It's amazing that the last rocket motor drops off just as it leaves Earth orbit, yet the Rover course is so accurate, a few very small in transit corrections put it in the perfect trajectory for Mars entry. In fact, the entire cruise stage weighed over a ton, and it's course correction propellant was a tiny 68 pounds. It's like throwing a dart and hitting the bullseye of a dart board from 300 yards away!
When kids say, "Why do I have to do these dumb math problems? It's not like I'll ever use this stuff in real life," show them this video. This is real life...for people who can do those dumb math problems.
Gave me goosebumps, perfect lyrics and music for this fantastic video. Leave it to Reznor to provide the mood music for the insemination of Mars...very good.
I downloaded this video so that I'll always have the copy in case you close your Tube account or delete the video and that's how much I love this. Enjoyable every time... it is perfect. Thanks again.
god. yes. this is the best thing ever. i went to NASA's langley research center in January and got this animation there. didn't realize this would fit so nicely. and, i'll be seeing NIN in concert in 2 days. :)
this has got to be the best thing i have seen in days. i love NIN and i really like space exploration related type things and this video is just awesome.. i think i HAVE to watch it again and again and again..
5 stars; wicked animation! the attention to detail along with the airborne-camera effects are awesome on their own, but you've managed to arrange it to synch up (even lyrically in at least one part) to a great, (but under appreciated) Nine Inch Nails song!! Well done!
every time I see this I am amazed, not at the video, but that with all the level of complexity, variables, and everything else, it actually worked and actually happened.
the band is nine inch nails, the preformer is trent reznor, the singer, who is the only official member, he writes the music and preforms it for albums but hires a band for tours, the song is called sunspots
@sim5191 its going in that direction. Plasma engines are being developed, and while the thrust is very small, it can be produced for extensive amounts of time, making it suitable for long journies.
I've read (a while ago) on the nasa website when I was looking for informations about the twin rovers on Mars that the "hard disk" is in fact flash memory like we use on USB key or in many MP3 player for data storage and since there is no moving parts, it is much more resistant than a typical hard drive.
This is such an awesome video and you've done such a great job of editing and selecting music. This is an anthem for reflecting on ones following and fulfilling of a purpose, consequences be damned. I love it! I have a poster of the rover model from this video. I have it hanging over my kid's bed. He is my rover into the unexplored universe beyond the reach of my longevity.
It mostly depends on how far up the individual pieces are when they detach. Everything that falls back to Earth is designed to land in the ocean. It is probably not retrieved unless it's part of the Space Shuttle. Larger, higher altitude pieces, probably fall back with enough speed to disintegrate, or burn up. They're not designed to survive re-entry, but might due to their density. Some stuff may actually be "lost in space", but not much, by design.
Yes, you know on the intros to James Bond, the camera is looking down a gun barrel and Bond always turns and shoots at you. Those white lines that curve into the centre are the grooves that make the bullet spin.
A few years ago one was launched that was exactly what was shown in this animation, and it was successful in landing. The rover ended up surviving far longer than its expected lifespan and sent back tons of new data about Mars. Just a few days ago the Curiosity rover landed successfully on Mars, in a highly complicated and spectacular landing. Lots of animations and video footage of the recent Mars landing and mission for you on RU-vid. It is pretty amazing stuff being achieved!
actually this is not the pathfinder mission, its actually a depiction of either the opportunity or spirit missions. the difference is evident from the shape of the vehicle sent, the pathfinder carried the "sojourner" a small shoe box size vehicle whereas the spirit and opportunity are much larger with that particular camera array shown in the very end.
The general point for both of us is variety is a good thing and humanizing, we're just talking about it two diff't ways - among diff't people & within an individual. Both are valid points that work more together than against each other, IMO.
Thanks man. I like to think I helped NASA get the idea that they should spice up their promo videos a bit. The "7 Minutes of Terror" video promoting Curiosity is great. They heavily borrowed Hans Zimmer and Jack Hempsey's work from the movie Inception. It's well deserved, though. Curiosity's technical triumphs are amazing!
You're right. I didn't mean those 3 things exactly. Of course, people should do their own things. My point was I think it's very human to do a variety of stuff and not just *one* thing in one area (also I was just repeating a long quote; "Specialization is for insects"). But what those things are is up to them ... I totally agree with what you're saying, too.
