Popular Post Bibs 11,884 Posted February 18 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 18 No, not the chocolate bars sadly. https://www.facebook.com/events/459724078737826/ https://www.livescience.com/perseverance-landing-sequence.html Nothing short of technical brilliance, I'll be watching with much interest this afternoon 6 1 Quote 88 Esprit NA, 89 Esprit Turbo SE, Evora, Evora S, Evora IPS, Evora S IPS, Evora S IPS SR, Evora 400, Elise S1, Elise S1 111s, Evora GT410 Sport Evora NA For forum issues, please contact the Moderators. I will aim to respond to emails/PM's Mon-Fri 9-6 GMT. Link to post Share on other sites
Bibs 11,884 Posted February 18 Author Report Share Posted February 18 9 minutes... https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/landing/watch-online/ 1 Quote 88 Esprit NA, 89 Esprit Turbo SE, Evora, Evora S, Evora IPS, Evora S IPS, Evora S IPS SR, Evora 400, Elise S1, Elise S1 111s, Evora GT410 Sport Evora NA For forum issues, please contact the Moderators. I will aim to respond to emails/PM's Mon-Fri 9-6 GMT. Link to post Share on other sites
tezzan 21 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 Thanks for the post and the link Bibs, been watching and enjoying. Great stuff! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mayevora 1,385 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 That drone helicopter should give some interesting Mars pics. 🤞 2 Quote Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk - that will teach us to keep mouth shut! Link to post Share on other sites
exeterjeep 381 Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 5 hours ago, mayevora said: That drone helicopter should give some interesting Mars pics. 🤞 It's not Bibs' drones up there is it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LotusLeftLotusRight 1,493 Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 Anyone else disappointed with the Red Planet’s very grey appearance? It’s as if they only fitted a crummy old black & white camera! 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
exeterjeep 381 Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 Congratulations to them - a Rover on Mars........My son's ex girlfriend was one of the volunteers who were involved in the assessment of the entries to nominate its name. There was some sort of competition that children entered to choose the name and they had to also provide an essay to support their choice of name. Not a Land/Range Rover though. I remember one of the newspaper headlines saying someone had found a London bus on the moon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bibs 11,884 Posted February 19 Author Report Share Posted February 19 https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/02/perseverance-s-sky-crane-captures-mars-descent 1 Quote 88 Esprit NA, 89 Esprit Turbo SE, Evora, Evora S, Evora IPS, Evora S IPS, Evora S IPS SR, Evora 400, Elise S1, Elise S1 111s, Evora GT410 Sport Evora NA For forum issues, please contact the Moderators. I will aim to respond to emails/PM's Mon-Fri 9-6 GMT. Link to post Share on other sites
Neal H 934 Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 Can’t wait for their drone to start sending back some pictures. How come their drone can be controlled from over 35 million miles away and mine struggles at one mile? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bibs 11,884 Posted February 20 Author Report Share Posted February 20 Haha, I don't think the rover has a controller for the drone! It it's anything like the rover, it'll be a pre-programmed flight with some AI mixed in. I'm sure they don't have the 500m or VLOS legal maximum distance either which I hope you're not been breaking! Quote 88 Esprit NA, 89 Esprit Turbo SE, Evora, Evora S, Evora IPS, Evora S IPS, Evora S IPS SR, Evora 400, Elise S1, Elise S1 111s, Evora GT410 Sport Evora NA For forum issues, please contact the Moderators. I will aim to respond to emails/PM's Mon-Fri 9-6 GMT. Link to post Share on other sites
yeller77 133 Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 Hoping to catch a sun-bathing Martian on drone video... 🧐 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post eeyoreish 899 Posted February 20 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 20 4 Quote Not worth starting anything now...🍺 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Bibs 11,884 Posted February 22 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted February 22 2 4 Quote 88 Esprit NA, 89 Esprit Turbo SE, Evora, Evora S, Evora IPS, Evora S IPS, Evora S IPS SR, Evora 400, Elise S1, Elise S1 111s, Evora GT410 Sport Evora NA For forum issues, please contact the Moderators. I will aim to respond to emails/PM's Mon-Fri 9-6 GMT. Link to post Share on other sites
Gold FFM Sparky 3,009 Posted February 22 Gold FFM Report Share Posted February 22 Incredible video. 1 Quote British Fart to Florida, Nude to New York, Dunce to Denmark, Numpty to Newfoundland. And Shitfaced Silly Sod to Sweden. Link to post Share on other sites
Gold FFM cweeden 213 Posted February 22 Gold FFM Report Share Posted February 22 They made it look too easy, I had to stop and remind myself of the accomplishment. It's astonishing really, what can be achieved. 👍 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neal H 934 Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 I am in awe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mayevora 1,385 Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 The landing film is astonishingly good. I can’t get my head around we are filming things in relatively high definition and watching close up film from around 200 Million miles away. Stunning. 😳 Quote Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk - that will teach us to keep mouth shut! Link to post Share on other sites
USAndretti42 328 Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 I read that they used off-the-shelf ruggedised sports cameras. Go-Pro? Quote S4 Elan, Elan +2S, Federal-spec, World Championship Edition S2 Esprit #42, S1 Elise, Excel SE Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Kimbers 1,966 Posted March 3 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 3 Some great pics been released overnight. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-56238018 5 Quote Possibly save your life. Check out this website.http://everyman-campaign.org/ Distributor for 'Every Male' grooming products. (Discounts for any TLF members hairier than I am!) Link to post Share on other sites
mg4lotus 220 Posted March 3 Report Share Posted March 3 Some strange rock formations from an earlier mission to Mars. Strange Rocks - Martian Exploration Vehicle Vs Snake Rocks (Scene) Thunderbirds Are Go - YouTube Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LotusLeftLotusRight 1,493 Posted March 3 Report Share Posted March 3 Why are all the planets that we have found seemingly spherical? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bibs 11,884 Posted March 3 Author Report Share Posted March 3 Just good luck I think. All the flat ones are hard to see as they're probably end-on to us and really thin, like a flat Pringle! 1 Quote 88 Esprit NA, 89 Esprit Turbo SE, Evora, Evora S, Evora IPS, Evora S IPS, Evora S IPS SR, Evora 400, Elise S1, Elise S1 111s, Evora GT410 Sport Evora NA For forum issues, please contact the Moderators. I will aim to respond to emails/PM's Mon-Fri 9-6 GMT. Link to post Share on other sites
exeterjeep 381 Posted March 4 Report Share Posted March 4 6 hours ago, LotusLeftLotusRight said: Why are all the planets that we have found seemingly spherical? A planet is round because of gravity. A planet's gravity pulls equally from all sides. Gravity pulls from the center to the edges like the spokes of a bicycle wheel. This makes the overall shape of a planet a sphere, which is a three-dimensional circle. I wonder if dark mater planets are also almost spherical or are they only visible via the dark web. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neal H 934 Posted March 24 Report Share Posted March 24 Nasa to fly Ingenuity Mars helicopter in early April https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-56505031 NASA plan to launch their drone in early April. Hopefully they’ll get pictures from it and of it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gold FFM RobinB5 328 Posted March 24 Gold FFM Report Share Posted March 24 On 03/03/2021 at 22:21, LotusLeftLotusRight said: Why are all the planets that we have found seemingly spherical? As opposed to what, flat? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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