Z Machine
Footballguy
They absolutely nailed it. NASA is doing a bang up job lately IMO.
The Gator
Footballguy
They have to be being pushed by Space X, right? Now we just need to get Blue Origin up to snuff.
El Floppo
Footballguy
They got pictures literally within a minute or two of that thing sticking the landing.
The Gator
Footballguy
We broke the speed of light!?!*
*Mars is three light minutes away, so at least that.
or it was faked
El Floppo
Footballguy
Brains, meet Brad.We broke the speed of light!?!*
*Mars is three light minutes away, so at least that.
or it was faked
El Floppo
Footballguy
Can't spend time to look now, but I bet those pics are up somewhere...sorry I didn't link them.
Sand
Footballguy
No, not a thing. This is a very different technology than a rocket.
Kudos to NASA and APL. Nailed it!
The Gator
Footballguy
Not the tech of rocket vs lander, just the advancement of the overall tech and pushing limits. Listening to Jim Green today and him breaking down how they had to decide how to land a much larger rover made me think of SpaceX.
El Floppo
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joffer
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The Gator
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Sand
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It's the other way around. In general, SpaceX leveraged NASA technology much more than the other way around. The heatshield technology is all NASA. The retro rocket landing is likely inspired by SpeceX, though. They've done good work there.
Mars is a tough place to land. Enough atmosphere to heat the crap out of stuff, but not enough to slow things down. Right now we can't slow down enough to land at higher altitudes with most payloads. I'm hoping one day to see them use HIAD technology when we start landing really big stuff. I worked on that a few years back - really cool stuff.
The Gator
Footballguy
TripItUp
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
You're telling me you had two pair of gloves this whole time?
Uh yeah, it's the [[Rockies]] Mars!
PS,
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prosopis
Arizona Chupacabra
The Gator
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Leeroy Jenkins
Footballguy
Those were photos from the engineering cameras -- used for navigation. Hi-Res pics from the "real" cameras will come after diagnostic tests and other stuff apparently.
El Floppo
Footballguy
They'll supposedly be releasing video of the landing soon.
That pic is absolutely amazing!
Does anybody know where the sky crane flew off to after dropping the rover? Did it just bounce somewhere and crash-land to not hit or get in the rovers way...or is it safely landed somewhere for reuse?
The Z Machine
Footballguy
It flew away toward the north to crash not anywhere near the rover. It was always design to fly north regardless of terrain after the cables detached.El Floppo said:
El Floppo
Footballguy
Thanks!
Was just reading up on it too...turns out my old neighbor and school mate Adam Steltzner was in charge of all of that.
It makes perfect sense, but I still hoped it was designed to fly off and land somewhere, to be salvaged or used as a relay or antenna booster or something.
beer 30
Footballguy
Don't kid yourself, that's to blow up the aliens when they realize the jig is up.
Why do you have a gun in space?
foxco
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heckmanm
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The Z Machine
Footballguy
I think that's because of the issues that Opportunity had with solar panel charging and the dust storm that finally killed it. Those rovers had some nuke thermal power as well, but not enough to run the whole thing.
El Floppo
Footballguy
Hfs.
Just breathtaking...literally.
Hi res videos were unbelievable. And audio...more about the history making than the actual audio...but equally breathtaking. Can't wait to see and hear more from the surface of mars...and hoping they'll be able to link video with audio.
I think they said everything is up on their website...astonishing.
Just breathtaking...literally.
Hi res videos were unbelievable. And audio...more about the history making than the actual audio...but equally breathtaking. Can't wait to see and hear more from the surface of mars...and hoping they'll be able to link video with audio.
I think they said everything is up on their website...astonishing.
The Gator
Footballguy
Just saw the landing footage. man that's awesome
https://twitter.com/NASAPersevere/status/1363929492138254340?s=20
https://twitter.com/NASAPersevere/status/1363929492138254340?s=20
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El Floppo
Footballguy
Thanks!
Incredible stuff. I loved seeing the rover drop and then seeing the skycrane take off.
TripItUp
Footballguy
The Z Machine
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El Floppo
Footballguy
The Z Machine
Footballguy
Link don't work. Extra nasa at the start, but I figured it out.
Pretty amazing to look at. I keep thinking... where are the trees and bushes?
Desert_Power
Footballguy
This is really cool. It's going to make me listen to the 13 Minutes to the Moon again. Check out that podcast if you haven't before.
