OT but exciting (NASA rover landing on Mars)

[TiMSport]

Since I can't find an OT lounge anywhere figured maybe a few are interested in any case:

[NorCalAthlete]

I've got a triple monitor setup for work / personal at my desk...I've got work meetings + spreadsheets and stuff on one screen, the Financial Services Committee stream going on another, and the NASA one pulled up next to it.

[TiMSport]

Originally Posted by NorCalAthlete

I've got a triple monitor setup for work / personal at my desk...I've got work meetings + spreadsheets and stuff on one screen, the Financial Services Committee stream going on another, and the NASA one pulled up next to it.

LOL, nice!

[srbs73]

Originally Posted by TiMSport

Since I can't find an OT lounge anywhere figured maybe a few are interested in any case:

Thanks for posting, nearly forgot! Just launched with 2m before atmospheric entry

[BobTheBimmer]

Yes, just finished watching. Thanks for sharing the feed.

[TiMSport]

You're welcome! It was a successful landing. Yah!!

[TiMSport]

Badass fact about the Mars rover Perseverance:

Tucked under the belly of the Perseverance rover that landed on Mars is a little helicopter called Ingenuity. Its body is the size of a box of tissues, slung underneath a pair of 1.2m carbon fiber rotors on top of four spindly legs.

I wonder whether that CF has an alcantara weave blended in it
In any case, it should be fun watching what that lil' helicopter discovers up there as it travels autonomously.

[TiMSport]

How cool is this?

[seelark]

I couldn't find one for the appropriate planet 😴

[TiMSport]

I wonder if NASA's Perseverance has Launch Control
Cool stuff about the engineering of this masterpiece nonetheless....