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NASA rover Perseverance on track for daredevil landing on Mars
reuters.com ^
| FEBRUARY 17, 2021
| Steve Gorman
Posted on 02/17/2021 4:53:58 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance, the most advanced robotic astrobiology lab ever flown to another world, neared the end of its seven-month, 293-million-mile (470-million-km) journey on Wednesday, on target for a daredevil landing attempt on the red planet.
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KEYWORDS: marslanding; nasa; perseverance
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02/17/2021 5:13:05 PM PST
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tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Thanks Berlin! I will be monitoring, my name is on that thing. I think my name has landed on Mars 3 times before. Kids names too. Fun stuff.
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02/17/2021 5:17:03 PM PST
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CJ Wolf
(#wwg1wga #Godwins; what is scarier than offensive words? Not being able to say them.. )
To: tet68
To: CJ Wolf
Fingers crossed!
(In Berlin then press thumbs.)
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Thanks for the reminder.
Looking forward to seeing how the first nuclear powered Mars rover performs.
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02/17/2021 5:29:57 PM PST
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airborne
(Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! )
To: Berlin_Freeper
Like this...?
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02/17/2021 5:30:02 PM PST
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deks
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“first nuclear powered Mars rover”
...the things we learn on FR :)
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02/17/2021 5:31:17 PM PST
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deks
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To: Berlin_Freeper
from the description at the youtube link...
"the biggest, heaviest, cleanest, and most sophisticated six-wheeled robot ever launched into space"
It's a clean machine :)
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02/17/2021 5:35:59 PM PST
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deks
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Thanks for posting! Can’t wait to see it!
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posted on
02/17/2021 5:55:07 PM PST
by
Ros42
(We need an "APLC" (America Patriot Law Center))
To: deks
Pu-238 radioisotope power generator
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02/17/2021 6:02:09 PM PST
by
HangnJudge
(Amen (Awomen) brother!)
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02/17/2021 6:03:07 PM PST
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HangnJudge
(Amen (Awomen) brother!)
To: deks
I believe Curiosity has the same RTG.
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02/17/2021 6:16:48 PM PST
by
75thOVI
(Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice.)
To: deks
Zero emissions..... just like every other Mars rover. This one will prove nuclear power to be a superior energy source compared to solar panels and lithium batteries.
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02/17/2021 6:29:52 PM PST
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webheart
(COVID was not worth the economic misery that it took to keep me from getting it for 7 months..)
To: deks
“Oooh it’s a killing machine it’s got everything”! (Mars or bust! Rock on Perseverance!)
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02/17/2021 7:01:20 PM PST
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bobby.223
(Retired up in the snowy Mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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