First Image From the NASA Rover on Mars

[Arkain2K]

Unfortunately, the MALP Rover did not detect the presence of a DHD.

 

[Headkicktoleg]

At least found remnants of an alien motocross course

 

[Otto!]

 

[Deleted member 580830]

That circle is extremely shady.

 

[ThunderL1ps]

Uh huh.

 

[hohner]

Pretty much what was expected.

 

[Fluffernutter]

seeing this as a kid on an episode of Unsolved Mysteries freaked me out.

 

[Low Test With da Best]

seeing this as a kid on an episode of Unsolved Mysteries freaked me out.

They should not have encased Han Solo in the surface of that cosmic body, that was the wrong thing to do.

 

[djacobox372]

I'm uncertain why people are acting like this is some sort of monumental achievement. It's basically the same mission NASA flew more than 20 years ago.

 

[rj144]

I'm uncertain why people are acting like this is some sort of monumental achievement. It's basically the same mission NASA flew more than 20 years ago.

It has video and sound for the first time and a drone.

 

[mb23100]

It has video and sound for the first time and a drone.

I was wondering how the drone works. Given the time delay I assume they can't control it in real time. I guess it just has pre-set instructions?

 

[Woldog]

I was wondering how the drone works. Given the time delay I assume they can't control it in real time. I guess it just has pre-set instructions?

They can absolutely control it in real time. I'll just be between 5 to 20 minutes before they find out they rolled it off a cliff. It generally moves very slowly when they do manual corrections. But the majority of it is uploaded in "missions" for the day or week

Edit: I thought you were talking about the Rover.

The drone is pops off, flys to a preset distance from the rover and returns to its dock. It can be given some orders, such as height and distance from the Rover but that's about it.

 

[ProPROpro]

 

[rj144]

I was wondering how the drone works. Given the time delay I assume they can't control it in real time. I guess it just has pre-set instructions?

It's autonomous and can only fly for like a minute a day. It recharges via solar.

 

[Pizza Werewolf]

Im surprised they didnt make it a selfie

 

[djacobox372]

It has video and sound for the first time and a drone.

The only reason they didn't do video and sound back in 1996 is because it wasn't of any value, still isn't.

Getting a drone to fly in 1/100th atmosphere is pretty cool... but they haven't accomplished that yet.

 

[para1]

We don't want the Goa'uld finding that rover hopefully it's got a self destruct.

 

[rj144]

Wow another robot who gives a shit. You put men on the moon 50 years ago and you couldn't even put a man into orbit again until a few years ago. NASA is such a dissapoitment.

Few years ago?

 

[rob mafia]

YOOO, is that a stargate?

NO! it's a fargate! are you trying to get sued?

 

[rj144]

Yeah for a long time we had to hitchhike with the russians. NASA couldn't even put a man into space.

You know they have a budget, right?