Things can get lonely on Mars. NASA’s four-wheeled robot has been cruising the red planet for more than three years, and is only just now navigating the harsh terrain Losing his friend wit. But a Martian spacecraft may have found a way to communicate with us from 140 million miles away. Because let’s face it, everyone loves a good old penis joke.
The Perseverance rover recently took an unfortunate shortcut on Mars, and its path followed the shape of a massive Martian sausage. NASA equipment Released An image of a map of an ancient river channel on Mars, overlaid with the path the robot took between January 21 and June 11. The result is a giant penis drawn on the sand of Mars. Is it a lucky coincidence or a stroke of genius to build a good relationship? IT is up to you.
Aside from the large Martian bar, NASA’s Mars rover arrived at an area dubbed Bright Angel on June 9 to search for evidence of carbonate and olivine deposits along the interior of the rim of Jezero Crater. The area is characterized by light-colored rock outcrops that may have been eroded by the river or sediment that filled the channel, according to NASA.
Perseverance had difficulty reaching Bright Angel due to the rugged terrain. “We started parallel to the canal at the end of January and performed well. We advanced, but then the boulders became larger and more numerous,” Evan Graser, deputy chief strategic route planner at Perseverance, said in a statement. “What the average pulses were more From one hundred meters per Martian day it decreased to only tens of metres. “It was frustrating.”
When Perseverance encountered more large boulders along the way, the vehicle’s automatic navigation system, or AutoNav, would often shut down after deciding the route wasn’t to its liking. However, the expedition’s navigation team found a shortcut through the ancient river channel.
“We were watching the river channel just to the north as we went, hoping to find a section where there were small sand dunes,” Graesser said. “The dunes are feeding on the Mars rovers, and far enough away that the rover could pass between them, because the dunes are known to “It eats Mars rovers.” We also needed an entrance ramp that we could get down safely. When the images showed both, we went straight for it.
The rover traveled 656 feet (200 meters) in one sol and reached a hill covered in interesting rocks you’ve never seen before on Mars. “The diversity of textures and compositions at Mount Washburn was an exciting discovery for the team, as these rocks represent a collection of geological gifts brought back from the crater rim and perhaps beyond,” said Brad Jarzynski of Western Washington University in Bellingham, co-director. For the current scientific campaign, in a statement.
After leaving Mount Washburn, Perseverance traveled 433 feet (132 m) north to investigate the geology of another region of Mars, nicknamed Tuff Cliff, before making its four-sol-day, 605-meter (1,985 ft) journey to Bright Angel. We are sure that the vehicle not only reached its destination, but also had some fun along the way. Shameless bastard.
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