NASA Mars Rover (Perseverance) landing simulation

[cowpatz]

Quite a cool little interactive simulation detailing the coming Mars rover landing on (Feb 18 -US date).

Perseverance Mars landing

[Charl]

Beautiful rendering of that rover.
The last minute absolutely beggars belief - my car can't even park itself properly on earth!
Great find, CP

[Fozzer]

A truly wonderful animation!
What made it especially interesting, and understandable, for me, is that the Distance and Speeds are quoted in sensible Imperial Miles and Miles per hour, rather than strange Metric numbers!

All "Space" descriptions should be given in Imperial Measurements, in common with past history, to make sense to we Oldie Space Explorers!!

Paul...Somewhere in Alpha Centauri...Zillions of Miles from Planet Earth!... ... ...!

[Charl]

All "Space" descriptions should be given in Imperial Measurements

Funny you should say that, especially in this context

Easily fixed in the animation by clicking on the metric units button on the right of screen!

[Fozzer]

All "Space" descriptions should be given in Imperial Measurements

Funny you should say that, especially in this context

Easily fixed in the animation by clicking on the metric units button on the right of screen!

Imperial Measurements are what Good Queen Victoria taught me when I was at School!

...still use them now...in common with my American Motorcycle Chums!

Paul.... :UK: ... ...!

[Charl]

In July last year, the planets aligned for an optimal Mars shot.
Along with Perseverance, the UAE launched their orbiter from Japan, and China launched their orbiter/lander.
Hope retro-thrusted itself into a stable orbit yesterday.

What an amazing time for space exploration.
Not least, the first shot at flying a helicopter on Mars.
Even NASA admits that is a long shot!

[Splitpin]

Amazing stuff.