Mars Sample Return: Bringing Mars Rock Samples Back to Earth

[@vagtsal]

Please NASA, make more ultra-realistic videos about upcoming space missions, they are awesome! The Cassini crashing on saturn one is my fav, it was a masterpiece.

[@lovetoclearclouds7017]

I’m trying to figure out……is your comment genuine or facetiously revealing your insights and knowing that the entirety of nasa is a massive psyop?

[@jamesjesus1828]

@@lovetoclearclouds7017 You are definitely special enough to be lied to.

[@onEmEmbErstudios]

@@jamesjesus1828 Ignore him. His tinfoil hat is too big to believe in science

[@TecraX2]

"On the final orbit, Cassini will plunge into Saturn. Fighting to keep its antenna pointed at Earth as it transmits its farewell. In the skies of Saturn, the journey ends, as Cassini becomes part of the planet itself"

[@jatinG825]

@@lovetoclearclouds7017 go cry about it

[@bblod4896]

That will be the mission of the century if everything works as planned. Go JPL. Go NASA.

[@juniperpansy]

Not really. It will cost more than developing starship and is using mostly dead-end technologies. We already have many martian meteorites on Earth. It will incrementally increase our knowledge but will just be a shadow of things to come

[@bblod4896]

@@juniperpansy I'm talking about how all the separate parts have to work together in order to accomplish the mission. If one part fails, the mission fails. A recent SpaceX mission had one motor fail, but the mission was still completed.

[@juniperpansy]

@@bblod4896 OK I see. That makes more sense but we have 78 more years in the century so I certainly hope there are much better things to come

[@bblod4896]

@@juniperpansy Unfortunately I will not be around that long. My children and grandchildren yeah.

[@Zine934]

Don't forget ESA

[@jamesstafford3961]

The sheer magnetically and engineering genius behind completing this is astounding. If they can pull this off it’ll be a remarkable historic feat.

[@OrdinaryLatvian]

Magnetically?

[@josephc.9520]

@@OrdinaryLatvian Hehe

[@jamesstafford3961]

@@OrdinaryLatvian autocorrect. I was supposed to say “mathematics”

[@watchm3ll0uai]

when*

[@charlesbireland1780]

​@@jamesstafford3961You can use KZbin's edit function to change the autocorrect mistake. Just a suggestion. 😊

[@JerryRigEverything]

Awesome! Looking forward to this one.

[@isntthatsomething8928]

Cool to see you here Zack. Obviously you're a very busy guy between the channel and the business with Cambry and everything, but if you can find the time, I strongly recommend watching "Good Night Oppy". As very familiar as I was with the Spirit and Opportunity missions, the film gave me a lot of insight into the more human story arc of the people at JPL who put those rovers on Mars. Industrial LIght and Magic did a lot beautiful work on the CG shots showing the rovers going about their business on the martian surface.

[@Darsh0606]

The mars sample scratches at level 6 with deeper grooves at level 7

[@sitsia3808]

​@@Darsh0606good one.

[@Szymon331]

Everithing are connected like little lego ;)

[@Sm-kz3yj]

Well technically this is tech

[@NavidIsANoob]

Love to see the NASA and ESA logo pop up next to each other at the end. A greater collaboration between these two agencies is what the world needs.

[@tedsteiner]

Happy to be a small part of this at JPL :')

[@wgoulding]

Greetings from a member of the MAPS SRM1 team!

[@tedsteiner]

​@@wgoulding Fantastic! I'm supporting the Orbiting Sample (OS) team. It's that container you see all the samples getting inserted into @0:35, and flying through space @1:05. ☺

[@mateuszbugaj799]

@@tedsteiner Congratulations! This is a great accomplishment. What does your team consider as the biggest challenge in designing this part? Is it getting the best seal, the right material, method of decontamination or something else?

[@tedsteiner]

@@mateuszbugaj799 All of those are important, but the fact that we are so mass/volume constrained is such a hurdle. You'd think holding samples would be a cakewalk, but we have to get very clever with a few mechanisms involved to keep the mass down.

[@mateuszbugaj799]

@@tedsteiner Very interesting. Thanks!

[@jameskelly3502]

0:50 For context, this launch mechanism is similar to how modern fighter jets launch air to air /air to ground missile from their weapons bay. But we're looking at it from a different angle.

[@kindlin]

This is really how almost all rockets are launched unless you're going full orbital. And even then, I'm not sure why we don't start off with a ground based kick to help the space-bound vehicle weight as little as possible.

[@llolloll5994]

somewhat similar to like the Russian S-300/S-400 missile launch

[@wow1022]

that has to be a pretty big rocket launching out of that lander to get it to mars orbit to dock with a return orbiter, so that lander has been downright massive

[@jameskelly3502]

@Technologic Suprisingly small compared to Earth standards. Due to low gravity, thin atmosphere, and small payload. That being said, this lander will be the largest man made object to ever land on Mars. It will most likely be launched on the SLS.

[@SmileFright]

Why does it feel like that Perseverance is a "living robot" that it has a soul similar to Wall-E in this animation, like the way it watches the sample return spacecraft landing and later ejects the mars sample collector to the edge of space. The animation is stupendous and phenomenal!

[@tonk2629]

Mars rovers have personalities of their own, Spirit, Opprotunity, Sojourner, Curiosity, and perseverance are all robots humans deeply care about, since they are stranded on mars, and humans are responsible for keeping them safe, so we get emotional when we lose one.

[@seantaggart7382]

@@tonk2629 indeed I do hope when we land We go To the rovers and Help them up For example Oppy? We Clean the dust and restart it!

[@atsf47legit]

​​@@seantaggart7382"My battery is getting low, and it's getting dark." - Opportunity

[@Dixonside69]

@@seantaggart7382unfortunately due to the lack of power to keep itself warm, most of the computers in opportunity are likely beyond repair

[@seantaggart7382]

@@Dixonside69 we can still repair it

[@rarityadf11f]

0:49 I love how they find a new method when launching the sample rocket. It just ejects and launch to the orbiter

[@funkyediting9911]

If this works, new step in spacecraft design

[@rarityadf11f]

@@funkyediting9911 yep, I agree with that

[@FNLNFNLN]

@@funkyediting9911 It'd be a first for an ascent vehicle outside of Earth's atmosphere, but on Earth, we do this all the time. Difference the rocket is usually thrown into the air with explosive charges, and the rocket is a missile.

[@jaydonbooth4042]

I love the animation for this, very high quality. It's going to be an amazing mission.

[@PenorBethith]

From what ive heard, everything in it is legit/in process right now. This mission gonna be max wilin

[@wgoulding]

@@PenorBethith it is in process

[@PenorBethith]

Hahahahaha i remember you wynton, remember bruce's final in 311? How many engines does the f-22 raptor have? Imma be real i might try for JPL at some point, i think it would be very neat being a part of those projects

[@wgoulding]

@@PenorBethith whoa, flash to the past. Remember the story about the black rocks he was given? I don't work for JPL, I work for Northrop Grumman, we design and build the rocket motors for the MAV.

[@blaster1185]

The sound design is great too!

[@AbrahamSamma]

The launch mechanism for the sample carrying rocket blows my mind. Ingenious.

[@wgoulding]

The rocket gets tossed up for a few reasons. The biggest is there would have been a risk that if the lander landed on a slope in the wrong orientation, when the rocket was lifted up, it would cause the whole thing to tip over, because it's large and heavy for the lander.

[@jacobshort6528]

Spring-loaded: SPROING!!!

[@quantumblur_3145]

@@jacobshort6528 "we fire the whole bullet. That's 75% more bullet per bullet."

[@beamboy14526]

is it really gna be launched like that?? i think it was added to make the animations look cooler.

[@micklethenickel]

@@beamboy14526 yes it's actually going to be thrown up into the air and then the engines will ignite midair

[@Leo_Henry]

Wow, I'm in shock. look at that quality. It looks a lot like a trailer for a great sci-fi movie. It's even more amazing when you realize that this is still going to happen. 🚀

[@UwU-ok2jr]

it looks like a trailer for a sci-fi movie only that its a trailer for something that's really gonna happen

[@silver-shroud]

I‘m happy to see NASA and ESA working together. Only recently did ESA’s Ariane 5 rocket launch JWST, ESA builds the service module for Orion, they’ll collaborate on the lunar gateway and have a long history with the ISS… I look forward to more teamwork in the future! (greetings from Germany 🇩🇪 :D)

[@kolar]

Same from Canada. CSA are joint members along with partners NASA and ESA in the JWST and the Artemis program. Happy to be along for the ride with our American and European friends.

[@denniss.258]

I'm also grateful that our nations work together in order to accomplish these important projects for science and technology. I hope that NASA, ESA AND CSA will cooperate more in the future. Together we can achieve amazing things 🚀😃. Greetings from Germany as well

[@motorinternet6538]

THE ORION WAS BUILT BY ITALY WITH ALENIA OR ASI.

[@karantikoo9302]

I'm happy to see ISRO working independently, while NASA relies on ROSCOSMOS for ISS

[@seantaggart7382]

In space There's no race or anything Only Us vs the stars Its that unity that makes space our united goal

[@wgoulding]

I feel so privileged to get to work on this, but also such a huge sense of responsibility to get my bit right.

[@tedsteiner]

It's nuts dude, I feel the same way.

[@mateuszbugaj799]

What's your bit in the project?

[@wgoulding]

@@mateuszbugaj799 The rocket (parts of it)

[@mateuszbugaj799]

@@wgoulding That's amazing! Do you have an idea why they chose to shoot the rocket out of the lander before ignition instead of erecting it like some companies do with full size rockets on earth?

[@larushka1]

@@mateuszbugaj799 A good friend is working on this at JPL. A lot of what you see is concept right now and will change as the mission progresses. The same friend was an engineer on the JWST and said how much the project changed from start to finished to take into account new science. But it’s definitely happening.

[@abdulmismail]

Back in 1998, I worked for a NASA subcontractor and the project was a "Martian propellant" rocket engine, using CO2/magnesium metal powder as the oxidiser/fuel combination. In 2002/3, I worked on a study for ESA on Mars sample returing using ISRU propellant and my Mars ascent vehicle was two-stage where the lower stage was "Martian propellant". But, in this case, the magnesium metal powder was brought from Earth and the CO2 was produced on Mars.

[@ramprakashgovindaraj5343]

Excited to see this sample and what it is gonna say. I wish good luck to the JPL team and NASA

[@I_dont_want_an_at]

you can't be

[@MSaleh-vy8rr]

Any biological life they find, they’ll just keep it a secret from the public. After all NASA is a Government agency.

[@a8495turtle]

@@I_dont_want_an_at ?

[@merrymonarch]

No life on Mars...

[@AmanRajJohar]

​@@merrymonarchyes maybe there is no life on Mars in present day but they are finding the ancient microbial life evidence

[@Astromath]

That's amazing! Probably the most complex (non-human spaceflight) mission anyone has ever attempted. Is this the final plan now? Because last thing I heard is that a drone might be used to collect samples

[@LokiNCSU]

It is actively evolving as the mission changes and different engineering design challenges crop up every day. Right now, two helicopters are planned to retrieve the samples and return them to the OS.

[@micklethenickel]

@@LokiNCSU It is important to note that the helicopters are there as a backup option in case Perseverance is non-operational by the time the samples need to be put into the rocket. The primary means of transporting the samples to the Mars Ascent Vehicle (the rocket) is still the rover

[@AbrahamSamma]

@@micklethenickel correct. That is why Perseverance has collected two sets of rock samples for redundancy. One set stay with the rover while the other will stay at a caching site nearby

[@LokiNCSU]

@@micklethenickel not trying to be rude or start an argument here, but the MSR Campaign level Concept of Operations that I have open here on my computer says otherwise.

[@micklethenickel]

@@LokiNCSU I'm on the SRH team and that is what we were told yesterday at the official kickoff meeting for the project. The MSR mission level conops may be from earlier this year, as the MCR for the SRH concept was done just this July. But since MCR, that has been one of the main items told to the team - that we are not meant to be the primary means of sample collection, we are a backup

[@brianhymas8671]

pretty ambitious, great work on the graphics. It will be interesting to see if they can turn this series of concepts into reality and pull it off

[@red1246]

fun fact: the rocket ejection mecanism is already working and it's quite cool to see in action

[@MrJoegotbored]

Definitely the coolest animation I've seen in a long time. Hype videos from NASA usually don't come off this well. Kudos!

[@TiagoNugentComposer]

this is the most batshit insane mission profile ever. I want it to happen now.

[@jamese9283]

Great patience is required for space advances.

[@Alxium]

The fact we went from horse drawn carriages and the first powered flight to this in just over 100 years still boggles my mind to this day. I can't even imagine what is going to happen in the next 100 years.

[@karthikramprakash]

But we’ve not gotten to ‘this’ yet tho

[@UwU-ok2jr]

@@karthikramprakash well we still got spacecrafts to Mars

[@noniche1387]

100yrs from now, humans are just trying to survive under rubbles.

[@AndrewSteffenHB]

I think this everyday... what about 10,000 years

[@funkyediting9911]

The fact that I’m even watching this on a phone no bigger than my hand that is thousands of times more powerful than any computer back in the early 80s & 90s is What boggles my mind 🤯

[@DBR00]

Special thanks to the cameraman or camerawomen for risking his or her life to bring us this breathtaking video.

[@debbieroberts76]

😊

[@ArikCool]

It's true I risked my life to bring this breathtaking video, your welcome

[@jshi3]

The complexity of this mission is insane. Good luck NASA.

[@CBikeLondon]

I don't think it's that much more complex than what they did with Perseverance/Ingenuity.

[@aMerricanAdventours]

I love the lob up and launch plan. Just risky enough to make it entertaining!!!

[@ManWit2Thumbs]

Believe it or not - riskier to launch without lobbing it up!

[@wgoulding]

@@ManWit2Thumbs Yep!!

[@wgoulding]

The rocket gets tossed up for a few reasons. The biggest is there would have been a risk that if the lander landed on a slope in the wrong orientation, when the rocket was lifted up, it would cause the whole thing to tip over, because it's large and heavy for the lander.

[@2ltclaessundstrom]

Lateral throw air ignition launch seems a bit Kerbal to me, but hey, you're the experts. All fingers crossed!

[@ashleymstewart1121]

God I can’t wait to see what all we discover with these samples. What a beautiful time to be alive.

[@avinashverma132]

maybe some dirt

[@TheAscendedbeings]

Wait until the next lifetime for the results

[@lovetoclearclouds7017]

🤦🏼‍♀️

[@SpainSpace]

I love the transcript in the NASA Web TRANSCRIPT [music] [spacecraft whoosh] [robotic whirring] [rover head whirring] [propulsion engines in distance] [propulsion roar] [loud impact] [rover wheels driving] [robotic whirring] [click shut] [metallic click shut] [metallic click shut] [music swells] [music swells] [mechanical firing] [rocket firing] [rocket roar in distance] [rocket roar up close] [propulsion firing] [mechanical release] [music] [lasers fire on] [mechanical seal] [robotic whirring and clicks] [spacecraft whoosh] [mechanical release] [spacecraft whoosh] Mars Sample Return

[@wilboersma9441]

You forgot the last one: NASA and ESA logos lol

[@jamesmylife6578]

NASA should get more funding frl 🙏

[@siddheshkambli]

Love how Percy sees it go back to earth.

[@AK-fv9pz]

1:09 Brother, it went inside the satellite, i mean it went so perfectly in such a small hole, bro now if this happens in future then this is too much like this is insane!!!!...I mean its so good I want to see it succeed...Love from india NASA❤️❤❤

[@the_peppe]

We were just primates. Now we look at Mars and return. What an amazing journey for us, human beings❤️

[@ИванВатман]

That is even more amazing - after 12000 years of development, we are still primitives - we invading other countries to take over their resources for profit of only fewer people, bombing innocent civilians and making living in other countries miserable...

[@lukaskrueger3396]

Omg this is so amazing. So beautiful... I followed the Journey of sojourner in 1997. It Just Made a Few Meters on Mars but it was amazing. I was 6 years old. Now i am 31 and Look what we have got today. Its Life-changing! I would Like to Work at the JPL... That must be awesome!

[@kailashrao1311]

Single greatest mission attempted by mankind, overshadows anything attempted so far. So pumped up to see this coming up, can't wait to experience this live on the internet as it unfolds. Kudos to JPL & the amazing engineering, exploration teams to work towards making this idea come true. The way percy looks at the rocket while it takes off is a true blue goosebump moment to witness, can't wait !

[@onEmEmbErstudios]

Perseverance, you have done a wonderful job!

[@uran238fr]

Yes, but why is it so clean. More realism please. More dust please.

[@Aldebaran80]

human ambition has no limits.

[@MoA-Reload...]

The accuracy needed to just get the lander close to Perseverance to pick up the samples is already up there BUT if that wasn't enough to get the container into orbit in just the right position and at just the right time for the return vehicle to capture it?! This is going to be an impressive achievement

[@CarlosAlejandro.-ke6gr]

Its a orbital rendezvous. It's actually one of the less complicated part of the mission. The hability of reaching orbit of that tiny missile makes me more worried about those precious samples. I think they should put the rocket and the samples In orbit first because with solid propellant i dont think they can reach a very specific orbit. AFTER its in orbit they will be able to use telemetry and match the samples orbit with the return orbiter. .

[@rameshkanishkalive]

Wow! The technology behind these are amazing 😭😭❤

[@FebiMaster]

I was shocked to see the Martian ascent vehicle looks and shoots like a guided missile, cool concept, although the launching method could add another point of failure due to launched literally instead of mounted on a small launchpad/launch boom

[@emanuel3617]

So I wasn't the only one lol that looked very unecessary and risky and I don't even know that much about rockets

[@giovannifontanetto9604]

its probably to make it clear from the base when the engine starts. The rocket exaust can break something from the base vehicle, or make it explode. NASA has dozens of people smarter than us thinking of this, there must be a good reason.

[@WarriorRev6300]

You're right, I think they're just making this animation(mission) look cooler in the video. Actual launching will be different i think.

[@floydfanatics9965]

@@WarriorRev6300 Yeah, but we all though curiosity sky crane was was crazy too

[@micklethenickel]

@@WarriorRev6300 we're actually launching the rocket almost exactly how you see in the video! The reason it's being thrown into the air first is to set its rotation before we fire the engines. If we were to launch the rocket like we would on earth, any small vibration in the lander, even with a guiding rail, could throw the rocket trajectory completely off, possibly causing it to launch in an entirely undesired direction. So we throw it up to make sure it's pointing the right way, then as its falling down, we can ensure that it will not be rotating off-course

[@natsirt9809]

Wow. That docking idea is pretty insane. I hope it will work. Getting a sample back to earth will be huge.

[@StalePhish]

It seems so convoluted, but then again, so did the Curiosity rover landing, and it worked on the first try!

[@colinberg3342]

To be fair its can't really get any simpler

[@seantaggart7382]

@@colinberg3342 indeed Because we can't use parachutes since its Really thin atmosphere

[@Z.O.M.G]

Not that many idiots claiming NASA is fake and such in the comments, I'm pleasantly surprised

[@TravisLee33]

Little rocket launch was awesome

[@Phoenix-jd4yf]

Why is this making me emotional, also love how they gave the rover personality

[@AbhishekSanyalTGV]

I always used to think about how advanced things would be 3-4 centuries from now. The best way to imagine that is to think what would astronomers like Galileo, Copernicus, Halley, Newton, Aryabhatta and others would think about these missions. Hats off to those working on this ambitious project, along with those who put together this very inspiring video :)

[@srivathsananand9884]

Absolutely beautiful!!! The complexity involved in such a mission is insane. Best of luck to NASA and every other organisation involved.

[@Dolcosy]

This is the history in our history books we need to tell in the future if everything goes to plan

[@lm10gaming10]

Perseverance rover watching as a human as the first of many witness for first rocket launch from martian surface😀.All the best NASA and JPL From India 🇮🇳

[@MrChippyman4]

Can't wait to see this mission work.

[@imEden0]

I visited you and saw your scale model for the MAV. Great stuff you're working on there

[@fotmheki]

Based! Doing it in that way will be for sure more weight effective, as from Mars to orbit we need 3800 m/s of delta-v and another 5710 m/s for come back to LEO so a bit more to perform some aerobreaking manouver! Can't wait to watch the return!

[@clayel1]

they'll be going straight from mars transfer to entry, its actually not that difficult and its been done before from larger orbits with comet return missions

[@Mottbox]

Rocket Lab has essentially completed contracts for nearly every required aspect of this mission.

[@LauraWoodmansee]

🚀 Loving this video. It’s exciting and beautifully done. Can’t wait to find out what’s inside each sample. ⭐️

[@Jahangir_Hossain_CA]

Awww, the little river turning its head while watching the rocket go away was so cute.

[@MythicMagus]

I hope you'll give us video of this portion of the mission too, just like you did for the most recent rover's landing.

[@billotto602]

GO NASA ! I grew up in the early 60s. You guys were bulletproof back then. You can do it again ! Take your time. Follow the rules. Don't let politicians push you.

[@amcoffeeguy]

What!!!! Thats got to be one of the coolest video clips I have ever seen. I can not wait untill this is reality. Go NASA!

[@eugenekohn7946]

ERIK TOZZI, just wanted to say, I work in the opera, and your father was SO KIND TO ME many decades ago when I was starting out,,, I love him, will always be grateful to him, will always be a huge admirer of his huge talent, and I send you warmest greetings !!! Eugene.

[@klaviator7547]

That rocket pop up and launched to the space is super dope Together , we can create miracle Go NASA Go JPL Go ESA Go Humanity

[@KeritechElectronics]

Interesting! The liftoff from Mars, rendezvous with a satellite/spacecraft and using a conical reentry module all reminds me of Apollo scaled down to a teeny tiny size. A joy for ever.

[@TheStockwell]

The optimism and audacity of this project is astonishing. We sent a rover to gather samples on Mars - and we'll figure out how to get them to Earth at a later point. That's like sending coffee beans and a French press to Mars because, eventually, astronauts will arrive and need a hot cup of joe to reward themselves with. 👨‍🚀 + ☕ = ❤️

[@adamengelhart5159]

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[@wgoulding]

It's being worked on right now

[@TheStockwell]

@@wgoulding I know. The updates are amazing! 🚀

[@gentlegiant4067]

Honesetly I lose this video because of one part specifically. At 0:50 you see the rocket being ejected and it's engines come roaring to life. You are so used to associating rockets with negative connotation as weapons of war, humanities destructive capabilities. Yet here we see it with this inspirational grandiose score, showcasing the absolute best humanity has. The next step in a very very long series of steps towards space exploration. It is magnificent, and when you put all of our might together, humanity can achieve truly awe inspiring power in service of humanity and the greater good.

[@andreabalzarini6615]

Love the animation. It seems to be very difficult mission

[@julianemery718]

I mean it's amazing we have the tech to get to Mars at all, really. It'll be a feat for sure getting these samples back to earth. I can't even imagine how much work that would need.

[@red1246]

arguably one of the hardest misson ever, roseta was a breeze compared to this

[@gumnaamaadmi007]

SO MANY things will have to go right for this to happen. I cannot imagine the engineering challenges that this mission will present. Hoping for the best. All the very best, NASA and ESA!

[@gaetanocamporeale]

Fantastico speriamo nella riuscita del progetto

[@rvd597]

My daughter was having a Fancy Dress Competition in School where she pretended to be a Space Scientist… Her mission was to examine samples sent by a space ship in Mars this video feels like Déjàvu

[@randomalt9617]

Okay, this is overly ambitious… I love it!!!

[@realsemig]

'Spacecraft whoosh' So inspiring

[@caryglennchristensen9037]

We can do it!!!

[@siddheshmarathe7490]

The rover looking at the takeoff of the rocket was so beautiful as it's going back to home after a meet-up.

[@OliverTheSpaceNerd]

I hope perseverance gets footage of the launch!!

[@Jim54_]

Europe and America, together we can do anything

[@greateagle2076]

I hope it all goes according to plan, this is gonna be Huge! I wish you luck NASA!

[@Pafkatax]

Can we just appreciate how much work NASA puts in to discover some new stuff about the universe? Not gonna lie,i've always had a dream to work for NASA.

[@OzoneSeba]

They want to do it this way?! Im speechless :O

[@craigmackay4909]

You got this JPL.

[@arnhemseptember2009]

Can't wait!

[@wgoulding]

I'm sorry to say you'll have to wait for a dozen years 😄

[@FemboyModels]

Thanks for making science fiction science reality

[@964cuplove]

Please make that happen during my lifetime !

[@wgoulding]

We'll do our best, just hang in there for another dozen years!

[@a8495turtle]

Humans will go there in your lifetime

[@jimmoriarty5451]

Imagine the sadness the rover & lander felt after the capsule's departure.

[@SpaceNewsPod]

EPIC!

[@gainpoint3800]

Goosebumps

[@darracqboy]

The way the rocket pops out of the lander looks risky, but I’m sure the rocket scientists will figure it out!

[@MrGoMario]

It might look risky to you but that method is quite well understood and thoroughly tested. It is used on a daily basis in #Ukraine 😁 #ManPad

[@gary1868]

It's how some missiles are launched, like ballistic missiles they are popped out of the tube and thrusters start firing to get the right angle and main thrusters ignite and the rocket starts to fly away.

[@ShenghongZhang]

That missile way of launching, wow

[@Cadolyst]

Mouthwatering!!

[@bedrock30_]

I’m so excited to see this happen one day

[@MarkArandjus]

So many points of failure, this is like four missions in one, but if anyone can do it, it's NASA and ESA!

[@siddheshmarathe7490]

Every country shall work for this NASA ,ESA ,ISRO ,ROSCOSMOS ,JAXA etc

[@camerongledhill5238]

KSP2 looking sick!

[@sashathebesta6126]

That’s awesome!!!

[@degenetron7590]

The amount of things that have to go right, wow I really hope this works. Seeing Perseverance watching the rocket go back to earth is an oddly beautiful thing

[@cez19]

Have the rocks been returned to earth? If not, when then? I wanna see it live

[@lisab.3091]

Just amazing.

[@astro_zdenek]

JPL has once again shown that it can create beautiful animations👍

[@LokiNCSU]

Fast forward to 0:50 for the part that I work on!

[@wgoulding]

My main part I work on is at 0:51!

[@LokiNCSU]

@@wgoulding I have another part at 0:52

[@wgoulding]

@@LokiNCSU The Rover camera watching the launch?

[@LokiNCSU]

@@wgoulding It's complicated.

[@wgoulding]

@@LokiNCSU Gotcha

[@kennedyngandwe2792]

This will be remarkable

[@TheMertolumert]

Astonishing

[@seantaggart7382]

I can't wait till we do it Bringing samples back could confirm so much like: Is there evidence of life? What minerals make up mars? Can Some of those minerals be made into useful Metals?

[@herok4306]

Mind blowing.. ❤❤❤❤

[@gollem148]

I like how it went from having cache samples on the ground for another rover to collect and return them to Perseverance now doing that.. That made more sense originally anyways. I'm curious about how much shielding from space radiation the samples will have for the return trip, if any.. I'd presume it wouldn't have much just incase there are active microbes within the samples. They'd be considered potentially life threatening but if they die from the radiation, we'd still see the evidence of them contained within the samples.

[@mightymoaman2485]

Bit scared about the rocket ejection during launch. Can anyone rationalise that decision for me?

[@wgoulding]

Needs to get clear of the lander before the motor is fired.

[@rocketman3174]

It needs to clear the lander so nothing is damaged. Also, remember that mars has 1/3 of earth’s gravity, so it’s easier to do.

[@kerbalengineeringsystems7415]

in addition to the above, there's also the concern that rotating the rocket upright on the ground could unbalance the entire thing and cause it to tip over if it's landed on a slope.

[@8mfg9neuland06]

Mars "simple" return 😄 Thumbs up and finger crossed.

[@Mp57navy]

The amount of possible failure points is staggering.

[@wgoulding]

The same was said about the JWST. You are right, there are a lot. But nothing worth doing these days is easy.

[@a8495turtle]

It is literally rocket science