HOLEEE SHIT. I had not heard that Perseverance has a microphone onboard. So this is the first time we will actually be able to hear sounds on another planet. Sure, it will probably just be wind, but... holy shit!
No video or audio from Mars yet. https://www.wusa9.com/mobile/articl...iral/507-038ff6fe-0282-4354-9067-3c0f2fdff24c
So there was a not-so-secret code in Perseverance's parachute... https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/secret-message-parachute-1.5925673
This is the module on the rover to test how spacesuit materials are affected by Mars. If you can spot the Easter Egg, then you’ll know the name of the module.
How long before crazies like Richard Hoagland are spinning this into some kind of occult symbolism? Looks an awful lot like sperm and egg.
that's pretty much true for all mission critical CPUs. They use older design radiation hardened devices. Still, it annoys me there's a mac crawling around mars.