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Nasa's Perseverance safely touches down in search of life [see pic without giving twitter a click]
The Guardian ^
| 2/18/2021
| The Guardian
Posted on 02/18/2021 2:09:04 PM PST by edwinland
Nasa’s science rover Perseverance, the most advanced astrobiology laboratory ever sent to another world, streaked through the Martian atmosphere on Thursday and landed safely on the floor of a vast crater, its first stop on a search for traces of ancient microbial life on the Red Planet.
Mission managers at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory near Los Angeles burst into applause and cheers as radio signals confirmed that the six-wheeled rover had survived its perilous descent and arrived within its target zone inside Jezero crater, site of a long-vanished Martian lake bed.
The robotic vehicle sailed through space for nearly seven months, covering 293m miles (472m km) before piercing the Martian atmosphere at 12,000mph (19,000km/h) to begin its approach to touchdown on the planet’s surface.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: hollywood; katherinejohnson; mars; marslanding; nasa; nottwitter; perseverance; rover
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Yay
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posted on
02/18/2021 2:09:04 PM PST
by
edwinland
To: edwinland
In before the Mars/Bernie photoshopped version.
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posted on
02/18/2021 2:10:43 PM PST
by
CTyank
To: edwinland
The math and science that got it there is racist.
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posted on
02/18/2021 2:11:14 PM PST
by
Blueflag
To: edwinland
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posted on
02/18/2021 2:11:41 PM PST
by
HangnJudge
(Amen (Awomen) brother!)
To: edwinland
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posted on
02/18/2021 2:11:53 PM PST
by
zeugma
(Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
To: edwinland
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posted on
02/18/2021 2:13:55 PM PST
by
DannyTN
To: edwinland
They didn’t send a Tesla?
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posted on
02/18/2021 2:14:10 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: HangnJudge
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posted on
02/18/2021 2:14:23 PM PST
by
null and void
(We, MSM, decide what news you can see, and what you can not see, don't you dare call us Not-Sees)
To: edwinland
What is the carbon foot print of the spacecraft, and is it contributing to global warming on Mars? Did it leave a trail of pollution on the journey through space to get to Mars?
To: edwinland
Love that Guardian plea for bucks, citing “independent quality news...”
Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahaah!
To: CTyank
In before the Mars/Bernie photoshopped version. Haha!
To: null and void
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posted on
02/18/2021 2:17:00 PM PST
by
HangnJudge
(Amen (Awomen) brother!)
To: edwinland
Well, it is news quite often independent of any correspondence with reality.
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posted on
02/18/2021 2:17:00 PM PST
by
pierrem15
("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
To: edwinland
It’s quite an achievement. Congratulations to NASA and the JPL and everyone else involved.
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02/18/2021 2:18:06 PM PST
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
To: zeugma
Marvin is not pleased.
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posted on
02/18/2021 2:20:19 PM PST
by
zeugma
(Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
To: HangnJudge
You misspelled zoonotic...
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posted on
02/18/2021 2:21:58 PM PST
by
null and void
(We, MSM, decide what news you can see, and what you can not see, don't you dare call us Not-Sees)
To: Paladin2
There's already a Tesla "flying" through space.
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02/18/2021 2:21:59 PM PST
by
EEGator
To: Blueflag
You need to watch the movie “Hidden Figures”. It is about three black ladies that worked for NASA during the early days of the Mercury and Gemini programs. One of the ladies was Katherine Johnson, whom they billed as a pioneer in developing the math behind orbit and pinpointing the splash-down coordinates. Good movie, but you never know how much is sensationalized.
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posted on
02/18/2021 2:22:45 PM PST
by
RatRipper
( Democrats and socialists are vile liars, thieves and murderers - enemies of good and America.)
To: null and void
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02/18/2021 2:23:11 PM PST
by
HangnJudge
(Amen (Awomen) brother!)
To: Blueflag
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posted on
02/18/2021 2:25:13 PM PST
by
Hazwaste
(Socialists are like slinkies. Only good for pushing down stairs.)
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