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Electrical engineer
Marveling at the world

Lots of Martian rocks and landscapes, looking all too familiar, but don't be fooled by that: Mars is an inhospitable toxic planet. Let's not mistake fiction for reality.

I like dirt and rocks, but I Am Not A Geologist (IANAG).

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65dBnoise, to random
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Warm greetings to those 2000 people who chose to receive my occasional 65 dB bursts of space, tech, art, and political noise, thus turning them into messages bearing meaning rather than letting them slip into obscurity "like tears in rain" ¹
(I obviously disapprove of the word "followers")

For those technically inclined, 65 dBA is a legal limit for outdoors noise at residential areas.

The Fediverse.
Such a lovely place.

¹ like tears in rain: A nod to Rutger Hauer's monologue in Blade Runner.

65dBnoise, to space
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Meanwhile, "boring" keeps on operating a very real rover (actually two , including ) on another planet.

Here, the rover appears to have reached a rocky milestone on its way to its next science target, Bright Angel:

Quick NAVCAM_RIGHT mosaic
looking W (270°) from RMC 52.7624
Sol 1174, LMST: 14:40:13

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01174/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NRF_1174_0771169741_566ECM_N0527624NCAM03174_01_195J01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

65dBnoise, to space
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New location for , bringing it to just ~80m from its next target: Bright Angel.

Map made with using data from 's along with imagery and DTMs from and

65dBnoise, to space
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New location for , bringing it just ~80m away from its next target: Bright Angel.

Map made with using data from 's along with imagery and DTMs from and

EUCommission, to random
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🗳️It is the final day to have your say!

Today these countries will vote in the :
🇵🇹 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇱🇺 🇧🇪 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇩🇰 🇸🇪 🇫🇮 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 🇵🇱 🇦🇹 🇸🇮 🇭🇺 🇭🇷 🇷🇴 🇧🇬 🇬🇷 🇨🇾

Democracy starts with YOU.
or others will decide for you.

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@EUCommission
"Have your say"? LOL! Sounds like something a king would say to his subjects.

A couple observations:
• "or others will decide for you" is ironic if you think of it. We are indeed voting for others who will decide for us.
• "Democracy starts with YOU" + "PARTICIPATING DIRECTLY in decision making processes" is what real democracy is. Referendums are such, but are scary.

→ Despite all that, the EU representative system works miracles, compared to any existing alternative.

65dBnoise, to space
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Mars sample return:
Back to the drawing board

NASA is moving forward with 10 studies to examine more affordable and faster methods of bringing samples from Mars’ surface back to Earth. The following companies and proposals were selected:

• Lockheed Martin
• SpaceX
• Aerojet Rocketdyne
• Blue Origin
• Quantum Space
• Northrop Grumman
• Whittinghill Aerospace
• NASA centers
• JPL
• JH/APL

More: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-exploring-alternative-mars-sample-return-methods

65dBnoise, to space
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Sandy horror

Processed MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 63mm
looking S (183°) from RMC 52.6980
Sol 1171, LMST: 14:39:19

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01171/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1171_0770903350_928EBY_N0526980ZCAM09210_0630LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

65dBnoise, (edited )
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The rest of the sandy horror.

Martian rovers are known to paralyze by fear and die, when they encounter such creatures.

(In memory of 's Spirit)

65dBnoise, to space
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Yin and Yang, embracing 😀

Processed, cropped MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 63mm
looking SW (218°) from RMC 52.6980
Sol 1171, LMST: 14:42:01

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01171/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1171_0770903516_928EBY_N0526980ZCAM09210_0630LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

65dBnoise, to SpaceX
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LOL! Sorry (not really) to be a party pooper, but are we supposed to cheer for each and every time they test a rocket? Whether it explodes on the launch pad, in mid-air, upon re-entry or upon landing? Have we done so with other tests? Like with NASA's tests, which are paid for directly by the taxpayer?

No, we haven't. So then, wake me up when the tests are done with and a usable rocket can fly and transport cargo and people safely to somewhere.

That's how success will be measured.

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@ottaross
I've done tests professionally, extended in scope and time, also other risky stuff, maybe "heroic" too (definitely heroic, by today's ridiculous use of the word) a couple of times. No one cheered, I was just doing my job. In fact, I'd be very suspicious if someone did cheer; either they'd have no clue about the job, or they'd have not done their own part as they should, and cheered for those who did.

We'd congratulate each other for a successful test, and then go for the real thing.

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@krystman
Did I miss it? I didn't see anyone cheering in there during those 3 hours, except maybe for the commentator who did it silently, and NASA definitely didn't gather a crowd to cheer.

Thanks for the link.

65dBnoise, (edited ) to space
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One more sol and will reach E̶l̶ ̶D̶o̶r̶a̶d̶o̶ Bright Angel.

Tosol, Sol 1171, the rover drove about 195m west of its previous location, and is now less than 200m from its destination.

Map contours show elevation from Octavia E. Butler, the mission's landing location.

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The ancient riverbed of Neretva Vallis.

Processed, undistorted, leveled NAVCAM_RIGHT mosaic
looking W (270°) from RMC 52.6980
Sol 1171, LMST: 14:27:20

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01171/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NRF_1171_0770902623_997ECM_N0526980NCAM03171_07_195J01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

65dBnoise, to art
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Speaking of art and mechanical art devices, American Bob Potts has created some magnificent mythical kinetic sculptures:

Cosmographic Voyager: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RGl5ZXnoIs&t=115

M.A.D. Gallery, Geneva : https://www.madgallery.net/geneva/en/creators/bob-potts

65dBnoise, to ArtificialIntelligence
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Gael Langevin is a French sculptor and designer. His creation is InMoov, the first Open Source 3D printed life-size robot.

The body expressions Gael gas programmed into his 'poem' (the original meaning of the word, 'ποίημα', is 'something made') are worth a thousand words and this one: Art.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4Z09edx52E

Recently he added i2Head, a new head with a silicon skin that can do face expressions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al08VSxt0tE

InMove: https://inmoov.fr/

#Robots #Anthropomorphism

65dBnoise, to politics
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What astounds me in political commentary these days is the complete lack of analytical depth, as if political systems did not exist and everything were a matter of good or bad will of persons, like, Trump, Musk, the rich and the Republicans are bad, Biden, Obama, (Soros?) and the Democrats are good, etc. It's like Neanderthals looking up at night, seeing the planets move, and describing it to others. No theory, no underlying physics, no cause and effect.

No political science.

65dBnoise, to space
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New location for #Perseverance on Sol 1170: RMC 52.5844.

#QGIS #USGS #MMGIS #Mars2020 #NASA #solarocks #Space

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@sharponlooker
😀 It didn't like the bacon they serve there 🙃 !

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This flat terrain reminds me of the race around north Seitah, where we saw driving in excess of 200m and even 250m almost every sol, on its way to the Three Forks area.

Processed, undistorted, leveled NAVCAM_RIGHT mosaic
looking W (270°) from RMC 52.5844
Sol 1170, LMST: 14:39:14

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01170/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NRF_1170_0770814582_784ECM_N0525844NCAM03170_10_195J01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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@sharponlooker
Ha ha, ok then, this may help ground it to a rover's wheeled reality 😎

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