Video from Mars: Perseverance rover landing

[Paul K]

Yes it’s a great achievement. If they continue like this we might even consider allowing them back in. EricT

They have to hand it back after 250 years anyway, Eric. It's a bit like Hong Kong.

[FlyTexas]

Yes it’s a great achievement. If they continue like this we might even consider allowing them back in. EricT

They have to hand it back after 250 years anyway, Eric. It's a bit like Hong Kong.

250 years?? That's 6 years from now!!! Ok, you can have Perseverance and the helicopter, but we're not delivering it...you'll have to pick it up.

Brian

[Paul K]

[Airspeed]

The pictures just keep getting better!
Are all the colours real? When I see white on blue from the Red Planet, I don't know what to believe.

[FlyTexas]

The colors are correct. You can see Perseverance's sun dial on the right which has markings on it to help calibrate the camera.



Brian

[Paul K]

Has it moved yet, or are they still in the process of testing everything and getting it set up ?

[FlyTexas]

Has it moved yet, or are they still in the process of testing everything and getting it set up ?

From what I've seen the rover is still being tested. Not sure when they plan to start moving it.

Brian

[Airspeed]

I'm pretty sure that I've seen at least one picture showing long tyre tracks in the dust, so I'd say it has moved.
https://www.facebook.com/awesomestuff36 ... 3072381233

Above is the one that I saw. Can't find any confirmation that it is genuine, though one of the others in the set appears to have a comment by a lady from the NASA team. Still, I can type anything I like and say "NASA said this". I can't find anything like them on the official photo releases, so maybe it's all fiction.

[Tomliner]

They were probably left by some sh*t-fer-brains who’d been fly tipping. EricT

[FlyTexas]

I'm pretty sure that I've seen at least one picture showing long tyre tracks in the dust, so I'd say it has moved.
https://www.facebook.com/awesomestuff36 ... 3072381233

Above is the one that I saw. Can't find any confirmation that it is genuine, though one of the others in the set appears to have a comment by a lady from the NASA team. Still, I can type anything I like and say "NASA said this". I can't find anything like them on the official photo releases, so maybe it's all fiction.

I'm confused too. Here's a link to the many photos being taken by Perseverance. https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/ Perseverance is definitely a shutterbug.

Brian