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seremtan
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PostPosted: 07-30-2020 01:30 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-53584405

another Mars rover, looking for life in the big lake thing. as well as cameras and loads of science stuff, it also has microphones so I guess we can listen to the landing
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Transient
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PostPosted: 07-30-2020 02:30 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Not sure how much of it we'll hear, what with 1/1000 the atmosphere. But I hope the thing lands OK. :up:
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YourGrandpa
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PostPosted: 07-30-2020 04:22 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


There's a flying drone too.
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seremtan
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PostPosted: 07-31-2020 02:34 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Transient wrote:
Not sure how much of it we'll hear, what with 1/1000 the atmosphere. But I hope the thing lands OK. :up:


yeah but imagine the potential for memes and spookiness

NASA sound guys turn up the volume and we hear, very faintly, Jeffrey Epstein didn't kill himself
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Ferrao10
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PostPosted: 07-31-2020 05:49 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Just pissed myself :)

But, yep, it probably will actually be able to do just that:

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SuperCam includes a microphone so scientists can listen each time the laser hits a target. The popping sound created by the laser subtly changes depending on a rock's material properties.

"The microphone serves a practical purpose by telling us something about our rock targets from a distance. But we can also use it to directly record the sound of the Martian landscape or the rover's mast swiveling,"


https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7591
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Whiskey 7
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PostPosted: 08-04-2020 02:58 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


YourGrandpa wrote:
There's a flying drone too.


A drone? It is a rare atmosphere so that will be interesting. I better look this up. Thanks for the mention :up:

Very interesting..




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