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Electrical engineer
Marveling at the world

Lots of Martian rocks and landscapes, some 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 Israel
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No, you are not 'antisemitic' if you don't agree with what the right wing warmongering Israeli government is doing in . Nor are you pro-Hamas if you care about Palestinians not being treated like subhuman and killed by the thousands. Nor are you anti-American if you don't agree with the hypocrisy of the US government's double speak. You are simply using your judgement to see through the enormous propaganda machine and trying to think like a human of the 21st century.

65dBnoise, to abc
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Meanwhile, in the rest of the Western world:

ABC exiting Twitter: Australia’s national broadcaster shuts down almost all accounts on Elon Musk’s X

“We also found that closing individual program accounts helps limit the exposure of team members to the toxic interactions that unfortunately are becoming more prevalent on X,”

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/09/abc-australia-leaves-twitter-x-elon-musk

exiting , 's

65dBnoise, (edited ) to pareidolia
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Martian geology never gets boring 😀

A pan? A sombrero?
(more choices in thread 😂 )

EDIT: finally after 2 days a full image arrived. Replaced the thumbnail with it.
EDIT2: For a 3D version, see @kevinmgill's https://mastodon.social/@kevinmgill@deepspace.social/111052780134184252

Processed MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 110mm
Sol: 907, RMC: 44.2062, LMST: 12:44:36
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00907/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_0907_0747459780_910EBY_N0442062ZCAM03761_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

65dBnoise, (edited ) to space
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The end of 's mission on Mars.

As I have been posting lately, images and events around and indicated that something had gone wrong with the (see next post for references)

's new status update confirms that was the last one for the mighty little helicopter.

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/after-three-years-on-mars-nasas-ingenuity-helicopter-mission-ends

Undistorted image from the status update
Sol 1036, RMC 72.0001
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

65dBnoise, (edited ) to Starlink
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"Megaconstellations of satellites are ruining the night sky for everyone"

Great presentation, with lots of data but easy to follow, by Prof. Sam Lawler, @sundogplanets: https://invidious.lunar.icu/watch?v=DpdPHOAw_Us

My comment:
The hubris of Megaconstellations of Satellites, like , didn't just happen because someone created cheap rockets; the FCC licensed it, and will continue to do so in the future. And now others follow this example, because the money involved is big

An all too familiar new hockey stick

65dBnoise, to space
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Out of many boring news stories eulogizing or lamenting , here is a fascinating piece by Eric Berger about how the came to be.

It's always the visionary people who in spite of difficulties persevere and make those great leaps forward. And those visionaries include many non technical roles like managers, administrators, and indeed, politicians.

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/02/before-ingenuity-ever-landed-on-mars-scientists-almost-managed-to-kill-it/

65dBnoise, to space
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It may be a little dated, but nonetheless it's nice to see the marching ahead.

This is an image captured on its last that just came down from the Red Planet. On the upper side is the terrain the heli will have to cross soon, when it takes off for its 53rd flight.

Processed, undistorted, leveled HELI_RTE
Sol: 776, RMC: 52.0001, LMST: 15:21:42
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00776/ids/edr/browse/heli/HSF_0776_0735840035_079ECM_N0520001HELI00007_000085J01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

65dBnoise, to space
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Looks like got a new core from the rock in front of it:

Looking SSE (165°) from RMC 46.0000
Sol 942, LMST: 15:40:21

Debayered, processed, cropped MCZ_LEFT, FL: 110mm
Originals:
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00942/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_0942_0750577807_649ECM_N0460000ZCAM05068_1100LMJ01.png
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00942/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_0942_0750577749_644ECM_N0460000ZCAM05068_1100LMJ01.png
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00942/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NLF_0942_0750579097_550ECM_N0460000NCAM00709_01_095J01.png

Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

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65dBnoise, to TeslaMotors
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“For Services provided on Mars, or in transit to Mars via Starship or other spacecraft, the parties recognize Mars as a free planet and that no Earth-based government has authority or sovereignty over Martian activities,” says SpaceX’s satellite Internet Starlink company, in its terms of service."

The statement is a lie; it's governed by an appropriate nation, in accordance with the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, but wants no laws.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/musk-and-bezos-offer-humanity-a-grim-future-in-space-colonies/

65dBnoise, to space
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sees first light!

Although still far from its 2029 encounter with the asteroid, the spacecraft opened its eyes (twin cameras) and captured a total of 68 images, all within a star field in the constellation Pisces.

The spacecraft has already set a record by using a laser beam to communicate with Earth in an experiment called Deep Space Optical Communications ().

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-psyche-delivers-first-images-and-other-data

65dBnoise, to space
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What is proper to say for , an anthropomorphism but nonetheless an expression of love, is that it stayed in the battlefield erect and functioning until the very end.

The is still alive, and we'll probably be hearing about it for as long as it has power to transmit its beacon and continues to devote a few minutes of 's time every sol to listening for it, which may be well into Martian autumn.

What a journey this has been!

65dBnoise,
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But worth most praising are the people who built and operated this little space marvel, which lasted three whole Earth years instead of a few days on Mars, as initially planned.

A few from the initial team, whose posts/ interviews/ papers I've used in my posts are:

• Bob Balaram, Chief Engineer
• MiMi Aung, Project Manager
• Teddy Tzanetos, team leader
• Timothy Canham, Senior Software Engineer
• Håvard Fjær Grip, Ingenuity Chief Pilot

Kudos to all, and to for such a great achievement!

65dBnoise, to llm
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"Over both evolutionary time and every individual’s lived experience, natural language to-and-fro has always been with fellow human beings. As we encounter synthetic language output, it is very difficult not to extend trust in the same way as we would with a human. We argue that systems need to be very carefully designed so as not to abuse this trust."

By @emilymbender and Chirag Shah

https://iai.tv/articles/all-knowing-machines-are-a-fantasy-auid-2334

65dBnoise, (edited ) to space
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This first image from let's us know that ended up landed on its feet, but if one looks closer, there is a groove on the regolith that looks very fresh. It seems as if something hit the ground in a way never seen before.

1/2

Processed, undistorted HELI_NAV
Image captured from RMC 71.0001/26
Sol 1027, LMST: 10:11:02

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01027/ids/edr/browse/heli/HNM_1027_0758103292_959ECM_N0710001HELI00026_0000LUJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

65dBnoise, to space
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Just rocks on Mars

Processed, cropped MCZ_LEFT, FL: 110mm
looking SSE (161°) from RMC 48.2404
Sol 1009, LMST: 12:28:42

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01009/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_1009_0756513826_443EBY_N0482404ZCAM09020_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

65dBnoise, (edited ) to space
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That's a first, IIRC!
targeted by the SUPERCAM telescope!

(And hopefully not zapped with the laser 😬)

EDIT: @leplanetolog found an earlier one on Sol 82, from a 110m distance. See it later in this thread.

Processed, leveled according to JSON metadata, cropped SUPERCAM_RMI
Sol: 879, RMC: 43.0000, LMST: 11:49:31
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00879/ids/edr/browse/scam/LRF_0879_0744970745_266EBY_N0430000SCAM03879_0030I6J01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP/65dBnoise

65dBnoise, to space
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One of probably many spots where 's blades hit the regolith:

Processed undistorted HELI_NAV
Image captured from RMC 72.0001/32
Sol 1040, LMST: 14:02:48

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01040/ids/edr/browse/heli/HNM_1040_0759271650_074ECM_N0720001HELI00032_0000LUJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

65dBnoise, to space
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came for a visit at 's 😀 !

New location RMC 42.2266, on Sol 870, ~20m from the !

Animated zoom. Map follows.

Processed, leveled, cropped NAVCAM_RIGHT
Sol: 870, RMC: 42.2266, LMST: 15:01:04
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00870/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NRF_0870_0744183569_987ECM_N0422266NCAM03870_01_195J01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

65dBnoise, to space
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Keeping the fire burning.
(at Mars' altar)

looking E (97°) from RMC 46.3888
Sol 959, LMST: 10:36:19

Processed MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 110mm
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00959/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_0959_0752068168_723EBY_N0463888ZCAM08981_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

65dBnoise, to space
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What happened with 's anomalous ?

"[...] the helicopter executed the first half of its autonomous journey, flying north at an altitude of 16 feet (5 meters) for 466 feet (142 meters). Then a flight-contingency program was triggered, and Ingenuity automatically landed."

Read the rest here: https://mars.nasa.gov/news/9457/nasas-ingenuity-mars-helicopter-flies-again-after-unscheduled-landing/

Note: Teddy Tzanetos is now team lead emeritus for Ingenuity, apparently working on 's

65dBnoise, (edited ) to Bulgaria
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The EU finally sinks its regulatory teeth into tech titans

"Last week the six biggest operators – Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft and ByteDance – were forced to toe the line on competition, advertising, interoperability and more. It was a gamechanger [...]

The existential challenge for societies today is whether they are capable of reining in tech power. [... T]his is a critical experiment for democracies"

By John Naughton

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/09/painful-day-for-tech-titans-as-eu-finally-sinks-its-regulatory-teeth-into-them

65dBnoise, to space
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Maybe one of our last images of , if one can call those few pixels an "image" of the . There haven't been any SUPERCAM images from this new angle so far, so such wide FOV NAVCAM images is all that we have.

Quick NAVCAM_LEFT mosaic
looking from RMC 51.4692
Sol 1123, LMST: 11:16:05

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01123/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NLF_1123_0766629656_350ECM_N0514692NCAM03123_16_095J01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

65dBnoise, to random
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Calling protesters "Pro-Hamas", because they protest the genocidal slaughtering of #Palestinians in #Gaza by #Israelis, is like calling Americans who fought in WWII, "pro-communist". Nazis at the time were saying they were fighting "Jewish Bolshevik sub-humans".

Oh, wait!… That's what Trump calls the Democrats now: "communist thugs".

Lyndon Johnson, one of the most accomplished POTUS, was forced to withdraw from the presidential race in '68 and never was reelected. Wonder why…

#StudentSpring

65dBnoise, to Israel
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“We as American Jews will not be used, we will not be complicit and we will not be silent. Judaism is a beautiful, thousands-year-old tradition, and Israel is a 76-year-old colonial apartheid state”

About 300 people were detained near Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer’s Brooklyn home

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/24/not-like-other-passovers-hundreds-of-jewish-demonstrators-arrested-after-new-york-protest-seder

65dBnoise, to space
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moved to a new nearby location on Sol 1131, RMC 52.0120.

This photo tells it better than a map 🙂

Processed, leveled, cropped NAVCAM_RIGHT mosaic
looking ENE (74°) from RMC 52.0120
Sol 1131, LMST: 13:46:53

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01131/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NRF_1131_0767349148_800ECM_N0520120NCAM02131_16_095J01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

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