Today the NASA Mars Rover “Perserverance” joins two other rovers in a truly international display of scientific unity and cooperation as three different exploratory missions will be operating on Mars simultaneously. That is assuming that Perserverance is able to make a successful landing this morning!
This is also a welcome opportunity to slip away from our Earthly challenges and change our perspective on our own state of affairs down here. Take some time today to direct your attention to exploration, dreams and maybe even a little escapism as you follow the Perserverance today. It will hopefully join Tianwen-1 from China and “Hope” from the United Arab Emirates on the surface of Mars and do lots of good science.
Go to the NASA link “under successful landing this morning” for updates and how to follow the mission.
Watched the live feed from NASA today over the noon hour. Love those control room scenes of jubilation when the landing comes off OK. Ah, also we was invested in the landing to the tune of $3 Billion. So, great – good job. Nice we are cooperating with China on this exploration. It would be nice if we knew they were sharing everything. They do have a long history of deception. But, until proven otherwise I will give them the benefit.
I do hope that China will use this opportunity to be a team player and take action for the greater good. NASA did a great job on this. I’ll be following that little helicopter!