Nasa's InSight Mars mission successfully launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base

NASA's InSight lander will drill into the planet's surface to a depth of 16ft to measure the planet's temperature , detect wind speed at the surface and deploy seismometers to detect Mars quakes in an effort to understand the core of the planet , this will be the first mission to study the interior of the red planet.

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Thank you for sharing this. I can't wait for the results! It is always awesome to see what humans can accomplish.

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only 6.5 months until touchdown (hopefully) a bit curious about how wall-e and eve (marco 1-2) will fare on the long trip to mars, being so small

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Much better way to push tech innovations than going to war, don't you guys agree?

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Absolutely , if the will was there we'd have a bases on the Moon and Mars by now but bases don't keep the MIC wheels a turnin , war is good for business.

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Cool! They made it!!

They should have been all hip and called it NSight!!

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They should have been all hip and called it NSight!!

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Happy Cinco de Mayo, sir!!



PS - Keep us up to date on Project Event Horizon! One of my favorite threads!

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I live in the coastal CA town very nearby. It was foggy as is usual here, but the rocket was a big one. Town is packed and hotels all booked. Lots of local NASA pins and posters promoting it. Pretty cool to see something so global and beyond happen here locally. Now to play “gone til november’” on YT. Lol