Not Bad for a bunch of monkeys

[RWebb]

Touchdown confirmed - Perseverance Rover

[Eric Hahl]

Not bad at all!

[GH85Carrera]

Not one single monkey on that team. WTF are you talking about?

[RWebb]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Not one single monkey on that team. WTF are you talking about?

humans are monkeys - ape-monkey split ~ 25 Myr ago hominid-ape split ~ 6 Myr ago

[RWebb]

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/space/mars-picture-rover-landing-nasa-perseverance-b1804374.html

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by RWebb

humans are monkeys - ape-monkey split ~ 25 Myr ago hominid-ape split ~ 6 Myr ago

Humans are apes.

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.

[RWebb]

You are mistaken - take a biology course.

[RWebb]

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/

[Bill Douglas]

Originally Posted by RWebb

(for a return mission that might complete in 10 years).

As long as some Martian life form doesn't vandalize it, urinate on the sensors, etc.

[stevej37]

[ledhedsymbols]

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/

[RWebb]

the landing gear of the helicopter drone?

[red-beard]

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.

[RWebb]

was that the one called "Gentlemen, Be Seated" ?

[RWebb]

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53553623