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− | This comic is a play on dual meanings of the word "sample". The day before this comic was published, NASA successfully landed a new rover, {{w|Perseverance (rover)|''Perseverance''}}, on Mars; part of its mission is to drill and scoop Martian rock and dust from the surface, store it in tubes, and leave them on the surface for collection by a future mission which will return them to | + | This comic is a play on dual meanings of the word "sample". The day before this comic was published, NASA successfully landed a new rover, {{w|Perseverance (rover)|''Perseverance''}}, on Mars; part of its mission is to drill and scoop Martian rock and dust from the surface, store it in tubes, and leave them on the surface for collection by a future mission which will return them to earth. If successful, this would be the "first Mars sample return" in history. |
“{{w|Sampling (music)|Samples}}” can also refer to short snippets of recorded sound used in music. ''Perseverance'' is the first Mars mission to land on Mars with microphones too, so it would be possible to use audio ''samples'' from those microphones musically, e.g. using a {{w|Loop (music)#Modern looping|looper pedal}}, which lets a musician play short samples of music and then repeats them back live as if it were another musician. Using a loop pedal would make sense if the sample includes a tune that repeats throughout the song—or that could repeat throughout the song. This is similar to [[411: Techno]]. | “{{w|Sampling (music)|Samples}}” can also refer to short snippets of recorded sound used in music. ''Perseverance'' is the first Mars mission to land on Mars with microphones too, so it would be possible to use audio ''samples'' from those microphones musically, e.g. using a {{w|Loop (music)#Modern looping|looper pedal}}, which lets a musician play short samples of music and then repeats them back live as if it were another musician. Using a loop pedal would make sense if the sample includes a tune that repeats throughout the song—or that could repeat throughout the song. This is similar to [[411: Techno]]. |