"You can't just shoot a hole into the surface of Mars!" Perseverance objective: "Shoot a hole in Mars."

@xavierxavier166

Жыл бұрын

Fellow man of culture

@Toyotajunkie

Жыл бұрын

😄

@justadildeau

Жыл бұрын

Shoot in Mars' hole. Wait what?

@alangknowles

Жыл бұрын

"Set phasers to stun."

@RuthBingham

Жыл бұрын

Mars: "Tis but a scratch".

“Our tools are no longer just about survival but curiosity” Incidentally, “Curiosity” is the name of one of the Mars rovers… oh, I see what you did there!

When I did geological surveys at university, I and other geologists also often happened to carry rocks around and drop them off somewhere else, so the rover is just behaving like regular geologists do, lol

You had me worried that ingenuity had broke 😢 I know it will eventually but the fact that this tiny machine keeps going on one of the unforgiving and harshest terrains is just motivational

This started off as a channel that I would turn on at the end of my day to help relax and and even fall asleep. The calm delivery of information that i kind of understand was so relaxing and has easily become one of my channels with notifications on. Keep up the great work king

@shogunate2022

Жыл бұрын

Then what happened, why don't you do that anymore?

@egae6782

Жыл бұрын

Same. Great channel!

@shottyjonny3972

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@@shogunate2022 I stopped being able to fall asleep because I became incredibly interested in cosmology and astronomy

@shogunate2022

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@@shottyjonny3972 ahh !!!

@LaNoireDetruit

Жыл бұрын

Same here! The video on black holes was perfect for nodding off in the evening :)

im glad i came across your channel Astrum, its really nice to have a good channel for space stuff.

simply put, this is one of the best ways to keep informed on the latest discoveries from our solar system probes.

Listen these engineers are some of the most brilliant. To accomplish what they have so far is absolutely insane. One thing though, maybe next time make a tiny dust solar panel wiper. They have them on car headlights now. Lol

Your narrative on the two robotic explorers brought a tear to my eye. Very good job. That scene where they both set off once again on their journey near the end, especially, around 10:55

I love how he pronounces "Jezero Crater" correctly! (It is pronounced Yezero, not Jezero, as many often say)

always look forward to a new astrum video, loving these series you've got going!

It's a good thing Perseverance can't feel pain(that we know of) because I imagine it would be really lonely. With only it's dead/dying counterparts. Keep moving lil' buddy.

You can't help but think of these things as human kind of And it is sad when they finally go off it's like losing a short term friend

Excellent video. I wondered what happened to Ingenuity. Overall, it looks like our space probes and robots last longer than intended.

@117simracing8

Жыл бұрын

@The Banned or just a couple of war jets or a tiny fraction of defense budget. At the same time paying for thousands of tax paying jobs, moving the edge of whats technologically possible and widen our knowledge about a lot of things.

@aaaaaa8656

Жыл бұрын

@The Banned Yup. We should be sending that money to the Ukraine!

@souptikb7

Жыл бұрын

That is because they are built with a lot of love and not the greed for profit

@Chrisy7

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@@aaaaaa8656 it’s Ukraine not “the Ukraine”

@Anonymoose66G

Жыл бұрын

@@Chrisy7 Ukraine can have the prefix "the" before it just like "the" UAE, UK, US, Netherlands, Congo ECT.

I love your videos. Absolutely amazing and I learn so much. Thank you for what you do. You rock

Amazing 🤩 awesome documentary 💗 very very informative and nice speech. So much to learn

Your videos are so calming... as always!

Thank you so much!

Happy new year thank you for another year of great videos and more to come.

lets go new vid! astrum is amazing!

This is a very informative video I love it thank you

It's almost like these machines are surviving on their own world. One machine waits to check if it's wee friends will live.

Bravo. Very well done. Thank you.

Incredible!

Hell yeah a new astrum video yodelayhehoo

Thank you Alex

Solar panels and dust always seems to be the reason missions don't last longer on Mars, you'd think they would design a specific shape or dust resistant properties or even a fan jet arm to blow them clean. Interesting this has not been tackled yet.

@jhaz89

Жыл бұрын

I have no doubt it's been considered and they decided the cons outweigh the pros. These are really damn smart people making these decisions. So it's easier said than done. And once again, it's lifespan lasted much longer than expected.

@Appletank8

Жыл бұрын

The mission for Ingenuity was designed for 30 days only. Adding other components intending to extend it adds cost and weight. Spirit and Opportunity were designed for only 90 days. Oppy going for 15 years is great, but wasn't planned for.

To paraphrase all those Star Wars t-shirts, "Perseverance shot first." 😸

Hi Doc. Have great hollidays.

Perhaps for future missions if they continue to send up pairs of bots, they could create a system where the bots can help to clean each other.

@AwakenedAvocado

Жыл бұрын

Like cats

i see a lot of comments every time asking about wipers for dust. i did have the same question but were talking about nasa engineers here. if they could they would. they have a reason why they haven’t. and there are alot of possible reasons why explained in the comments here.

@stargazer5784

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It's worth mentioning too that the rovers and landers are only intended to function for a limited amount of time.

@FenrizNNN

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Simply because the mission wasn't expected to last long enough for that to be a problem, and they thought that including something similar was a waste of money and resources, And more recent missions do not use solar panels.

After watching Goodnight Oppy this video made me sad for the little rover lol

Very nice. Martian ice is like a light bulb for health because knowledge is worth more than a corner to look at. It works

Love your channel .

@Tracyannbanks123

Жыл бұрын

Awesome videos

@Tracyannbanks123

Жыл бұрын

Id love to know you better Thomas , thats if you dont mind

If you like this I can recommend the 'Mars Guy' channel too. He offers weekly updates on the activities of these rovers.

Perseverance has acquired a new ally. Rupert the Rock.

Awesome news!

Great video! You’d think they could figure out a little tiny brush system to wipe off the solar panels..

@FenrizNNN

Жыл бұрын

Simply because the mission wasn't expected to last long enough for that to be a problem, and they thought that including something similar was a waste of money and resources, And more recent missions do not use solar panels.

Ingenuity might be the best concept test ever

A roomba on mars! Awesome!

From 10:04 - The Ingenuity helicopter began to malfunction because of dust covering its solar panels. But surely this should have been foreseen - couldn't a small windshield wiper, or something similar, have been fitted to it, to keep the panels clean?

The easiest way to succeed in any field is to work on it consistantly, and consistancy is the key to success. I experienced my self. By the way, thanks for the uploads , a fellow creator

Could light bursts of the laser charge the Helicopter? Like at Intervalls of few milliseconds so it doesn't have the chance to heat up the solar panel to a melting point?

Perseverance’s little pet-rock reminds me so much of Wall-e’s pet-insect. I really like the idea of naming it « pet-rock ». But I found it sad that Ingenuity’s batteries has problems. It was fun to see them both, like friends. I just love them. On the next rovers, they should find ways to clean themselves from dusts. It seems so logic.

One of the solar systems greatest mystery.

i love how much "personality" robots on a whole other planet have

Very goid video

With all the engineering in to these robots, why didn't they made robo hand with a brush to wipe dust from those solar panels.

@randomautonomousdronepilot3384

Жыл бұрын

This is why you’re not an engineer 😂

@bazpearce9993

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It was only a 30 day mission initially. So adding panel cleaning tech wasn't really needed for Ingenuity. But i do agree with you about a cleaning system to be invented. Perhaps an air chamber could be used to collect atmosphere, and keep piling it in their until it could be released at high pressure to blow dust off panels. The main reason cleaning systems haven't been used is all the weight capacity is all used up by science gear. Every gram counts on these missions.

@majinvegeta9280

Жыл бұрын

Well said sir

@WaterPickle

Жыл бұрын

@@randomautonomousdronepilot3384 and you are ? 💀

@fhkwanders

Жыл бұрын

Such a arm costs a lot of power and mass, resources that are most valuable in space. Also the scraping of dust can damage the panels and the winds on Mars generally do a good job in removing the sand and dust. The engineers did of course consider it, but decides that the benefits did not outweigh the costs.

Your thumbnail is giving me life rn lol. Preemptive strike on Mars is right. On the off-chance there is life there we haven't found yet we need to make sure democracy and freedom are locked and loaded for deployment 😎

Always thought a means to clean solar panels on rovers should be specified to extend missions.

I loved this video, all your videos are just so damn well done man! Maris is speculated by some to have formed life only 400 million years after it's creation way sooner than our lovely Earth did. This is because it is smaller and as thus lost heat from it's creation faster than Earth did to a habitable and water sustaining level. IIRC it is thought that Mars became geologically inactive, cooled, down and lost liquid water on it's surface entirely around 1.5 billion years ago or so. Meaning life very well could have thrived there for a good 1.8 billion years giving rise to bacterium and plankton type life if life evolved there at an earth similar rate. when I see Mars and really take the vibes, energies, and everything in deep I get the strongest feeling of a history of life, i can't really explain it. I honestly think life was there with a 100% certainty. If only Mars was lucky enough to have captured a satellite that was at least 2000 km in diameter with decent density orbiting ~100k km away. This would have kept Mars's core hot longer from tidal forces flexing and heating the core through friction. This would have kept it geologically active with volcanic eruptions constantly resupplying gases to the atmosphere. If this were the case life would still exist there and who knows how much it would have evolved... maybe even intelligent life?! It's really a shame it had to go down in the manner in which it did. Mars only captured two asteroid sized satellites ugh.

We need to name the pet rock

Another interesting thing about SuperCam - it's French-made!

Shooting Rocks ZAPP!

They should have renamed that little chopper to “Johnny Five” because it’s “Holding on for a Hero…” 😂

Fantastic Video.

Surprised a method of blowing the dust from the solar panels wasn't built-in to Ingenuity or the Perseverance Rover. Certainly should be included on any future missions utilizing solar power.

@Appletank8

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If the mission only wanted to go for 30 days, then it's perfectly fine. Going over is a pleasant surprise. Oppy was intended for 90 days, solar will work for 90 days, and is cheaper than a nuclear reactor or adding a brush system.

@dcorman

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@@Appletank8 ???

@dcorman

Жыл бұрын

@@Appletank8 Still, surprised. Because anyone on the mission project should have suggested a low power fan, or using Ingenuity's rotors to clean off solar panels. As it is a recurring, and mission critical, problem which anyone could argue should have been a primary mission consideration.

Cutest friendship ever

Could future Mars vehicles carry some sort of brush to clean it's solar panels periodically or when they need it? Maybe a windshield wiper type of devise, maybe even squirt some cleaning fluid then wipe them off.

@FenrizNNN

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the mission wasn't expected to last long enough for that to be a problem, and they thought that including something similar was a waste of money and resources, And more recent missions do not use solar panels.

Perseverance isn’t there to collect samples. It’s there to take prisoners.

Even robots need friends 😊

Perseverance video: *exists* Also Perseverance video: *has a thumbnail which is a photo taken by Curiosity*

Isn't it possible to have a tiny compressor in Perseverance and all other rovers and a small tube that allows them to use compressed marsian air to clean their solar panels?

hi

I'm telling you, man. The mars rovers are sentient

What kind of gum were they using?

PEW PEW PEW ! !

With astrum I feel I'm out in space

10:40 -40 Celsius, wonder why they picked that number? 👀 at you 🇺🇸

I just have one burning question... what's the name given to the pet rock by the NASA scientists ?

Is there any reason you haven’t done any videos on Curiosity recently?

A major innovation for future rovers: bring a small broom to get that pesky dust off the solar cells ;)

Why can't the dust be blown off the solar panels once the dust storms end. Would the weight of such a device be too great to include?

@Appletank8

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The batteries will probably die from the chill. Batteries don't do well when kept freezing for long periods of time.

Need a dust blower in the next rover.

@FenrizNNN

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Simply because the mission wasn't expected to last long enough for that to be a problem, and they thought that including something similar was a waste of money and resources, And more recent missions do not use solar panels.

what was the purple rock made of?

@FenrizNNN

Жыл бұрын

Lean

An honest question as I have zero mechanical knowledge: if dust creates so much problem for these rovers and helicopters, why can't they implement some sort of cleaning mechanism that clears the solar panels?

@justingreene2371

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Idk

@0Synergy

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It was originally a 30 day mission they figured it would be fine that long and yea they were right.

That "pet rock" is an alien spy.

soooo what did it shoot

I remember Dr. Melissa Tanner tried to explain a few things to me.

why wasnt the rover equiped with a cleaning mode for both it and the chopper ?

@FenrizNNN

Жыл бұрын

Simply because the mission wasn't expected to last long enough for that to be a problem, and they thought that including something similar was a waste of money and resources, And more recent missions do not use solar panels.

it's an erase against time. noice

amazing all of this tech yet no solar panel wiper brush mechanism....

Couldn't they have some of the solar panels on the wings, so they self clean as they fly?

ALL the Mars rovers have suffered from the same problem of dust on the solar collectors. It seems to me, that it should not be beyond the wit of man, and also, a priority, to devise a system to periodically clean the dust off the collectors. This could be done in several ways. Either by inverting the collectors, so the dust falls off, or maybe by just blowing the dust away, with something like a miniature leaf blower. Wiping would not be good as this would scratch the collectors. Maybe just tilting them a little, and either vibrating them, or a small 'hammer' shock, would work, or maybe electrostatic repulsion. Maybe there's a surface treatment that would facilitate dust rejection. It would need tests to ascertain the most efficient and least power usage system. Perhaps something from nature, like dragonfly, butterfly wings, or some other insect, could give the answer. .

Aliens!

Before even watching, I'm going to guess "aliens"? No?

@GRosa250

Жыл бұрын

I mean that is the obvious answer

At 5:07, what's up with that guy's glasses?

What's stopping NASA from adding some equipment to remove dust from solar panels, such as a wiper or even an air compressor?

@j.m.9703

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Millions of miles.

@FransBlaas1

Жыл бұрын

It’s weight and power consumption…

@Appletank8

Жыл бұрын

weight, cost, space for more or better sensors.

@theslenderfox

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@@FransBlaas1 It's just that it seems like the main thing ending mars missions is the solar panels being covered with dust which severely reduces the operating power, if they just wipe the solar panels every now and then they'd have way more power to work with. Also I don't think it would be that much extra weight right?

@smeeself

Жыл бұрын

@@theslenderfox Well, damn, if only NASA engineers had access to all the wisdom of the you tube comments section!

I wanna know what the pet rock’s name is!!

Shooting?

@basteagui

Жыл бұрын

pew pew LAZORZ!!!!

9.09mins. Who took the photo?

@smeeself

Жыл бұрын

There is no photo at that time.

The sad part is that Perseverance's little buddy is nearly dead, and it will be all alone soon.

Pet rock

This is another argument for solar panels that can clean the dust off themselves. Perhaps like leaves, small holes, with a cap to disperse a gas can blow dust off. A simple fan system could blow clear the most productive areas of the panels?

I like to think that maybe out life originated on Mars then found its way here. Then an asteroid impact happens on Earth causing an ancient tardigrade to make the trip from Earth back to Mars lol

Funny enough, I look out the window while watching this video and there's Mars in the sky.

👍🖖🏼

Now the question is, what has it found at the delta?

@Quickened1

Жыл бұрын

@Nad Senoj Orrr... Perhaps Alex will obtain said data through his channels, and create a near future video of those findings. Thereby answering my question, and foregoing four years of college to analyze it myself...

I clicked on this thinking it was a bloons td 6 video

I like to know if they found anything at all on Mars anything besides rocks and sand