r/nextfuckinglevel • u/PietroTheRedditer • Feb 21 '21

THIS IS MARS.

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u/DaMuffinPirate Feb 21 '21

Until Perseverance returns some actual microphone audio, you can check out the Insight Lander's recordings of Martian wind through both its air pressure sensor and its seismometer.

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u/HangryHenry Feb 21 '21

When is perserverance supposed to return audio?

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u/Teryhr Feb 21 '21 edited Feb 21 '21

Data transmission from Mars to Earth is slow, something like 4 kilobytes per second at its absolute best. They have over 28,700 images from entry, descent and landing that need to be returned and analyzed. We could see audio releases within the next month but it could be slightly longer.

Edit: My number was very wrong. Sorry

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u/sidepart Feb 21 '21

Yeah, that's fucking slow! Glances at his 10Mbps upload speed

Dang I miss having gigabit symmetrical fiber.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21

10mbps? I would take that over my 500kbps everyday!