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Perseverance Lander safe !!

Minkey

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That's good news, hopefully it will be able to send back a lot of useful data
 

JayTee

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Yep, agree John, fantastic technical achievement.
 

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This stuff always amazes me. The navigation alone...millions of miles in three dimensions with everything moving at different rates and in different orbits. How?
 

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This stuff always amazes me. The navigation alone...millions of miles in three dimensions with everything moving at different rates and in different orbits. How?
Actually 4 dimensions when you think about it, because time must be factored in as well
 

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This stuff always amazes me. The navigation alone...millions of miles in three dimensions with everything moving at different rates and in different orbits. How?
The brilliant application of mathematics, mind boggling.
 

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The film " Hidden figures" gives some idea of the mathamatics involved in bringing an object in from orbit to landing...truely way above most peoples head !
 

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Actually 4 dimensions when you think about it, because time must be factored in as well
Plus calculating the effect of gravity when they slingshot round planets to accelerate.

mind boggling
 

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The film " Hidden figures" gives some idea of the mathamatics involved in bringing an object in from orbit to landing...truely way above most peoples head !
I have a brilliant book (‘Hut 6‘ I think) about how the Enigma code was broken in WW2. I could actually follow it ........for about ten pages, the next 150 or so were beyond me, but still a cracking read ..........if you are an insomniac.
 

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The film " Hidden figures" gives some idea of the mathamatics involved in bringing an object in from orbit to landing...truely way above most peoples head !
I am not joking here.. My nephew ( works for a gvt dept.. all hush hush ) is one of the mathematicians who works out such things... clever bloke to say the least
 

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Yes, but not to this level !
Yes it is pretty extraordinary. Didn’t realise they are collecting samples to be retrieved and sent to earth by future missions.
How cool is that.
 
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