Subj : Perseverance rover to land on Mars tomorrow!
To : Alan Ianson
From : August Abolins
Date : Thu Feb 18 2021 10:38 pm
Hello Alan Ianson!
** On Thursday 18.02.21 - 02:57, Alan Ianson wrote to Sonya Weasner:
SW>> The Perseverance rover will be landing on Mars tomorrow at
SW>> 11:15 PST! This is super exciting! Does anyone plan to
SW>> watch the landing live?
AI> I plan to watch if I can catch it.
I completely forgot about it. I had it scheduled as a reminder
in my iPod, but I forgot the iPod at home this morning.
SW>> One thing I think that is really neat is that there is a
SW>> helicopter strapped to the belly of the rover...
AI> That'll be interesting. I don't know how much atmosphere
AI> there is on Mars, 1% of Earth's (maybe) so that helicopter
AI> has to be small and light, yet the propellers have to spin
AI> very fast. We'll see how it goes.. :)
I bet the fine martian dust will muck up the rotors very
quickly. There is no service station on mars to repairs things
like that. :D
SO.. was the landing captured well? One of the pics post-
landing is just black and white. Isn't this multi-billion $
rover equipped with a colour cameras?
I think I noticed a recorded 2hr program of the event on YT.
