Our newest Mars rover Perseverance has landed safely on the surface of the planet and almost immediately sent back this photo. Way to go, Percy!
There were a few tears mixed with my cheers. (Yeah, I’m like that.)
Anybody else notice how many women were present in the Control Room today? Nice change from the past.
And of course it wasn’t long before the memes began to circulate:
Now I’m looking forward to seeing that cute little drone/helicopter do its thing.
LMAO! Love it! Here’s another one that came through… https://twitter.com/charles_gaba/status/1362510469408452618/photo/1
Bernie’s kind of cute. Cruz is revolting. Either way, let’s not pollute other planets. Of course, some people may take delight in knowing there are no return flights from Mars.
Ha! True.
Mark Rober must be giddy as hell right now.
I have a sudden urge to watch his squirrel obstacle course video again. Or the devil’s toothpaste. Or…
There aren’t enough adjectives for a successful landing after billions of dollars spent and years — years! — of work.
just glad they got the whole “either use metric or imperial measurements for consistency” thing figured out. Trying to remember which mission that math flub led to the craft burning up.
Had to look that up. It was in 1999. No wonder I didn’t remember it. My life was crazy that year.
I remember it from one of the “Engineering Disasters” episodes of Modern Marvels. That’s worse than misplacing a decimal point. Weren’t even using the same frame of reference!
On one hand I think that person was surely fired (imagine being the one who made that mistake!). On the other hand, as complex as these flights are, it’s a miracle any of them actually succeed.
A female voice on point for Ops was the first thing i heard on the NASA Live today. So Cool! Then this evening, church was canceled, so i went to the free Estes Park movie — Hidden Figures — which was perfect timing. Only disappointment was that Phil Mouse didn’t post about the landing, but the poor folks in TX have enough going on right now.
Wasn’t it great? I kept flipping around to different sources and there were so many women speaking from JPL. I thought about you and the movie and the women. Great day all around.
I’m thinking constantly about Phil. She’s in Houston and as resilient as she is, she probably wasn’t prepared for this week’s disaster.
Exciting times! What’s next?
Oh the possibilities! Evidence of life, or former life. Water. Remote-controlled helicopter flights. I can’t wait to hear.
Exciting times.
Let’s hope they have the atmosphere density calculations right.
They had to have been pretty close to correct if Percy got through the atmosphere to a successful landing. I’m just in awe of the whole thing, everything that had to be constructed and calculated perfectly to produce a successful launch, flight, and landing. And the fun is just beginning!
Couldn’t believe it has a little helicopter on it too. Hope it all works!
Me too!