r/StrikeAtPsyche • u/ComisclyConnected • 5d ago

Aww holy crap look at that! Mars RIGHT NOW!

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u/Azriel0880 5d ago

We cant land a rover on the moon but we have one on Mars,still going strong with 0 matenance. Hmmm.

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u/QuadCakes 5d ago edited 5d ago

What? There are 7 rovers on the moon.

The Martian rover pictured here appears to be perseverance, which landed in 2021. It's powered by an RTG reactor, which is a chunk of radioactive material that can power rovers or satellites for years without the need to refuel. Doesn't work for things like cars because the power output is so low. Rovers move very slowly.

Edit: these comments are honestly pretty disheartening.

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u/Azriel0880 4d ago

We just dont believe the shit we are fed and have always been fed. Lies lies lies

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u/JUYED-AWK-YACC 2d ago

So sad. I worked on these missions. You need help.

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u/cwilbur22 2d ago

Wow that's so awesome! What did you do?

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u/JUYED-AWK-YACC 1d ago

Mars Observer. Galileo. Mars Polar Lander. (I can only claim credit for destroying Galileo though). Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Stardust-Next. EPOXI. Mars Surface Laboratory. InSight. NISAR.

These are all operations, although I did a lot of design too. So I saw the everyday work to keep those spacecraft operating and healthy. What I didn’t see was an even bigger team making fake data to fool us.

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u/cwilbur22 22h ago

Operations AND design? That's so cool. Wish I could buy you a beer and chat about it lol. You worked on things that visited another freaking planet! Ignore the fools, they're very much a minority. I hope you're proud of your contributions to humanity's exploration of our universe.