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Post by Slinger on Nov 27, 2018 14:31:38 GMT
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Post by jandl100 on Nov 27, 2018 14:56:33 GMT
I watched the coverage of the landing live - nail-biting stuff! What an astonishing feat of science and engineering. Fingers crossed that all of the gizmos work that will deploy the science gear onto the surface. First decent pic from the lander ....  |
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Post by mikeyb on Nov 27, 2018 14:57:30 GMT
I watched the coverage of the landing live - nail-biting stuff! What an astonishing feat of science and engineering. First decent pic from the lander .... Looks great, hardly a cloud in the sky, not bad for November 😉 |
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Post by jandl100 on Nov 27, 2018 15:03:27 GMT
I suspect that one of the major achievements of the entire mission in terms of impact on the future has happened already, and was the successful deployment and use of the cube-sats used in this instance to relay real-time data of the descent of the Insight lander. A new era of (relatively) low cost and low risk interplanetary scientific data gathering has been initiated! www.jpl.nasa.gov/cubesat/missions/marco.php |
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Post by mikeyb on Nov 27, 2018 15:08:16 GMT
It's amazing, I forgot to watch it live but watched the video later.
Been to Kennedy Space Centre in Florida a couple of times and it's awe inspiring to see what they achieved in what looked like washing machine drums and big jet engines.
When you stand and watch a simulated takeoff from within the control centre, brilliant.
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Post by MartinT on Nov 27, 2018 15:38:52 GMT
Fantastic that they got it down in one piece. I always think of the failed Beagle 2 probe - so much time, money and effort all gone in a bang. Great that this one is ready for service.
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Post by MartinT on Nov 27, 2018 15:40:55 GMT
Been to Kennedy Space Centre in Florida a couple of times and it's awe inspiring to see what they achieved in what looked like washing machine drums and big jet engines. There's a full Saturn V lifter in Houston laying on its side. When you look at it up close and remember that three guys rode the top of it, it's more than just jaw dropping. |
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Post by mikeyb on Nov 27, 2018 15:57:38 GMT
Yeah sitting in a metal framed netting seat and strapped in with webbing 😂
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Post by MartinT on Nov 27, 2018 17:45:44 GMT
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Post by Slinger on Nov 29, 2018 17:57:53 GMT
Click a pic and have a 360 o look around Mars. Follow the arrows to other views.
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Post by MartinT on Nov 29, 2018 20:20:32 GMT
Streetmap for Mars!
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Post by mikeyb on Nov 29, 2018 23:31:18 GMT
Night shot  |
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Post by MartinT on Nov 30, 2018 6:35:57 GMT
Gosh, that looks like the Milky Way band right down the centre.
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Post by mikeyb on Nov 30, 2018 7:47:54 GMT
Gosh, that looks like the Milky Way band right down the centre. Portrait view  |
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Post by jandl100 on Nov 30, 2018 10:40:56 GMT
That's not a real pic ..... is it?
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Post by mikeyb on Nov 30, 2018 11:15:52 GMT
That's not a real pic ..... is it? Composition I think it says on page |
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Post by jandl100 on Nov 30, 2018 11:20:18 GMT
Ah, photoshop!
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Post by zippy on Nov 30, 2018 11:48:23 GMT
One of my pet hates is the number of times amazing pictures are shown without bothering to say that they're 'tweaked' or in worst cases just cgi...
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Post by mikeyb on Nov 30, 2018 12:02:14 GMT
One of my pet hates is the number of times amazing pictures are shown without bothering to say that they're 'tweaked' or in worst cases just cgi... Clearly states on the same page as the link above that the night shot is a composite, many of the other daytime ones are composite too 😉 |
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Post by MartinT on Nov 30, 2018 12:45:15 GMT
Composites are ok, CGI are a cheat!
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