Posted on Feb 20, 2021
APOD: 2021 February 20 - Perseverance: How to Land on Mars
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Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Perseverance: How to Land on Mars." This image of our new Mars rover was captured by cameras onboard the descent stage just moments before touchdown on Thursday. We've come to know these moments as "the sky crane maneuver." You can see the three taut cables attached to Perseverance, as well as a fourth phone-cord looking umbilical. That is the feed from the cameras in the descent stage to the computers onboard the rover. You can also see the plumes of dust kicked up by the rockets on the descent stage. Its going to be fun to see the imagery that comes back when Ingenuity (the small helicopter) is powered up and starts flying around.
APOD: 2021 February 20 - Perseverance: How to Land on Mars
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David Bowie And The Spiders From Mars / Moonage Daydream
David Bowie And The Spiders From Mars Live In Santa Monica 1972
Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Saturday, February 20, 2021 entitled "Perseverance: How to Land on Mars."
Image: Perseverance - How to Land on Mars - Image Credit - NASA, JPL, Mars 2020
Perseverance is a very fitting name for the project and the car-sized rover. God blesses many with wisdom and many with tenacity to accomplish what turns out to be a blessing in many ways - some planned and other second and third order effects.
I expect that if there are spiders on Mars, Perseverance will find them and jam with them :-)
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"Explanation: Slung beneath its rocket powered descent stage Perseverance hangs only a few meters above the Martian surface, captured here moments before its February 18 touchdown on the Red Planet. The breath-taking view followed an intense seven minute trip from the top of the Martian atmosphere. Part of a high resolution video, the picture was taken from the descent stage itself during the final skycrane landing maneuver. Three taut mechanical cables about 7 meters long are visible lowering Perseverance, along with an electrical umbilical connection feeding signals (like this image), to a computer on board the car-sized rover. Below Perseverance streamers of Martian dust are kicked-up from the surface by the descent rocket engines. Immediately after touchdown, the cables were released allowing the descent stage to fly to a safe distance before exhausting its fuel as planned."
David Bowie And The Spiders From Mars / Moonage Daydream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGsI1H3ymTk
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Image: Perseverance - How to Land on Mars - Image Credit - NASA, JPL, Mars 2020
Perseverance is a very fitting name for the project and the car-sized rover. God blesses many with wisdom and many with tenacity to accomplish what turns out to be a blessing in many ways - some planned and other second and third order effects.
I expect that if there are spiders on Mars, Perseverance will find them and jam with them :-)
APOD background
"Explanation: Slung beneath its rocket powered descent stage Perseverance hangs only a few meters above the Martian surface, captured here moments before its February 18 touchdown on the Red Planet. The breath-taking view followed an intense seven minute trip from the top of the Martian atmosphere. Part of a high resolution video, the picture was taken from the descent stage itself during the final skycrane landing maneuver. Three taut mechanical cables about 7 meters long are visible lowering Perseverance, along with an electrical umbilical connection feeding signals (like this image), to a computer on board the car-sized rover. Below Perseverance streamers of Martian dust are kicked-up from the surface by the descent rocket engines. Immediately after touchdown, the cables were released allowing the descent stage to fly to a safe distance before exhausting its fuel as planned."
David Bowie And The Spiders From Mars / Moonage Daydream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGsI1H3ymTk
FYI Maj Robert Thornton LTC (Join to see) COL Mikel J. Burroughs PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Sgt Vance Bonds MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. TSgt David L.PO2 (Join to see) SSG Michael Noll SMSgt David A Asbury SMSgt Lawrence McCarter PO1 H Gene Lawrence SPC Michael Terrell SSG Samuel Kermon SFC Chuck Martinez SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL CPT (Join to see)
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Can't You See (1977) - Marshall Tucker Band
song performed in 1977
NASA to Perseverance - Can't You See
Can't You See (1977) - Marshall Tucker Band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52ai_MFbGDo
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Can't You See (1977) - Marshall Tucker Band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52ai_MFbGDo
FYI SSG Franklin BriantSgt John H.SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SGT (Join to see)SSG Jeffrey Leake SPC Matthew Lamb CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana SSG Samuel Kermon Sgt (Join to see) MSgt Robert "Rock" Aldi SP5 Geoffrey Vannerson LTC (Join to see) LTC (Join to see) Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Maj Marty Hogan PO3 Phyllis Maynard SP5 Dennis Loberger Col Carl Whicker
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Outstanding APOD for today, Maj William W. 'Bill' Price!!! This was a spectacular pinpoint landing on Mars, Bill and I hope what it accomplishes serves mankind well... Great share!!!
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