On The Way To Mars

Lets Fly · Jul 30, 2020

Got this screen shot off my video this morning of the Perseverance launch to mars. From 100 miles away no drone interference.

Tentoes · Jul 30, 2020

Cool photos!

All my life I've wanted to go to Canaveral to see a space flight.

sch · Jul 30, 2020

nice shoot !!!
yep Perseverance had some issues at launch and it is at "safe mode" as i know ....

Cobra193 · Jul 30, 2020

I don’t see it..

Tentoes · Jul 30, 2020

Cobra193 said:
I don’t see it..

The streak of cloud going roughly vertical. Remember, it's a hundred miles away.

Hauptmann · Jul 31, 2020

I wonder what happens when they press the RTH button?

Lets Fly · Jul 31, 2020

I don't know how I got 4 photos up there, but here's another one from higher up

with the horizon level. Don't forget it is carrying a Mini copter which will be the first aircraft to fly on another planet.

NeverCrash(lied) · Jul 31, 2020

I just hope we see a “Pilot Check In” on one of these Pilot forums when it arrives at Mars in February. ?

Lets Fly · Jul 31, 2020

Cobra193 said:
I don’t see it..

Remember in order to see it take off from the ground, I would have to had gone up just over 7,000 feet which of course we can't do. The ocean horizon on the right is about 23 miles away.

DaveS · Jul 31, 2020

Hauptmann said:
I wonder what happens when they press the RTH button?

If it was a DJI spaceship it may or may not come home to Earth and it may, or may not land on the land pad!

Deleted member 93449 · Jul 31, 2020

Tentoes said:
Cool photos!

All my life I've wanted to go to Canaveral to see a space flight.

I got to see one totally by accident. I forget which Shuttle mission it was but it was one that had been delay a bunch of times and I totally forgot about it. We happen to be at Disney when all of a sudden everyone turns east and I look around to see this huge plume of fire and smoke in the sky. The launch I'd forgot about had happened. Another time I didn't get to see it but I heard and felt it. I was visiting a friend that lives in Port. St. Lucie and sitting in his Livingroom when there was a loud "BOOM" that shook the whole house. It was the Shuttle's sonic boom on it's way to landing at the Kennedy Space Center.

itsneedtokno · Jul 31, 2020

I've seen almost every launch... Shuttle or Rocket since about 1997.

If I didn't have occasional seizures my dream was to be an astronaut.

I missed this today, as I was at work, so thank you! The saddest part is I work about 20 miles from Canaveral. I felt it, but couldn't leave my "post".

itsneedtokno · Jul 31, 2020

Tentoes said:
Cool photos!

All my life I've wanted to go to Canaveral to see a space flight.

It's worth it

Especially since you are a drone pilot, you'll like it even more.

EricJT · Aug 1, 2020

Hauptmann said:
I wonder what happens when they press the RTH button?

It self destructs.

Lets Fly · Aug 1, 2020

The RTH is going to happen but not with Perseverance. This rover will collect sample with a drill, the samples will be about 1/2 inch wide and 2 1/2 inches long.
They will be left in a specific place to be picked up for a RTH by another spacecraft which should be launched 2026, or 28 and the return in 2031. I'll be 80 by then
so I hope I get to see it. Drilled from the bottom of a lake bed it should show signs of life, past or present Fingers crossed.

Hauptmann · Aug 1, 2020

EricJT said:
It self destructs.

Totally off topic: I see you're from Toronto. Would you mind replying to the following post: Hey guys please let me know a location that is ideal for flying

He lives in GTA, and is having trouble finding a place to fly.

Thanx!

EricJT · Aug 1, 2020

Hauptmann said:
Totally off topic: I see you're from Toronto. Would you mind replying to the following post: Hey guys please let me know a location that is ideal for flying

He lives in GTA, and is having trouble finding a place to fly.

Thanx!

Sure, I will reply to your attached link.

I guess my previous post didn't pass the humour filter.

Hauptmann · Aug 1, 2020

Lets Fly said:
The RTH is going to happen but not with Perseverance. This rover will collect sample with a drill, the samples will be about 1/2 inch wide and 2 1/2 inches long.
They will be left in a specific place to be picked up for a RTH by another spacecraft which should be launched 2026, or 28 and the return in 2031. I'll be 80 by then
so I hope I get to see it. Drilled from the bottom of a lake bed it should show signs of life, past or present Fingers crossed.

Hope FAA doesn't get upset because it's flying beyond VLOS. And those Martian HOAs....

Frustrated · Aug 4, 2020

Cool. nice to see a safe lift off. I saw a shuttle blow up, not cool.

Lets Fly · Aug 4, 2020

Frustrated said:
Cool. nice to see a safe lift off. I saw a shuttle blow up, not cool.

Yes, I was on the beach and watched also, people around me were saying what was that. Having the knowledge of the flights
and following the space program from the start, I said, you just saw seven people die. Sad day indeed.