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Does anyone know if Perseverance is capable of recording video? I know it has several cameras but I can't figure out if it can actually record footage of Ingenu

Does anyone know if Perseverance is capable of recording video? I know it has several cameras but I can't figure out if it can actually record footage of Ingenuity taking flight.

lgrebe 6y ago
AFAIK it’s possible and will save to an on-rover disk. The current limit to seeing that footage here on earth is the downlink bandwidth limit. So far it’s been used for more „interesting“ data and still images.
pohl 6y ago
Yes, it is https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spacecraft/instruments/mastcam-z/ https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spacecraft/instruments/mastca...
- BitwiseFool 6y ago
  Thank you, for some reason I had a lot of trouble with Google when trying to find this answer. It kept returning results about the video taken by the skycrane, not the rover itself.
  - mlyle 6y ago
    Note that most of that video is taken by the rover itself, watching the skycrane fly off etc. Indeed, we don't have any video from the skycrane after touchdown, because I believe that data was fed over an umbilical to the rover before being sent to the low orbit (I'd typed LEO, but I guess I mean "LMO") satellites and back to Earth.
- aeternum 6y ago
  Have they posted any videos yet? Somewhat disappointing that so far it's only been images with really poor UI/UX via the NASA site. That's not how you capture the public's imagination. I also don't see why they are waiting so long to do the flight, why risk even waiting until nightfall for the batteries to get too cold or for dust to get into the electronics/mechanics?
  - mlyle 6y ago
    > Have they posted any videos yet? An amazing one. Most of driving along at 1MPH on a barren landscape is incredibly boring, but... https://youtu.be/4czjS9h4Fpg?t=10 https://youtu.be/4czjS9h4Fpg?t=10 > I also don't see why they are waiting so long to do the flight Because there's a couple dozen steps that are each irrevocable involved in uncovering, unfolding, deploying, and then flying this thing... and that they want to make sure everything is perfect between each one and that comms still worked before cutting umbilicals, etc, because you can't just plug it back in.
    - aeternum 6y ago
      Very cool video, thanks for sharing
  - ghaff 6y ago
    >I also don't see Maybe, just maybe, the domain experts involved know something you don't. Just a theory.
    - BitwiseFool 6y ago
      To be fair, maybe the OP was hoping they'd provide an explanation as to why. I have the same question too and I don't presume to be smarter than they are.
      - spaetzleesser 6y ago
        It’s probably a bandwidth problem and they probably have more important things to do transmit than videos. Although I think a little bit of Showbusiness is probably good for NASA.
      - ghaff 6y ago
        In that case, a question along the lines of I'm curious why... would have been perfectly appropriate. I don't see why just comes across as I know better. But perhaps English isn't their native language.
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Does anyone know if Perseverance is capable of recording video? I know it has several cameras but I can't figure out if it can actually record footage of Ingenuity taking flight.

lgrebe 6y ago

AFAIK it’s possible and will save to an on-rover disk. The current limit to seeing that footage here on earth is the downlink bandwidth limit. So far it’s been used for more „interesting“ data and still images.

pohl 6y ago

Yes, it is https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spacecraft/instruments/mastcam-z/ https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spacecraft/instruments/mastca...

BitwiseFool 6y ago
Thank you, for some reason I had a lot of trouble with Google when trying to find this answer. It kept returning results about the video taken by the skycrane, not the rover itself.
- mlyle 6y ago
  Note that most of that video is taken by the rover itself, watching the skycrane fly off etc. Indeed, we don't have any video from the skycrane after touchdown, because I believe that data was fed over an umbilical to the rover before being sent to the low orbit (I'd typed LEO, but I guess I mean "LMO") satellites and back to Earth.
aeternum 6y ago
Have they posted any videos yet? Somewhat disappointing that so far it's only been images with really poor UI/UX via the NASA site. That's not how you capture the public's imagination. I also don't see why they are waiting so long to do the flight, why risk even waiting until nightfall for the batteries to get too cold or for dust to get into the electronics/mechanics?
- mlyle 6y ago
  > Have they posted any videos yet? An amazing one. Most of driving along at 1MPH on a barren landscape is incredibly boring, but... https://youtu.be/4czjS9h4Fpg?t=10 https://youtu.be/4czjS9h4Fpg?t=10 > I also don't see why they are waiting so long to do the flight Because there's a couple dozen steps that are each irrevocable involved in uncovering, unfolding, deploying, and then flying this thing... and that they want to make sure everything is perfect between each one and that comms still worked before cutting umbilicals, etc, because you can't just plug it back in.
  - aeternum 6y ago
    Very cool video, thanks for sharing
- ghaff 6y ago
  >I also don't see Maybe, just maybe, the domain experts involved know something you don't. Just a theory.
  - BitwiseFool 6y ago
    To be fair, maybe the OP was hoping they'd provide an explanation as to why. I have the same question too and I don't presume to be smarter than they are.
    - spaetzleesser 6y ago
      It’s probably a bandwidth problem and they probably have more important things to do transmit than videos. Although I think a little bit of Showbusiness is probably good for NASA.
    - ghaff 6y ago
      In that case, a question along the lines of I'm curious why... would have been perfectly appropriate. I don't see why just comes across as I know better. But perhaps English isn't their native language.

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