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NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2021 10:21 pm
by GodIsADeeJay81
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The first step in setting up a base so we can rescue Matt Damon from it...
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2021 10:29 pm
by Bin Ont Turf
The shadows have been photoshopped and it's just a picture of Blackburn.
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2021 10:39 pm
by Dyched
Why’s it inside a washing machine?
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2021 10:46 pm
by Bosscat
Dyched wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 10:39 pm
Why’s it inside a washing machine?
Its a Sock ... everyone wonders where that sock went ... now we know
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:40 pm
by Lowbankclaret
A complete waste of money that could house all the homeless . All that wrong with this world
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:41 pm
by GodIsADeeJay81
Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:40 pm
A complete waste of money that could house all the homeless . All that wrong with this world
*looks at the nuclear weapons stockpiled around the world*
Yes, space exploration is clearly the problem...
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:49 pm
by Lowbankclaret
GodIsADeeJay81 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:41 pm
*looks at the nuclear weapons stockpiled around the world*
Yes, space exploration is clearly the problem...
That just the humans race ability to want to destroy itself, that become a need to have or you might get nuked. I hate the very existence of nuclear.
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:52 pm
by GodIsADeeJay81
Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:49 pm
That just the humans race ability to want to destroy itself, that become a need to have or you might get nuked. I hate the very existence of nuclear.
Same, have you read Nevil Shutes "On the Beach"?
Great book.
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:55 pm
by Lowbankclaret
I au check a documentary on the nuclear bombs dropped on Japan. American scientists were on the ground within weeks to document the effects of the population. They were treated as large experiment by the US. Whilst it did save some lives by stopping the war early. It’s a disgrace on the human race how the Japanese were used as an experiment
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:56 pm
by Lowbankclaret
GodIsADeeJay81 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:52 pm
Same, have you read Nevil Shutes "On the Beach"?
Great book.
No not read that.
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:57 pm
by PeterWilton
Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:40 pm
A complete waste of money that could house all the homeless . All that wrong with this world
Corporate welfare is thousands of times more expensive than NASAs whole budget, but you go girl.
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 12:01 am
by GodIsADeeJay81
I highly recommend it, they did make a film based on it, but the book is definitely better.
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 12:03 am
by Lowbankclaret
PeterWilton wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:57 pm
Corporate welfare is thousands of times more expensive than NASAs whole budget, but you go girl.
So perhaps we should reduce the money given to the less fortunate and build a new space station for 5 people to live on.
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 12:05 am
by houseboy
Bosscat wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 10:46 pm
Its a Sock ... everyone wonders where that sock went ... now we know
Is this a record? I was putting a few things in the airing cupboard tonight to dry and, I kid you not, there were seven, that’s 7, odd socks left. Where the fck do these things go?
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 12:07 am
by Lowbankclaret
GodIsADeeJay81 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 12:01 am
I highly recommend it, they did make a film based on it, but the book is definitely better.
Ordered from eBay
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 12:20 am
by CrosspoolClarets
Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:40 pm
A complete waste of money that could house all the homeless . All that wrong with this world
I get the sentiment but without moon / mars landings we wouldn’t have memory foam, cordless power tools, ear thermometers, CAT scanners or water filters. Either those whole inventions, or an improvement of them, originated in space.
Who knows, maybe the Rover will bring back some previously unknown material that will turn out to cure cancer, or perfect carbon recovery? Can’t just splash all private sector cash on the homeless, in need though they are.
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 12:31 am
by Lowbankclaret
CrosspoolClarets wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 12:20 am
I get the sentiment but without moon / mars landings we wouldn’t have memory foam, cordless power tools, ear thermometers, CAT scanners or water filters. Either those whole inventions, or an improvement of them, originated in space.
Who knows, maybe the Rover will bring back some previously unknown material that will turn out to cure cancer, or perfect carbon recovery? Can’t just splash all private sector cash on the homeless, in need though they are.
Small point, nasa spent millions creating the paper mate pen so it worked in space. The Russians used a pencil. Memory foam is a pain in the arse as it’s to hot to sleep on, I have one.
We would have invented many of those anyway.
We waste millions and millions, but it’s your right to argue it’s better spent on crap rather than than help the homeless.
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 12:34 am
by COBBLE
Absolutely incredible. Incredible because it confirms the potential of the human race.
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Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 12:39 am
by addisclaret
GodIsADeeJay81 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:52 pm
Same, have you read Nevil Shutes "On the Beach"?
Great book.
One of the best books I have ever read.
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 1:25 am
by yTib
fantastic achievement and i can't wait to see what they find.
and thank god that lowbank doesn't represent all of humanity or we'd probably still be living in the woods.
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 7:21 am
by bfcjg
Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:40 pm
A complete waste of money that could house all the homeless . All that wrong with this world
It's not that big, size of a small car how many would fit in it ?
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 7:28 am
by box_of_frogs
Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:55 pm
I au check a documentary on the nuclear bombs dropped on Japan. American scientists were on the ground within weeks to document the effects of the population. They were treated as large experiment by the US. Whilst it did save some lives by stopping the war early. It’s a disgrace on the human race how the Japanese were used as an experiment
I reckon you’d have volunteered to be on the first landing craft to hit the beach of the invasion of Japan.
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 7:46 am
by snapcrackleandpop
Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:40 pm
A complete waste of money that could house all the homeless . All that wrong with this world
Signed in just to like this, absolute waste of money, I really don't get the point.
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 8:12 am
by jojomk1
Just hope they can find us a decent wide right player up there
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 8:24 am
by Venkys4eva
Absolutely fantastic achievement and ill be watching with great interest over the next 2 years.
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 8:55 am
by Rileybobs
jojomk1 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 8:12 am
Just hope they can find us a decent wide right player up there
Think you’re forgetting about the Brexit-related visa issues.
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 9:21 am
by ClaretLoup
The Space Programme was also the springboard for the development of micro electronics which in turn has provided employment for millions of people and also benefits in terms of products that we all use today like the two inch sized ECG heart monitor that keeps a check on my ticker. Every home should have one btw.
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 9:30 am
by chekhov
yTib wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 1:25 am
fantastic achievement and i can't wait to see what they find.
and thank god that lowbank doesn't represent all of humanity or we'd probably still be living in the woods.
I applaud the achievement of sending space ships to Mars, but I do like the idea of living in the woods. I’m thinking glamping, rather than Ray Mears.
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 9:54 am
by TsarBomba
box_of_frogs wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 7:28 am
I reckon you’d have volunteered to be on the first landing craft to hit the beach of the invasion of Japan.
The invasion of the Japanese main islands would’ve been catastrophic.
KIA for the Allies alone was estimated to be upwards of 1 million. That’s not including casualties. Planners had earmarked 1 million British serviceman to take part, and 5 million Americans.
The two nuclear bombings were horrific, but brought the war to a close by upwards of at least 2 years, and saved hundreds of thousands of lives- that’s Allied, AND Japanese civilian and military.
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 10:10 am
by ClaretEngineer
What happened to “stay local”...
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 10:29 am
by Spijed
Wonder if they used the same location as they did for the moon landings, except this time using red dirt instead?
Would be good if they offered it as part of a Universal backlot tour in future.
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 10:38 am
by dermotdermot
The moon landings definitely happened. Don’t be silly.
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 11:02 am
by RalphCoatesComb
Getting a little 'political'
Shame really because the achievement of landing on Mars is pretty amazing
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 11:07 am
by Gordaleman
As someone on a BBC thread said earlier today. "I think that we need to send one of those rovers to search for signs of intelligent life in Westminster. My money's on finding it on Mars first."
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 11:13 am
by cbx750
Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 12:31 am
Small point, nasa spent millions creating the paper mate pen so it worked in space. The Russians used a pencil.
That is an urban myth but they did order some pencils that were about $150 each.
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 11:14 am
by Gordaleman
TsarBomba wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 9:54 am
The invasion of the Japanese main islands would’ve been catastrophic.
KIA for the Allies alone was estimated to be upwards of 1 million. That’s not including casualties. Planners had earmarked 1 million British serviceman to take part, and 5 million Americans.
The two nuclear bombings were horrific, but brought the war to a close by upwards of at least 2 years, and saved hundreds of thousands of lives- that’s Allied, AND Japanese civilian and military.
If you read the real history of the war in Japan, you will realise that Japan would never have gone to war in the first place if it hadn't been for American sanctions that were starving the country. They felt that they were left with no choice.
That's not to say that I support the Japanese response, but as usual 'Bully Boy' America was telling other countries what they could, and couldn't do.
Nothing changes.
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 11:23 am
by Burnley Ace
Should the American Government be funding expeditions of this nature, is it the best use of their money?
This is a political thread that is supporting the governments use of tax revenue and should be shutdown!!!
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 11:34 am
by Boss Hogg
Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:55 pm
I au check a documentary on the nuclear bombs dropped on Japan. American scientists were on the ground within weeks to document the effects of the population. They were treated as large experiment by the US. Whilst it did save some lives by stopping the war early. It’s a disgrace on the human race how the Japanese were used as an experiment
I’m not keen on Nuclear at all but if those bombs hadn’t been dropped many more lives would have been lost. The barbaric regime and mentality was responsible for this outcome.
I also think money is wasted on ridiculous projects including things line The Milenium Dome and HS2 when the are better causes such as the NHS and the homeless but I think we owe to mankind and future generations to explore space.
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 11:40 am
by Gordaleman
Boss Hogg wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 11:34 am
I’m not keen on Nuclear at all but if those bombs hadn’t been dropped many more lives would have been lost. The barbaric regime and mentality was responsible for this outcome.
I also think money is wasted on ridiculous projects including things line The Milenium Dome and HS2 when the are better causes such as the NHS and the homeless but I think we owe to mankind and future generations to explore space.
Sorry Boss, but if really think that any money saved from exploration would be used for good causes, then you live in cloud cuckoo land. It would undoubtably used to fund more wars, so space exploration is probably saving lives after all.
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 11:52 am
by Dyched
Why we’re searching for life on other planets is completely beyond me. Yes fantastic find water on Mars. What you gonna do with it?. Send it to all those living in poverty who don’t have access to clean, safe water?.
The human race can do marvellous things. Space exploration achievements are incredible there’s no doubting that. But we really do need to realise what a magnificent planet our own is. Let’s look after it, look after the people on it, look after all the living things on it.
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 12:01 pm
by duncandisorderly
Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 12:31 am
Small point, nasa spent millions creating the paper mate pen so it worked in space. The Russians used a pencil. Memory foam is a pain in the arse as it’s to hot to sleep on, I have one.
We would have invented many of those anyway.
We waste millions and millions, but it’s your right to argue it’s better spent on crap rather than than help the homeless.
This is a myth. The danger of the graphite snapping and floating around zero gravity environments getting into equipment is too great, so it's not true.
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 7:37 pm
by box_of_frogs
TsarBomba wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 9:54 am
The invasion of the Japanese main islands would’ve been catastrophic.
KIA for the Allies alone was estimated to be upwards of 1 million. That’s not including casualties. Planners had earmarked 1 million British serviceman to take part, and 5 million Americans.
The two nuclear bombings were horrific, but brought the war to a close by upwards of at least 2 years, and saved hundreds of thousands of lives- that’s Allied, AND Japanese civilian and military.
Hence my post for the pacifist.
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 8:26 pm
by IanMcL
Swimming on Mars!
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 8:41 pm
by Billy Balfour
Nasa certainly know how successfully land their gear on Mars. Well done to all the scientists and engineers. This is going to be an awesome mission. Can't wait to see more high res photos.
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 9:02 pm
by aclaretinstevenage
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Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 9:13 pm
by gandhisflipflop
It’s all fake. We have never been to Mars and we have never set foot on the moon. Space is just a hologram.
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 10:05 pm
by Claret Till I Die
gandhisflipflop wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 9:13 pm
It’s all fake. We have never been to Mars and we have never set foot on the moon. Space is just a hologram.
You've landed on Mars before, in fact it's a toss up between the bar & the ice cream....
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 10:07 pm
by Claret Toni
Can't wait to see the little green men pulling wheelies on the Rover.
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 10:10 pm
by gandhisflipflop
Claret Till I Die wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 10:05 pm
You've landed on Mars before, in fact it's a toss up between the bar & the ice cream....
I’m more of a Milky Way man myself.
Re: NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover has landed.
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2021 12:58 am
by PeterWilton
Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 12:03 am
So perhaps we should reduce the money given to the less fortunate and build a new space station for 5 people to live on.
Lol. Corporations are the "less fortunate"?