Did anyone follow the Mars "Perseverance" rover landing?

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2:32p, 2/19/21
Actual image of the rover suspended from the jet pack just before touchdown.

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Gasdawg
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In reply to ColonialDawg • 2:40p, 2/19/21
Yes! Got home just in time and watched the last 30 minutes on the NASA channel.
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2:45p, 2/19/21
The quality of the images is amazing.
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4:11p, 2/19/21
Yes, so many things about it make my head spin. Trying to imagine shooting through space at a cool 12,000 mph and then parachuting to the floor. Also, the fact that it took 7 months to even get there. It's one of those good reminders of how small you are in the universe. It's also hard to believe we can do that but we still can't find a cure for my Sunday morning hangovers during football season.
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4:44p, 2/19/21
Wow. Check this one out.


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5:06p, 2/19/21
OK, back to being serious....haha
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6:20p, 2/19/21
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I'm not sure how I missed this happening.
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8:15p, 2/19/21


The video is remarkable.
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In reply to jbranch • 8:23p, 2/19/21
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jbranch said:


The video is remarkable.


I've seen worse places to live.

But I grew up in Tucker, so...
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In reply to Dean Legge • 8:30p, 2/19/21
Looks like 29 Palms Ca. or the Iraqi desert.
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In reply to jbranch • 8:38p, 2/19/21
jbranch said:


The video is remarkable.


How many billions of dollars spent and NASA forgot to set the camera to landscape??!!
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8:49p, 2/19/21
I did...started watching about an hour before touchdown
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In reply to Gasdawg • 9:05p, 2/19/21
Gas gets it!

Maybe they were just creating content for the TikTok.
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In reply to jbranch • 11:11p, 2/19/21
That video has gone viral and it is cool. However, it was taken from the Curiosity rover a few years ago. Not from Perseverance. At the end of the video you'll see the word "Curiosity" on the nameplate.
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