Percy goes for a really long drive , on its Own

The time has come for Percy to go find the Aliens so for the next month the rover is driving itself (using AutoNav) to the prime target of this mission , the river delta.
NASA have decided that getting to the river delta is so important that science activities on the journey will take a back seat on the 3-mile trek.

“The delta is so important that we’ve actually decided to minimize science activities and focus on driving to get there more quickly,” said Ken Farley of Caltech, Perseverance’s project scientist. “We’ll be taking lots of images of the delta during that drive. The closer we get, the more impressive those images will be.”

I doubt China having a rover on Mars looking for life has anything to do with this expediency

“Self-driving processes that took minutes on a rover like Opportunity happen in less than a second on Perseverance,” said veteran rover planner and flight software developer Mark Maimone of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, which leads the mission. “Because autonomous driving is now faster, we can cover more ground than if humans programmed every drive.”
mars.nasa.gov...

Looking forward to Perseverance getting to the delta and the start of the main event, find the Aliens ... Dead or Alive.

a reply to: gortex

forward 60, right 10, forward 20

go get em



and then unleash the beast

a reply to: UpThenDown

Always wanted a Big Track but didn't get one , my cousin got one as a Christmas present then I didn't want one anymore.

originally posted by: gortex
I doubt China having a rover on Mars looking for life has anything to do with this expediency

After 50 years of rear-dragging NASA finally found some urgency?

Only have themselves (and Congress) to blame if they get scooped by China. NASA should have kept the pedal to the metal, instead of calling it a wrap at Apollo.

Hundreds of billions of dollars later..
The most expensive CGI picture show in
History of the planet.

a reply to: gortex

I didn't realize who Percy was until I got to the quote. I get today's booby prize.

I doubt China having a rover on Mars looking for life has anything to do with this expediency

BattleBots arena on the moon. Musk can sponsor it.

Imagine the height you can hurl enemies with pneumatic flippers in moon gravity!

Final-fricken-lee.

I absolutely hate that we only get motivated when we are going to lose out on some milestone. Throw in the 1st one on site to find Earth shattering evidence of something major and that one gets to take pics to set the narrative 1st. I suspect NASA needs to win this one for their DS narrative. I am guessing the Chinese will find something NASA won't care to have revealed without their spin on it.

originally posted by: gortex
The time has come for Percy to go find the Aliens so for the next month the rover is driving itself (using AutoNav) to the prime target of this mission , the river delta.
NASA have decided that getting to the river delta is so important that science activities on the journey will take a back seat on the 3-mile trek.

“The delta is so important that we’ve actually decided to minimize science activities and focus on driving to get there more quickly,” said Ken Farley of Caltech, Perseverance’s project scientist. “We’ll be taking lots of images of the delta during that drive. The closer we get, the more impressive those images will be.”

I doubt China having a rover on Mars looking for life has anything to do with this expediency

“Self-driving processes that took minutes on a rover like Opportunity happen in less than a second on Perseverance,” said veteran rover planner and flight software developer Mark Maimone of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, which leads the mission. “Because autonomous driving is now faster, we can cover more ground than if humans programmed every drive.”
mars.nasa.gov...

Looking forward to Perseverance getting to the delta and the start of the main event, find the Aliens ... Dead or Alive.

We need John Lear to drop some truth about this mission. I love that guy

originally posted by: Justoneman
Final-fricken-lee.

I absolutely hate that we only get motivated when we are going to lose out on some milestone.

Actually, that's a bit unfair. Look at what had to happen to get rovers onto Mars in the first place. The scientists and engineers that got that accomplished pushed the envelope over and over. It's a lot easier for China since they didn't have to do that engineering. They just steal it.

originally posted by: LogicalGraphitti

originally posted by: Justoneman
Final-fricken-lee.

I absolutely hate that we only get motivated when we are going to lose out on some milestone.

Actually, that's a bit unfair. Look at what had to happen to get rovers onto Mars in the first place. The scientists and engineers that got that accomplished pushed the envelope over and over. It's a lot easier for China since they didn't have to do that engineering. They just steal it.

But we must not forget we have had this ability since maybe 1970 and they wait till the Chinese are going. That stinks of hiding data and now they need to beat the Chinese there to protect their narrative they feed/perhaps lie to us concerning. The Radio controlled robots have been around for decades and that is all these rovers with cameras are in the end.

originally posted by: Justoneman

originally posted by: LogicalGraphitti

originally posted by: Justoneman
Final-fricken-lee.

I absolutely hate that we only get motivated when we are going to lose out on some milestone.

Actually, that's a bit unfair. Look at what had to happen to get rovers onto Mars in the first place. The scientists and engineers that got that accomplished pushed the envelope over and over. It's a lot easier for China since they didn't have to do that engineering. They just steal it.

But we must not forget we have had this ability since maybe 1970 and they wait till the Chinese are going. That stinks of hiding data and now they need to beat the Chinese there to protect their narrative they feed/perhaps lie to us concerning. The Radio controlled robots have been around for decades and that is all these rovers with cameras are in the end.

Maybe it's a case of being lazy when there isn't any competition. Now there's a reason to try harder. The Chinese are exploring the moon now and it seems to have lit a fire under NASA to put people back on that rock.