Listening to them talk about the “autonomous traverse” mode for Perseverance, y’all this is so cool!! Driving a rover with a 20 minute time delay is SLOW GOING, this is a massive improvement over Curiosity! 👀✨
BIG ROBOT!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😭
I’m so glad they’re talking about the sample return plan in all this detail, I appreciate that they’re emphasizing how difficult this all is and how we’ve NEVER launched a vehicle off of another planet. The moon missions were the nearest thing!
THE ROVER NAMERS 😭✨
All of these engineers’ extremely worried eyes above their masks, FRIENDS WE BELIEVE IN YOU!!!
PARACHUTE DEPLOYED!!! HEAT SHIELD SEPARATED!!!! 😭🙏✨
YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHH WE HAVE A NEW ROBO ON MARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DANG!!!!!!!! 😭✨
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE SKY CRANE!!!!!!!!!!!!
CRYING ABOUT THE FIRST LOW-RES ENGINEERING CAMERA PHOTO OF MARS AS IS TRADITION!!!!!!!!! https://twitter.com/nasapersevere/status/1362507436611956736
GOD I KEEP FORGETTING THERE’S A HELICOPTER ON THIS THING
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