Perseverance rover’s descent and touchdown on Mars [video]
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#2Personally, I didn't work on this, but I'm completely amazed. To think Curiosity did this 8 years ago as well is kind of staggering to me.
Re: Perseverance rover’s descent and touchdown on Mars [video]
#3360 view on surface.
Viewable in VR
Re: Perseverance rover’s descent and touchdown on Mars [video]
#4This is incredible quality. What's the file size of the video and what path did the data take?
Re: Perseverance rover’s descent and touchdown on Mars [video]
#5I don't know why I'm surprised at the amount of footage and the quality, but I am. This is really setting a new bar for missions like this, similar to what SpaceX has done in recent years. Stuff like this has got to be huge for getting interest and excitement from the general public and especially kids.
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#6This is incredible quality. What's the file size of the video and what path did the data take?
The briefing said they had downloaded ~20 GB of data over the last few days. I'm sure much of that was _not_ EDL data.
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#7So glad they've realized the value in allowing everyone to experience how hard these things are. So impressive, I can't wait to watch this video over and over.
The inflation of the parachute is spectacular, and knowing how hard it is, and how hard it is to test on earth - its just incredible.
And the skycrane was flawless - just so impressive how well it works. Too bad it flies off to crash and can't land gently somewhere to maybe be able to use it for its own purpose.
Re: Perseverance rover’s descent and touchdown on Mars [video]
#8One of the engineers does a great shot-by-shot commentary of this video about 15 minutes into their live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYQwuYZbA6o
Re: Perseverance rover’s descent and touchdown on Mars [video]
#9After such a shitty 2020, this is just what we needed. Incredible.
Re: Perseverance rover’s descent and touchdown on Mars [video]
#10As incredible as this footage is, it's even more mindblowing to realize we've been doing this for 50 years now. We know how to land on mars. Time to do it with people.