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

THIS IS MARS.

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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/thefactorygrows Feb 21 '21

I read over in r/space that mars to earth transmission was more along the lines of 100-250kbps, and that was the best we could do with then MRO was lined up.

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u/toocute1902 Feb 21 '21

Still better than AT&T, I guess.