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Wow indeed. |
| Forum: Perseverance- Mars 2020 Rover · Post Preview: #249853 · Replies: 477 · Views: 263318 |
| Posted on: Feb 19 2021, 06:35 AM | |
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QUOTE (climber @ Feb 19 2021, 06:26 AM)  Jennifer made it clear that they want to « get rid of » the copter ASAP because it limits the use of some instruments. She said twice that they’ll look for the best place around and drive to it. At least my understanding during the conference... Also limits auto-nav driving as the cover protecting the copter reduces the ground clearance. |
| Forum: Perseverance- Mars 2020 Rover · Post Preview: #249821 · Replies: 477 · Views: 263318 |
| Posted on: Feb 19 2021, 05:05 AM | |
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1374 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11
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Jennifer Trosper did say we'd get some pics down tonight, hope she was talking about us public too...  |
| Forum: Perseverance- Mars 2020 Rover · Post Preview: #249815 · Replies: 477 · Views: 263318 |
| Posted on: Feb 19 2021, 02:40 AM | |
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1374 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11
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What time is the orbiter pass this evening ? |
| Forum: Perseverance- Mars 2020 Rover · Post Preview: #249804 · Replies: 477 · Views: 263318 |
| Posted on: Feb 18 2021, 08:23 PM | |
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They keep saying "meters" to target. Is the target the landing spot they would like below the cliffs ? |
| Forum: Perseverance- Mars 2020 Rover · Post Preview: #249676 · Replies: 122 · Views: 103950 |
| Posted on: Feb 18 2021, 07:01 PM | |
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1374 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11
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 indeed ! |
| Forum: Perseverance- Mars 2020 Rover · Post Preview: #249665 · Replies: 122 · Views: 103950 |
| Posted on: Feb 18 2021, 05:52 PM | |
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QUOTE (Sean @ Sep 11 2020, 12:23 AM) Sorry if these are spoilers for anyone... A sat pic is one thing, but seeing it trough the eyes of Percy is another thing. |
| Forum: Perseverance- Mars 2020 Rover · Post Preview: #249659 · Replies: 8 · Views: 22424 |
| Posted on: Feb 18 2021, 06:15 AM | |
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I saw that exchange too, I think what what is meant is the map is 120 football fields wide, but the TRN will land on the nearest safe spot, unless the entry is way off they won't be diverting 120 football fields or even 700 meters. |
| Forum: Perseverance- Mars 2020 Rover · Post Preview: #249646 · Replies: 33 · Views: 34144 |
| Posted on: Feb 18 2021, 01:00 AM | |
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QUOTE (pioneer @ Feb 18 2021, 01:49 AM) I know MRO will be able to act as a relay for Perseverance during landing. Will Mars Odyssey or MAVEN be available as well? I think TGO is recording during the landing, later other orbiters are making passes, there are 5 orbiters that can relay rover data. |
| Forum: Perseverance- Mars 2020 Rover · Post Preview: #249636 · Replies: 75 · Views: 93860 |
| Posted on: Feb 18 2021, 12:41 AM | |
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Less than 1M miles to go now. |
| Forum: Perseverance- Mars 2020 Rover · Post Preview: #249634 · Replies: 75 · Views: 93860 |
| Posted on: Feb 17 2021, 03:35 AM | |
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Thank you for the links, now I have a good understanding. Less than 2M miles to go now.... |
| Forum: Perseverance- Mars 2020 Rover · Post Preview: #249619 · Replies: 75 · Views: 93860 |
| Posted on: Feb 17 2021, 12:41 AM | |
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Can someone give any more detailed insight on how exactly does the TRN work ? Are they aiming for a safe spot at the center of the landing ellipse, or any safe spot ? |
| Forum: Perseverance- Mars 2020 Rover · Post Preview: #249616 · Replies: 75 · Views: 93860 |
| Posted on: Feb 11 2021, 04:35 PM | |
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I thought the sample tubes were dropped as each one was filled  . Learnt something new... |
| Forum: Perseverance- Mars 2020 Rover · Post Preview: #249537 · Replies: 75 · Views: 93860 |
| Posted on: Feb 11 2021, 04:27 PM | |
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| Forum: ExoMars Program · Post Preview: #249536 · Replies: 16 · Views: 46340 |
| Posted on: Jan 14 2021, 06:30 PM | |
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Ah bummer the mole did not work. Good news though for the extended mission. |
| Forum: InSight · Post Preview: #249231 · Replies: 1270 · Views: 1002250 |
| Posted on: Dec 24 2020, 06:59 AM | |
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Next up is the Mars/Uranus conjunction on 21 Jan 2021. That will be be harder to see as Uranus is so much dimmer. |
| Forum: Chit Chat · Post Preview: #249072 · Replies: 11 · Views: 11117 |
| Posted on: Dec 24 2020, 06:55 AM | |
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QUOTE (fredk @ Dec 23 2020, 07:58 PM) It finally cleared in Vancouver Tuesday evening. I'm surprized there was some discussion about whether they'd be resolvable by eye - at 10'.5 they were easy to pick apart (even with my not-so-great eyesight) and I'm sure I could've at the minimum 6'. I guess viewing against a brightish sky helped and maybe Saturn could get lost in Jupiter's glare against a black sky? In reality they did not get as close together as the general media had us believe. They were always resolvable to my spectacle corrected vision. |
| Forum: Chit Chat · Post Preview: #249071 · Replies: 11 · Views: 11117 |
| Posted on: Dec 23 2020, 12:19 AM | |
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Here is a pic I took quite early on the 21st. 45x zoom using a 60mm spotting scope and pic snapped by IPhone 10. I seem to have caught Saturn in a very stable pocket of atmosphere. The view was much better with the naked eye, esp after the evening got darker. |
| Forum: Chit Chat · Post Preview: #249057 · Replies: 11 · Views: 11117 |
| Posted on: Dec 16 2020, 06:04 AM | |
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QUOTE (PaulH51 @ Dec 15 2020, 10:07 PM) 'End Game for HP3' Bummer. |
| Forum: InSight · Post Preview: #248971 · Replies: 1270 · Views: 1002250 |
| Posted on: Dec 7 2020, 12:41 AM | |
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Ah, was wondering how the scoops worked, they looked like thick poles on the Moon. |
| Forum: Chang'e program · Post Preview: #248877 · Replies: 353 · Views: 451959 |
| Posted on: Dec 5 2020, 05:38 AM | |
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Thank you Explorer. |
| Forum: Hayabusa2 · Post Preview: #248814 · Replies: 983 · Views: 963142 |
| Posted on: Dec 5 2020, 05:15 AM | |
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The English translation links are in Japanese for me... |
| Forum: Hayabusa2 · Post Preview: #248812 · Replies: 983 · Views: 963142 |
| Posted on: Oct 20 2020, 10:49 PM | |
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Awesome. Now to see if they got enough sample. |
| Forum: OSIRIS-REx · Post Preview: #248323 · Replies: 213 · Views: 202320 |
| Posted on: Jul 20 2020, 02:31 AM | |
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QUOTE (nprev @ Jul 20 2020, 12:22 AM) Looks like both arrays have deployed; apparently there was some sort of concern with one of them. On to Mars! Awesome. Missed it as I was zzzz. |
| Forum: Hope- 2020 Orbiter · Post Preview: #247673 · Replies: 10 · Views: 52120 |
| Posted on: Jul 20 2020, 02:19 AM | |
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QUOTE (JRehling @ Jul 20 2020, 02:07 AM) This is my pic from early morning a few days ago with a William Optics Star 71 refractor and ZWO ASI 1600mm camera. It was easily visible at 4:45am. I have yet to see it in the evening sky with the naked eye, with the SF fog being particularly uncooperative. I got some closeups of the coma with my Celestron 9.25" which have quite a different look to them. This is my first naked-eye comet since 2008 and sixth overall. Nice capture JRehling. |
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