Subj : Landing on Mars: Seven Minutes of Terror
To   : Alan Ianson
From : August Abolins
Date : Tue Feb 16 2021 06:49:25

On 2/15/2021 3:28 AM, between "Alan Ianson : All":

>                   Landing on Mars: Seven Minutes of Terror
>                            Video Credit: NASA, JPL
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>    Explanation: Starting Thursday, there may be an amazing new robotic
>    explorer on Mars. Or there may be a new pile of junk.

This event on FEB 18 ought to be interesting.

I would bet that something will go wrong.

But if the landing succeeds.. looking at the robotic machine, I would bet that its myriad of gears and moving parts would quickly disintegrate due to the fine Martian soil flying around.

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