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

by pohl 6y ago

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.
      - nitrogen 6y ago
        But perhaps English isn't their native language. Or perhaps there are regional variants of English where this is a normal way to ask a question. There are probably lots of idioms that work in one area but would be offensive in another, and it's not always easy to predict.
        idiotsecant 6y ago
        I am pretty sure that phrasing comes off as aggressively rude in all regional variants.
        nitrogen 6y ago
        For what it's worth, that kind of surety that one knows every region comes off as rude in quite a few places as well. For example, it was quite amusing and annoying watching a coworker insist that the rural area I originally came from isn't rural because it doesn't meet his personal definition, though he had never even been to the state. "I don't see why" is a valid way of expressing a lack of understanding combined with a spirit of collaboration where I am from.
- spaetzleesser 6y ago
  There is a list of milestones on their site. They verify each step and don’t rush anything. Seems perfectly reasonable to me. The goal is not to launch the thing quickly but to verify that everything works as expected and if there is a problem to either fix it or at least being able to to learn from it.
- andygates 6y ago
  It's a technology demonstrator, and one of the technologies it is demonstrating is "survive the night". Does the heating, panel and charge management all work as expected? Repeat! Then fly once the daily charge-state is understood.

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

by 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.
    - nitrogen 6y ago
      But perhaps English isn't their native language. Or perhaps there are regional variants of English where this is a normal way to ask a question. There are probably lots of idioms that work in one area but would be offensive in another, and it's not always easy to predict.
      - idiotsecant 6y ago
        I am pretty sure that phrasing comes off as aggressively rude in all regional variants.
        nitrogen 6y ago
        For what it's worth, that kind of surety that one knows every region comes off as rude in quite a few places as well. For example, it was quite amusing and annoying watching a coworker insist that the rural area I originally came from isn't rural because it doesn't meet his personal definition, though he had never even been to the state. "I don't see why" is a valid way of expressing a lack of understanding combined with a spirit of collaboration where I am from.
spaetzleesser 6y ago
There is a list of milestones on their site. They verify each step and don’t rush anything. Seems perfectly reasonable to me. The goal is not to launch the thing quickly but to verify that everything works as expected and if there is a problem to either fix it or at least being able to to learn from it.
andygates 6y ago
It's a technology demonstrator, and one of the technologies it is demonstrating is "survive the night". Does the heating, panel and charge management all work as expected? Repeat! Then fly once the daily charge-state is understood.