NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover
Discussion
Watched Byan Cox on catch up this morning - WOW, just wow!
I was always fascubated by the moon landings - not old enough to have experienced Armstrong real time :-(
But flying a drone on mars, bringing back samples.....
....and the possibility that life may have orinigated on Mars and been transported here.....
Awesome time to be alive!!
And Elons plan to build a community on Mars :-)))
I was always fascubated by the moon landings - not old enough to have experienced Armstrong real time :-(
But flying a drone on mars, bringing back samples.....
....and the possibility that life may have orinigated on Mars and been transported here.....
Awesome time to be alive!!
And Elons plan to build a community on Mars :-)))
Quick bump - the helicopter accompanying Perseverance has now made its 50th flight having initially planned 5, bring the total flight distance to 11,500m.
https://www.theregister.com/2023/04/17/mars_helico...
https://www.theregister.com/2023/04/17/mars_helico...
geeks said:
I still think Ingenuity was a ploy by a bunch of drunk MIT students along the lines of "reckon we can get NASA to pay for us to fly a drone on Mars?" 
The rest of the project pretty much hate it - it's the black sheep of the family. They think it detracts from the science mission.Personally I think it's about the coolest thing and will do more to ensure future missions than the rover will.
CraigyMc said:
geeks said:
I still think Ingenuity was a ploy by a bunch of drunk MIT students along the lines of "reckon we can get NASA to pay for us to fly a drone on Mars?"
The rest of the project pretty much hate it - it's the black sheep of the family. They think it detracts from the science mission.Personally I think it's about the coolest thing and will do more to ensure future missions than the rover will.
I suspect there is an element of 'drones are cool, let's have a drone'.
It's a proof of concept and a test of the feasibility of operating a heavier than air machine on an alien world.
It's rather like the Sojourner rover was in 1997. It didn't achieve a huge amount of science but proved that a rover could operate sem-autonomously and not get itself stuck. It paved the way for all the later rovers.
A helicopter operating on Titan would be amazing.
It's rather like the Sojourner rover was in 1997. It didn't achieve a huge amount of science but proved that a rover could operate sem-autonomously and not get itself stuck. It paved the way for all the later rovers.
A helicopter operating on Titan would be amazing.
Eric Mc said:
A helicopter operating on Titan would be amazing.
I think NASA are already working on that; dragonfly?--> https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasas-dragonfly...
https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploratio...
After two years, a proof of concept experiment on perseverance has made enough oxygen to keep a human alive for hours.
After two years, a proof of concept experiment on perseverance has made enough oxygen to keep a human alive for hours.
glazbagun said:
https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploratio...
After two years, a proof of concept experiment on perseverance has made enough oxygen to keep a human alive for hours.
Two years to produce enough oxygen to keep a human alive for three hours? Presumably scaled-up versions will be a bit more efficient? After two years, a proof of concept experiment on perseverance has made enough oxygen to keep a human alive for hours.
Blackpuddin said:
glazbagun said:
https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploratio...
After two years, a proof of concept experiment on perseverance has made enough oxygen to keep a human alive for hours.
Two years to produce enough oxygen to keep a human alive for three hours? Presumably scaled-up versions will be a bit more efficient? After two years, a proof of concept experiment on perseverance has made enough oxygen to keep a human alive for hours.
Give poor Percy a break.
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