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The joke is that these audio samples, as opposed to rock samples, would be "the first Mars sample return." Additionally, the comic might be a reference to [https://samplesfrommars.com// Samples from Mars], a company that sells sampled audio from older instruments for digital music production. | The joke is that these audio samples, as opposed to rock samples, would be "the first Mars sample return." Additionally, the comic might be a reference to [https://samplesfrommars.com// Samples from Mars], a company that sells sampled audio from older instruments for digital music production. | ||
β | The | + | The mouseover text {{w|Anthropomorphism|anthropomorphises}} the rover, suggesting that the drop to the surface was so frightening for it that it was screaming as it descends. |
The period between entry into the Martian atmosphere and touchdown on its surface has been dubbed the "Seven Minutes Of Terror", mainly for the terror felt by the mission controllers on Earth, rather than the lander, as they are unable to make any useful corrections to a craft that is hundreds of millions of miles/kilometres away. The round-trip communication delay significantly exceeds the whole of the passage through the thin atmosphere, so they have to rely on whatever pre-arranged autonomy they engineered and programmed into their craft beforehand, and hope they {{w|List_of_missions_to_Mars#Missions|anticipated all eventualities}}. | The period between entry into the Martian atmosphere and touchdown on its surface has been dubbed the "Seven Minutes Of Terror", mainly for the terror felt by the mission controllers on Earth, rather than the lander, as they are unable to make any useful corrections to a craft that is hundreds of millions of miles/kilometres away. The round-trip communication delay significantly exceeds the whole of the passage through the thin atmosphere, so they have to rely on whatever pre-arranged autonomy they engineered and programmed into their craft beforehand, and hope they {{w|List_of_missions_to_Mars#Missions|anticipated all eventualities}}. |