Perseverance

[Wreckless Rat]

Landed ok then.... wonder if it will find much

[The Martian]

I was going to watch it, but ironically I couldn't be arsed.

[KungFooBob]

Whales and dolphins.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Depends what you mean by "much" I suppose. All the other rovers have found loads of stuff, but of course not the one big thing they were sent to find.

I'm reasonably sure NASA, SpaceX etc. are run by ten year olds. I suspected it when they originally used the rocket crane, but Elon's cartoon spaceship and giant nets were the final proof.

[MingtheMerciless]

… "The chances of anything coming from Mars
Are a million to one" he said

Dum, dum, dum!!!

[Horse]

… "The chances of anything coming from Mars
Are a million to one" he said

Dum, dum, dum!!!

"No-one would have believed ... "

Going to go to sleep with that album in my head now

[DEADPOOL]

Amazing technology, helicopter will be fun to watch but Mars is dead. Venus is where its at.

[Docca]

I heard Uranus is where its at

[ZRX61]

My name, plus those of several relatives are now on Mars

[Bigyin]

I was going to watch it, but ironically I couldn't be arsed.

You should have, then you will know where it is to help in any possible rescue in the future

[Yambo]

Venus is where its at.

The trouble with Venus is that it's got an atmosphere like Wetherspoons.

[Dodgy69]

They might bring a nice new virus back for us.

[DEADPOOL]

Venus is where its at.

The trouble with Venus is that it's got an atmosphere like Wetherspoons.

My only interest is to try and discover how, why and perhaps even when Venus became the ultimate example of CO2 driven global warming.

Mars certainly at one stage was much like Earth, a rocky water world but it went the other way. Not sure what the current consensus is regarding early Venus but I'd put money on it too having once been extremely similar to Earth.

[Kneerly Down]

My name, plus those of several relatives are now on Mars

"Rover" ?

[Mr. Dazzle]

Venus is fecking hard to work on. The surface conditions are higher pressure than the bottom of the sea and hot enough to melt lead.

NASA actually put out a call for ideas/proposals on how you might make an electronics free rover to work there.

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasas- ... -announced

[DEADPOOL]

Venus is fecking hard to work on. The surface conditions are higher pressure than the bottom of the sea and hot enough to melt lead.

NASA actually put out a call for ideas/proposals on how you might make an electronics free rover to work there.

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasas- ... -announced

Don't forget the sulphuric acid atmosphere. The Russians managed to stick a lander on Venus years ago and yet we really know bugger all about it's geology or history.

Venus, Earth and Mars are all in the "Goldilocks Zone" and yet are vastly different ecologies. There are more hospitable environments on the moons of Jupiter. It could easily be argued Europa is the best candidate for "Earth 2.0" if we really fuck this one up.

[Yorick]

Ahem, what's it called?

[Wreckless Rat]

Venus is fecking hard to work on. The surface conditions are higher pressure than the bottom of the sea and hot enough to melt lead.

NASA actually put out a call for ideas/proposals on how you might make an electronics free rover to work there.

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasas- ... -announced

Don't forget the sulphuric acid atmosphere. The Russians managed to stick a lander on Venus years ago and yet we really know bugger all about it's geology or history.

Venus, Earth and Mars are all in the "Goldilocks Zone" and yet are vastly different ecologies. There are more hospitable environments on the moons of Jupiter. It could easily be argued Europa is the best candidate for "Earth 2.0" if we really fuck this one up.

If Mars was a bit bigger, it would have likely kept its magnetic shield and atmosphere - its not just the location of the planet, but its size as well which is important. Too small and it can't keep an atmosphere, to big and gravity becomes an issue for life (so we believe anyway).

As for fucking this planet up, we will, period. We are breeding like rats with no sign of easing. Even if we don't, life cycles are finite imho. Another meteor, another pandemic, or another ice-age/super heating will come along, with or without mankind... and if none of this gets us, the Sun will in the end.

[derek badger]

Landed ok then.... wonder if it will find much

An old copy of Razzle in a hedge.

[MingtheMerciless]

One of the first Russian Landers that survived to the surface suffered the indignity of the lens cap melting onto one of the cameras. Most lasted less than an hour before succumbing to the heat and pressure. Typically 90atm and 485C. Hell world and not the Jungle planet of Edgar Rice Burroughs.