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Just for future reference:
You can add names to the missions to Mars.
Sign up with NASA and add your kids or your name to the list and it gets etched on to a plaque that is attached to the probe/rover. Both my kids names are on Perseverance. They get a ticket/boarding pass that you can print out too. The kids think it's cool (and I do too).
Here's the link.to sign up for the next one although I'm not sure when it will be..
mars.nasa.gov
You can add names to the missions to Mars.
Sign up with NASA and add your kids or your name to the list and it gets etched on to a plaque that is attached to the probe/rover. Both my kids names are on Perseverance. They get a ticket/boarding pass that you can print out too. The kids think it's cool (and I do too).
Here's the link.to sign up for the next one although I'm not sure when it will be..
Send Your Name to Mars Reservations Update
Send Your Name to Mars is not currently open for reservations. We will reopen reservations closer to a future launch date. If you have already signed up to send your name to Mars on NASA’s next flight to the Red Planet, your spot is reserved. Stay up to date by signing up for one of these […]
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Nice one! Thank youJust for future reference:
You can add names to the missions to Mars.
Sign up with NASA and add your kids or your name to the list and it gets etched on to a plaque that is attached to the probe/rover. Both my kids names are on Perseverance. They get a ticket/boarding pass that you can print out too. The kids think it's cool (and I do too).
Here's the link.to sign up for the next one although I'm not sure when it will be..
Send Your Name to Mars Reservations Update
Send Your Name to Mars is not currently open for reservations. We will reopen reservations closer to a future launch date. If you have already signed up to send your name to Mars on NASA’s next flight to the Red Planet, your spot is reserved. Stay up to date by signing up for one of these […]
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Has anyone found a NASA video feed more suited to grown-ups? Fed up of the dumb hype presented by the NASA kindergarten 
Has anyone found a NASA video feed more suited to grown-ups? Fed up of the dumb hype presented by the NASA kindergarten
Lol, their feeds are aimed at American adults... ;-)
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I've since realised that the JPL raw feed is the place to be. Real time, factual, telemetry etc no hype,Has anyone found a NASA video feed more suited to grown-ups? Fed up of the dumb hype presented by the NASA kindergarten
https://www.youtube.com/user/JPLraw...gwAHoECAEQAg&usg=AOvVaw0sigX8kIcRQUt7KW21Muy-
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I watched this presentation last night, about the Apollo 11 Guidance Computer. Its long but fascinating, and clears up a few misunderstandings such as that Armstrong 'saved the lander by taking manual control at the last minute'. Of interest to nerds like me, it shows the "verb/noun" interface ("read xxx", "load yyy", "show zzz etc") and the fact that it was integer-only 15-bit maths (ie no floating point maths) so it had half the precision of PA Tiny Basic. With only 2k of memory, each program was loaded when required, these programs were named "P" and 2-digit number, eg P63 was the Braking Phase, P64 was the Approach Phase. With no programs running, the empty parse loop was program zero zero - P00 - and was known as 'Poo'
1969-tech at its best, well worth watching.
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Did anyone spot the meteor last night?
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Fireball meteor 28 FEB 2021 at 9:54 pm
Meteorite producing fireball spotted across the UK on 28 FEB 2021 at 9:54 pm
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Thanks @Ghost - clear sky here but failed to see them! However, I’m nicely frozen now, if that counts!!!
