NASA's trip to Mars

FoxEye · 26 Nov 2018 at 23:26

Roar87 said:
Good job NASA, showing everyone how it's done.

When I watch/hear about things like this, I just feel like a complete cave man.

Because compared to this, I literally am just smashing two rocks together. Pausing only occasionally to pick the wax out of my ears, and wonder if I've gathered enough firewood for the coming winter.

There's these guys, then there's me. Polar opposites.

Malevolence · 27 Nov 2018 at 01:30

koolpc said:
So, what are we earthlings going to gain from this mission?

Moley said:
Knowledge.

koolpc said:
Like what?

You have the entire internet at your disposal and yet you ask questions like that? It takes less than 30s to find out the exact mission goals for the InSight probe.

moon man · 27 Nov 2018 at 07:05

if im been totally honest ,man having stepped foot on the moon in 1969 ,i thought we would be doing much more than this half a centenary later

Iamzod · 27 Nov 2018 at 07:36

moon man said:
if im been totally honest ,man having stepped foot on the moon in 1969 ,i thought we would be doing much more than this half a centenary later

The funding isn't what it was back then.

clubb699 · 27 Nov 2018 at 07:49

Just a thought can someone explain this to me please, Google says mars is 33.9 million miles away from earth, they say there streaming live at that distance lol, why does my tech struggle to stream from one room to another or in even better example to stream TV in the same room can be a nightmare at distance of 4 meters lol.

Like the moon landings I smell bull craaappp lol, rockets, space station the satellites amazing anything past this I just don't believe it happens. Just look at our technical mechanical side with in our world and how many things fail, to get something to that distance and land perfect well mmmmmmm well.

iamdjdz · 27 Nov 2018 at 07:56

clubb699 said:
Just a thought can someone explain this to me please, Google says mars is 33.9 million miles away from earth, they say there streaming live at that distance lol, why does my tech struggle to stream from one room to another or in even better example to stream TV in the same room can be a nightmare at distance of 4 meters lol.

Like the moon landings I smell bull craaappp lol, rockets, space station the satellites amazing anything past this I just don't believe it happens. Just look at our technical mechanical side with in our world and how many things fail, to get something to that distance and land perfect well mmmmmmm well.

Your TV/internet doesn't use whatever ultra high frequency radio waves are used in space travel.

Sheff · 27 Nov 2018 at 08:03

clubb699 said:
Just a thought can someone explain this to me please, Google says mars is 33.9 million miles away from earth, they say there streaming live at that distance lol, why does my tech struggle to stream from one room to another or in even better example to stream TV in the same room can be a nightmare at distance of 4 meters lol.

Like the moon landings I smell bull craaappp lol, rockets, space station the satellites amazing anything past this I just don't believe it happens. Just look at our technical mechanical side with in our world and how many things fail, to get something to that distance and land perfect well mmmmmmm well.

And yet you see other electromagnetic radiation from just over 4 times that distance every day.

Iamzod · 27 Nov 2018 at 08:15

clubb699 said:
Just a thought can someone explain this to me please, Google says mars is 33.9 million miles away from earth, they say there streaming live at that distance lol, why does my tech struggle to stream from one room to another or in even better example to stream TV in the same room can be a nightmare at distance of 4 meters lol.

Like the moon landings I smell bull craaappp lol, rockets, space station the satellites amazing anything past this I just don't believe it happens. Just look at our technical mechanical side with in our world and how many things fail, to get something to that distance and land perfect well mmmmmmm well.

A fair few mars missions were lost, the data rate from mars can be as low as 500 bits/second meaning it would take 16 hours to transmit your averave 3.5mb MP3 file back.

clubb699 · 27 Nov 2018 at 08:21

Iamzod said:
A fair few mars missions were lost, the data rate from mars can be as low as 500 bits/second meaning it would take 16 hours to transmit your averave 3.5mb MP3 file back.

Interesting i hope its all true, but something deep down is not letting me believe all this that distance is just well to far lol

OMG just re googled it can be further away depending on its orbit 140 million miles :rolleyes:

[FnG]magnolia · 27 Nov 2018 at 08:36

GD MAN REFUTES MARS LANDING CLAIMING TANDY SPECIAL WI-FI HAS DODGY RECEPTION TO HIS CORNER-SEATED LOUNGE AREA.

Begbie · 27 Nov 2018 at 08:55

Psymonkee said:
Mandatory Oatmeal Comic:

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/insight

That's bloody awesome!

koolpc · 27 Nov 2018 at 08:58

Malevolence said:
You have the entire internet at your disposal and yet you ask questions like that? It takes less than 30s to find out the exact mission goals for the InSight probe.

Lol. Really? You dont see the true meaning of my post obviously. :rolleyes:

antijoke · 27 Nov 2018 at 09:02

It's like War of The Worlds but in reverse.

Iamzod · 27 Nov 2018 at 09:03

clubb699 said:
Interesting i hope its all true, but something deep down is not letting me believe all this that distance is just well to far lol

Not that far really, the majority of the journey is just coasting along with some course corrections.

Roar87 · 27 Nov 2018 at 09:20

clubb699 said:
Just a thought can someone explain this to me please, Google says mars is 33.9 million miles away from earth, they say there streaming live at that distance lol, why does my tech struggle to stream from one room to another or in even better example to stream TV in the same room can be a nightmare at distance of 4 meters lol.

Like the moon landings I smell bull craaappp lol, rockets, space station the satellites amazing anything past this I just don't believe it happens. Just look at our technical mechanical side with in our world and how many things fail, to get something to that distance and land perfect well mmmmmmm well.

To be fair NASA spent $828.8 million on their Mars mission and you got your router free with your broadband. I also doubt you've even put a rocket into Orbit on Kerbal Space Program so you personally smelling bullcrap is about as meaningful as my opinion on who's going to win at next years Wimbledon.

h4rm0ny · 27 Nov 2018 at 09:25

SlyReaper said:
It's going to drill a hole in the ground. It's a... boring... mission.

I'll get my coat.

You wont need it in Hell.

antijoke said:
It's like War of The Worlds but in reverse.

"The chances of Insight getting to Mars were a million to one, they saiiiid." ♬♫

glenimp617 · 27 Nov 2018 at 09:34

moon man said:
if im been totally honest ,man having stepped foot on the moon in 1969 ,i thought we would be doing much more than this half a centenary later

because we as a species would rather spend more time, energy and money killing each other and our planet rather than increasing our understanding of the universe (and ultimatley, what it's/we are all about)

sigma · 27 Nov 2018 at 09:41

clubb699 said:
Just a thought can someone explain this to me please, Google says mars is 33.9 million miles away from earth, they say there streaming live at that distance lol, why does my tech struggle to stream from one room to another or in even better example to stream TV in the same room can be a nightmare at distance of 4 meters lol.

Like the moon landings I smell bull craaappp lol, rockets, space station the satellites amazing anything past this I just don't believe it happens. Just look at our technical mechanical side with in our world and how many things fail, to get something to that distance and land perfect well mmmmmmm well.

Rather than believe people on here, why don't you use google to learn about the technology they use? Even just basics about how electronics work would be a good start.

I don't mean that in a condescending manner. If something on this scale appears false to you then don't you want to learn more about it?

sleazy · 27 Nov 2018 at 10:17

I saw this and right after, Focus channel showed the movie Hyam's Capricorn One.....are they trying to tell us something ????!

CaptainRAVE · 27 Nov 2018 at 10:27

Such a good film.