Mars Rover Launch

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I watched the feed and was looking at the chat box, always amazed at the ignorance of some of the comments, like "I hope the astronauts are ok" or "why is there smoke coming off it, is it on fire?"
I would think that if the go to the trouble of watching it they should have some understanding about what they are seeing.

Thinking is always optional.

[Gnomey]

Can't wait to see the thing land in February!! Space stuff is so freaking cool.

[zebo-the-fat]

Can't wait to see the thing land in February!! Space stuff is so freaking cool.

I want to be there to see it land!!

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Can't wait to see the thing land in February!! Space stuff is so freaking cool.

I want to be there to see it land!!

As does every other space cadet.

[Anomalocaris]

At 6mbar there wont happen much, unless its heavily remastered and modified to be audible to human ears.
Soory to disappoint you.

I’m sure NASA have plans to augment and amplify any sounds that are picked up. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have equipped it with a microphone in the first place.

The overwhelming majority of the photographs we get from space are enhanced for clarity, colour-corrected and so on. I don’t imagine this will be any different.

Boru

Actually, the Phoenix lander of 2007 also carried a microphone with one of its cameras.   NASA never actually turn either the microphone Or the camera on during the entire mission.

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I just hope the supplies get to Watney in time!

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Sweet launch! "The Perseverance of Humanity!"

In the novel Watney’s supplies needed a Chinese booster to get into space.   

Incidentally there is also a Chinese rover currently on its way to Mars.   It was launched days ago and will arrive at Mars within days of the NASA rover.   The Chinese rover is unusual in that the landing site is not selected before launch.   Apparently the orbiter is suppose to spend 6 month in orbit about Mars looking for a suitable landing site before sending the rover down.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

"Taiyang Shen"? Never heard of it.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

I’m sure NASA have plans to augment and amplify any sounds that are picked up. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have equipped it with a microphone in the first place.

The overwhelming majority of the photographs we get from space are enhanced for clarity, colour-corrected and so on. I don’t imagine this will be any different.

Boru

Actually, the Phoenix lander of 2007 also carried a microphone with one of its cameras.   NASA never actually turn either the microphone Or the camera on during the entire mission.

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I just hope the supplies get to Watney in time!

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Sweet launch! "The Perseverance of Humanity!"

In the novel Watney’s supplies needed a Chinese booster to get into space.   

Incidentally there is also a Chinese rover currently on its way to Mars.   It was launched days ago and will arrive at Mars within days of the NASA rover.   The Chinese rover is unusual in that the landing site is not selected before launch.   Apparently the orbiter is suppose to spend 6 month in orbit about Mars looking for a suitable landing site before sending the rover down.

The UAE also have an orbiter on the way. 

But I’m actually more interested in Ingenuity than in the rover. Assuming the mission beats the almost 50% failure rate for Mars probes, it’ll be intriguing to see how well a helicopter performs on Mars.

Boru

[Gawdzilla Sama]

If it works really well the recreational drone manufacturers will immediately demand that we reduce Earth's gravity by 62%. And that bill will make it through Congress and be signed by T.rump.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

If it works really well the recreational drone manufacturers will immediately demand that we reduce Earth's gravity by 62%. And that bill will make it through Congress and be signed by T.rump.

Five years ago, I would have called you a loony for even suggesting that. Now, however...

Boru

[Anomalocaris]

If it works really well the recreational drone manufacturers will immediately demand that we reduce Earth's gravity by 62%. And that bill will make it through Congress and be signed by T.rump.

They would also demand the Earth’s atmosphere be reduced 99% and the gases in the 1% remaining be substituted with almost pure CO2.     

Such a change could only have positive effect on the cognitive capabilities of trump and his voters.