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Not Bad for a bunch of monkeys
Touchdown confirmed - Perseverance Rover
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Not bad at all!
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Not one single monkey on that team. WTF are you talking about?
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We are no more a monkey than a dolphin. Primate yea, but monkeys have tails. We are indeed mammals like a monkey, but so are cats and dogs. |
You are mistaken - take a biology course.
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The Rover is bigger than a Jeep.
It carries a small helicopter and a number of advanced instruments, including the facility to capture samples (for a return mission that might complete in 10 years). https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/mission/overview/ |
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As long as some Martian life form doesn't vandalize it, urinate on the sensors, etc. |
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The drone it is carrying onboard is pretty interesting. The composite in the landing gear was designed and manufactured by a small company here in Mount Vernon WA that is owned by a couple friends of mine! They are pretty damn excited!
https://goodwinds.com/ |
the landing gear of the helicopter drone?
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Seems amazing that with the atmospheric pressure that low that anything can fly.
Heinlein has a short story that with the air store in a moon colony, it would be kept at above atmospheric pressure. With higher pressure, it would allow humans to fly. |
was that the one called "Gentlemen, Be Seated" ?
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