The view from Mount Sharp on Mars, as seen by the Curiosity rover on April 10, 2015. (Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)
Posted on 11/27/2018 8:13:31 AM PST by heterosupremacist
NASA’s spacecraft that landed on Mars on Monday has beamed back its first clear photo of the desolate Red Planet.
“There’s a quiet beauty here. Looking forward to exploring my new home,” NASA tweeted late Monday, hours after its new InSight lander touched down.
The image came after the rover had earlier sent back a somewhat blurry photo. The space agency said that in the interim, the spacecraft had opened its solar panels, which allowed it to recharge its batteries for the mission.
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Is that what it is? I thought it was a Martian sewage treatment plant.
“Is that what it is? I thought it was a Martian sewage treatment plant.”
I shouldn’t make fun of it, there’s probably a few million bucks worth of handmade equipment in that shot.
why do they always land where there’s NOTHING?
It’s like sending a lander to the middle of the Sahara desert to learn about earth.
Go to where the FACE is in Cydona for keeripes sake
The universe of science fiction was finely tuned for life. Ours, rather less so.
Yes, for $828 million, they could have done better!
If one would take a few minutes to actually read about the mission, this flat desolate location, with few rocks, hills etc, was intentionally targeted to meet the mission requirements. The location is so flat they landed the craft with only about 2 degrees off from being level, which was also critical to the mission.
Still tinting the photos !
It’s a symbol of American superiority and a lot more valuable than the fortune we spend on illegal aliens.
I still remember when we, as kids, were taught about the canals and life on Mars. Newspapers speculated about who made them, and what the inhabitants looked like.
Now they would not lie about such a thing. So, were are they?
“Are they sure it didn’t land in west Texas?”
Not west Texas, not a Whataburger...
I want $15.00 an hour to work there!
Are those Florida ballots I see?
The Universe IS finely tuned for life.
One tiny, tiny change in G, or hbar, or c or half a dozen other constants and we couldn't possibly exist. There'd be no carbon, or no protons, or nothing but radiation, or a universe that lasted only a few hundred years.
The Anthropic principle doesn't mean that the entire Universe is livable.
It means that the universal constants are such that life can exist. Somewhere.
The view from Mount Sharp on Mars, as seen by the Curiosity rover on April 10, 2015. (Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)
I wonder if it can see Uranus from there....
sometimes such stark pictures/vistas have the ability to trigger a poignancy in the viewer.
I’m a man, I can’t get poignant.
In the very FIRST winter of the Mass. Bay Colony:
50% of everyone died
Lessay instead they had NO air, zero atmospheres of pressure, and it was less than 200 degrees below zero.
Oh! Also periodic bombardments of radiation.
Would the survivors be 50%, more than 50%, or less than 50%..?
How about after FIVE years..?
Yeah, I think we should go, but.....they reallllllly have their work cut out for them, lemme tell ya...
I recommend we lime your lawn and a strict watering regime.
Oh, and we should treat for grubs 5 times a year.
I estimate around $1200 a year for 5 treatments.
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