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Jersey mike
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« on: July 30, 2020, 05:14:13 AM »
NASA launched the Perseverance rover to Mars on-time from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in a historic mission that will bring back samples from Mars to Earth.


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« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2020, 05:15:54 AM »
And BACK ? That's ambitious ! I hope it's successful.
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« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2020, 05:18:22 AM »
Quote from: scooperhsd on July 30, 2020, 05:15:54 AM
And BACK ? That's ambitious ! I hope it's successful.

I think it's gonna package up the samples, and something else is planned to bring them back
seven or eight years from now...

-Mike "glad to hear it blasted off OK..."
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« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2020, 05:20:11 AM »
Quote from: hubcapsc on July 30, 2020, 05:18:22 AM
Quote from: scooperhsd on July 30, 2020, 05:15:54 AM
And BACK ? That's ambitious ! I hope it's successful.

I think it's gonna package up the samples, and something else is planned to bring them back
seven or eight years from now...

-Mike "glad to hear it blasted off OK..."



Does Amazon deliver that far?  ???
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« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2020, 06:02:39 AM »
Quote from: Reb on July 30, 2020, 05:20:11 AM
Quote from: hubcapsc on July 30, 2020, 05:18:22 AM
Quote from: scooperhsd on July 30, 2020, 05:15:54 AM
And BACK ? That's ambitious ! I hope it's successful.

I think it's gonna package up the samples, and something else is planned to bring them back
seven or eight years from now...

-Mike "glad to hear it blasted off OK..."



Does Amazon deliver that far?  ???
Only with the Prime membership.  Smiley
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« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2020, 07:40:28 AM »
Quote from: meathead on July 30, 2020, 06:02:39 AM
Quote from: Reb on July 30, 2020, 05:20:11 AM
Quote from: hubcapsc on July 30, 2020, 05:18:22 AM
Quote from: scooperhsd on July 30, 2020, 05:15:54 AM
And BACK ? That's ambitious ! I hope it's successful.

I think it's gonna package up the samples, and something else is planned to bring them back
seven or eight years from now...

-Mike "glad to hear it blasted off OK..."



Does Amazon deliver that far?  ???
Only with the Prime membership.  Smiley
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csj
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« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2020, 10:35:49 AM »
News I watch showed the Perseverance is packing a small Helicopter. Wonder how you get enough lift in such a thin atmosphere.
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« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2020, 10:39:34 AM »
Quote from: meathead on July 30, 2020, 06:02:39 AM
Only with the Prime membership.  Smiley

Can I still get 2nd day delivery?? 
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« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2020, 10:39:57 AM »
Quote from: csj on July 30, 2020, 10:35:49 AM
News I watch showed the Perseverance is packing a small Helicopter. Wonder how you get enough lift in such a thin atmosphere.

It has two sets of carbon fiber blades that run in opposite directions
and go a whole lot faster than in our thick atmosphere...

-Mike
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« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2020, 12:23:47 PM »
Quote from: csj on July 30, 2020, 10:35:49 AM
News I watch showed the Perseverance is packing a small Helicopter. Wonder how you get enough lift in such a thin atmosphere.

i heard the drones on earth go around 4-600 RPM. the one they brought with them does something like 2400 to 2600 RPM! it's supposed to fly ahead of the rover and report if the path is clear or not.
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« Reply #10 on: July 30, 2020, 04:54:05 PM »
Quote from: hubcapsc on July 30, 2020, 10:39:57 AM
Quote from: csj on July 30, 2020, 10:35:49 AM
News I watch showed the Perseverance is packing a small Helicopter. Wonder how you get enough lift in such a thin atmosphere.

It has two sets of carbon fiber blades that run in opposite directions
and go a whole lot faster than in our thick atmosphere...

-Mike

IIRC, the news report I heard said that Mars' atmosphere has a density of about 1% of Earth's.  If that is true, those blades are going to have to really spin to develop any lift.   That also might help explain why storms don't seem to move over the planet like they do on our rock.

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