Wow! That is astonishing!
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On Feb 25, 2021, at 3:24 PM, Rand Simberg <simberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
We're getting a lot better at faking extraplanetary landings than we were in
the 60s. :-)
On 2/25/21 12:22 PM, Ian M. Garcia wrote:
Since the list have been quiet, I’m sharing Perseverance Mars Landing video.
I hope it’s of interest to people here. It’s one of the coolest space videos
I have seen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4czjS9h4Fpg
I mean, this video is from friggin’ Mars EDL! (or a maybe “a soundstage on
Mars”, as XKCD would say)
I’d had to get familiar with JPL’s LVS terrain relative navigation system
and the final diversion maneuver and it was great to see it work. Although
how _well_ it worked it’s still not public, though I’m sure there’ll be
plenty of papers on it the next couple of years.
ian