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Status Updates posted by efaardvark
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This video of the first helicopter flight on Mars was taken from a Mars rover.Meta-awesome.
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So L.A. county is dropping a step to orange-tier restrictions on Monday. It will be interesting to see if the idiots out there can be responsible and not cause another spike in COVID cases. I have my doubts. I’ve already heard at least one person say she’s “glad the pandemic is finally over”.
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@LonelyPoet I don’t think so either.
Still something of an ancient document tho.. the last time I was there was on a class field trip in 5th or 6th grade.
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I'm intrigued by the holes in the rocks...
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Not just some words encoded on a supersonic parachute.. this is literally underfoot in my "office". (It is in a shadowbox built into the floor of the SFOF.)
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For anyone wanting to follow the Mars 2020 (aka Perseverance) landing tonight here’s all the links.
In related news, Krispy Kreme has a limited-time offer.
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Is it wrong that I've had the 18th of Feb. marked on my calendar for 6 months now but didn't realize that tomorrow is day until about 20 minutes ago?
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UAE, US, and China all have spacecraft coming up on Mars in the next couple weeks. I gotta go to work a 2am local tonight for Al-Amal because the DSN is handling their downlink, then again for M20's "7 minutes of terror" next week. China's doing their own thing on the 10th. Lots of activity at Duna, er, Mars this week! When all the dust settles there will (hopefully) be two more orbiters around and another lander and two more rovers on Mars. And a helicopter.
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Got to go on my yearly trip to Ft. Irwin next week. 5 hr round trip drive to the middle of nowhere halfway to Vegas to spend 5 minutes getting my work badge renewed. Was this trip really necessary?
Hope at least the weather clears by Monday. and 🌧 and maybe even and in the desert would make the trip “perfect”.
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One of my co-workers just tested positive for C19. Fortunately he's on night shift and I haven't even seen him in almost a month, but our workspaces do somewhat overlap. So far I've managed to stay healthy even in LA and even having to continue going to work several days a week. If I get sick after all this I'm going to be quite annoyed.
Not that I have any time for that with the m20 landing coming up in about a month. I haven't even seen a data flow diagram for EDL or post-landing ops yet, never mind done any training on it.
On top of that my tax person sent me a "friendly reminder" yesterday that taxes are coming up and I should make an appointment early this year, just in case.
No pressure.
OTOH I have to admit a week or 2 in bed sounds quite attractive at this point. Except for that you-could-die part. That would suck.
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