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Perserverance
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 9:30 pm
by seremtan
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
Re: Perserverance
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 10:30 pm
by Transient
Not sure how much of it we'll hear, what with 1/1000 the atmosphere. But I hope the thing lands OK.
Re: Perserverance
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 12:22 am
by YourGrandpa
There's a flying drone too.
Re: Perserverance
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 10:34 am
by seremtan
Transient wrote:Not sure how much of it we'll hear, what with 1/1000 the atmosphere. But I hope the thing lands OK.
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
Re: Perserverance
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 1:49 pm
by Ferrao10
Just pissed myself
But, yep, it probably will actually be able to do just that:
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
Re: Perserverance
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2020 10:58 pm
by Whiskey 7
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
Very interesting..
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