Perseverance Rover - Finding Ancient Life on Mars

W00T!!!

Percy is on Mars
Great job NASA ... PERFECT.

....and we have touch down!!!

Looking forward to what this rover can tell us going forward.

Touchdown confirmed... congrats to everyone involved, that's truly an incredible achievement!

Now let's see some actual footage!

Wow already an image!

a reply to: Zarniwoop



high rez coming today, too.

simply mind boggling accomplishment.


Can't wait for the mics to turn on.

The second of the first two images beamed down by Percy:

Way to go NASA!
And already sending back pics!

Nice landing,now find some alien fossils please.

a reply to: jeep3r

Looks like a path to me.

a reply to: jeep3r

Bit of a Daleks eye view there Percy.

Don't be exterminating any Martians.

a reply to: gortex

It's always good to have a couple of nice, big rocks to explore right in front of the wheels!

Looking forward to the hi-res mastcam pics and the footage taken during EDL of course!

a reply to: Jbird

Can't wait for the mics to turn on.

You and me both mate.

a reply to: jeep3r

Thank you

a reply to: darepairman

You're welcome! Just in order to keep track, here go the first two images from the surface:

a reply to: jeep3r

This is so cool, mentiomed in the other 1 st flat marser.

originally posted by: jeep3r
a reply to: darepairman

You're welcome! Just in order to keep track, here go the first two images from the surface:

Those are photoshopped, here is the original...........


















C'mon man, you knew it was coming

Isn't this like the third one they've sent to "Mars". I don't see the fascination with looking at pictures of rocks from a dead planet (core is supposedly solid right?).

How do we know this thing is actually on "Mars" and not riding around on Earth somewhere?

That crazy "Skycrane" thing is one of the riskiest parts of the entire mission... and it always seems to work perfectly fine. That's some really amazing engineering right there, it just needed to be said (respect where respect is due)!

Anyone remember this meme from many moons ago?



Anyway, the "Fossil Hunting Season" on Mars is now officially open!

a reply to: Sublimecraft

The ghost of Stanley Kubrick sitting in his director's chair at some remote shooting location in the desert?

originally posted by: cd5love96
Isn't this like the third one they've sent to "Mars". I don't see the fascination with looking at pictures of rocks from a dead planet (core is supposedly solid right?).

How do we know this thing is actually on "Mars" and not riding around on Earth somewhere?

Well, one day we can go visit the location ourselves to check the tracks she left behind and the aging rover itself. On the other hand, this time the team is intentionally looking for traces of past life, that's different from previous missions.

Not sure if they could unambiguously determine whether or not something used to be an ancient life form (with the instruments they have), unless an entire skeleton is sticking out of the mud.

But the capability of going there, with all the technical difficulties involved, should be applauded as far as I'm concerned. Apart from that, everything we learn from this mission will be invaluable for future human settlements there as well.