Perserverance landing on Mars: Amazing footage !

[John]

This happened 4 days ago and 211 million km away on this tiny little pink planet that I was observing with my telescope a couple of hours ago. Simply astonishing stuff

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-56158928

[ScouseSpaceCadet]

Who would have have thought a few years ago, we would be watching on the telly a hi-res video of a landing on another planet. Incredible.

It's just all flippin' incredibly amazing.

It's too exciting. I'll definitely need sedation when humans land!

[Swoop1]

Cool footage. Love the way it expands on the description I listened to on the night.

[Marki]

That is truly astonishing! Thanks for the link!

 

[Marvin Jenkins]

Thank you for that link John, mind blowing. I really got a grand scale feeling as you see that heat shield fall away and stay in shot. The quality of the footage very impressive, it was easy to pick out the gap in the wall of the crater just to the right of the landing.

Marv

[F15Rules]

Thanks John.

No additional words needed from me. 

Just a sense of awe, wonder and humility.

And a heartfelt wish that back on Earth, we and our governments will truly rise to the challenges of saving our beautiful blue planet from turning into another red one..

Dave