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Electrical engineer
Marveling at the world

Lots of Martian rocks and landscapes, looking all too familiar, but don't be fooled by that: Mars is an inhospitable toxic planet. Let's not mistake fiction for reality.

I like dirt and rocks, but I Am Not A Geologist (IANAG).

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65dBnoise, to random
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Warm greetings to those 2000 people who chose to receive my occasional 65 dB bursts of space, tech, art, and political noise, thus turning them into messages bearing meaning rather than letting them slip into obscurity "like tears in rain" ¹
(I obviously disapprove of the word "followers")

For those technically inclined, 65 dBA is a legal limit for outdoors noise at residential areas.

The Fediverse.
Such a lovely place.

¹ like tears in rain: A nod to Rutger Hauer's monologue in Blade Runner.

65dBnoise, to space
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Meanwhile, "boring" #NASA keeps on operating a very real rover (actually two , including #Curiosity) on another planet.

Here, the rover appears to have reached a rocky milestone on its way to its next science target, Bright Angel:

Quick NAVCAM_RIGHT mosaic
looking W (270°) from RMC 52.7624
Sol 1174, LMST: 14:40:13

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01174/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NRF_1174_0771169741_566ECM_N0527624NCAM03174_01_195J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

#Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

65dBnoise, to space
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New location for #Perseverance, bringing it to just ~80m from its next target: Bright Angel.

Map made with #QGIS using data from #NASA's #MMGIS along with imagery and DTMs from #USGS and #HiRISE

#Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

EUCommission, to random
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🗳️It is the final day to have your say!

Today these countries will vote in the #EUelections2024:
🇵🇹 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇱🇺 🇧🇪 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇩🇰 🇸🇪 🇫🇮 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 🇵🇱 🇦🇹 🇸🇮 🇭🇺 🇭🇷 🇷🇴 🇧🇬 🇬🇷 🇨🇾

Democracy starts with YOU.
#UseYourVote or others will decide for you.

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@EUCommission
"Have your say"? LOL! Sounds like something a king would say to his subjects.

A couple observations:
• "or others will decide for you" is ironic if you think of it. We are indeed voting for others who will decide for us.
• "Democracy starts with YOU" + "PARTICIPATING DIRECTLY in decision making processes" is what real democracy is. Referendums are such, but are scary.

→ Despite all that, the EU representative system works miracles, compared to any existing alternative.

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@ruthpozuelo @EUCommission
A direct democratic process could be mandatory, yes, since individuals bear responsibility for their own decisions. But an individual cannot be held accountable for what a representative does for the next 4 years, especially since those representatives cannot be recalled, if they fail to deliver on their promises and can misuse the trust invested in them.

There is a difference between a representative and a delegate. The use of prepositions in Greek is telling:

65dBnoise, to space
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Mars sample return:
Back to the drawing board

NASA is moving forward with 10 studies to examine more affordable and faster methods of bringing samples from Mars’ surface back to Earth. The following companies and proposals were selected:

• Lockheed Martin
• SpaceX
• Aerojet Rocketdyne
• Blue Origin
• Quantum Space
• Northrop Grumman
• Whittinghill Aerospace
• NASA centers
• JPL
• JH/APL

More: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-exploring-alternative-mars-sample-return-methods

65dBnoise, to space
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Sandy horror

Processed MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 63mm
looking S (183°) from RMC 52.6980
Sol 1171, LMST: 14:39:19

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01171/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1171_0770903350_928EBY_N0526980ZCAM09210_0630LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

65dBnoise, (edited )
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The rest of the sandy horror.

Martian rovers are known to paralyze by fear and die, when they encounter such creatures.

(In memory of 's Spirit)

65dBnoise, to space
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Yin and Yang, embracing 😀

Processed, cropped MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 63mm
looking SW (218°) from RMC 52.6980
Sol 1171, LMST: 14:42:01

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01171/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1171_0770903516_928EBY_N0526980ZCAM09210_0630LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

65dBnoise, to SpaceX
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LOL! Sorry (not really) to be a party pooper, but are we supposed to cheer for each and every time they test a rocket? Whether it explodes on the launch pad, in mid-air, upon re-entry or upon landing? Have we done so with other tests? Like with NASA's tests, which are paid for directly by the taxpayer?

No, we haven't. So then, wake me up when the tests are done with and a usable rocket can fly and transport cargo and people safely to somewhere.

That's how success will be measured.

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@ottaross
I've done tests professionally, extended in scope and time, also other risky stuff, maybe "heroic" too (definitely heroic, by today's ridiculous use of the word) a couple of times. No one cheered, I was just doing my job. In fact, I'd be very suspicious if someone did cheer; either they'd have no clue about the job, or they'd have not done their own part as they should, and cheered for those who did.

We'd congratulate each other for a successful test, and then go for the real thing.

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@krystman
Did I miss it? I didn't see anyone cheering in there during those 3 hours, except maybe for the commentator who did it silently, and NASA definitely didn't gather a crowd to cheer.

Thanks for the link.

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