At Last! NASA Found What it Was Looking For on Mars | InSight Probe Supercut

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    InSight is a mission to study the interior of Mars. Learn more about the mission and its goals in this complete saga.
    In this video, we'll take you through the entire history of InSight, from the launch of the mars Insight lander to the success of the mission so far. We'll cover everything you need to know about this exciting mission to Mars!

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  • @pixelbucket8884
    @pixelbucket8884 ปีที่แล้ว +322

    You'd think by now we'd include some way to dust the panels off.

    • @TheStockwell
      @TheStockwell ปีที่แล้ว +68

      That was a problem for earlier missions. The newer Mars rovers use Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators and are not reliant on solar power. 🚀

    • @potatochips5282
      @potatochips5282 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Yeah they should use the drones propellers while attached to the Mars Rover to remove the dust!

    • @rook5503
      @rook5503 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      They've got to save some turn of the century tech for the next century

    • @potatochips5282
      @potatochips5282 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@rook5503 No kidding eh! Haha

    • @AhHereWeGo
      @AhHereWeGo ปีที่แล้ว +22

      A couple motors to tilt the panels so it could fall off would have worked

  • @Cassinblanca
    @Cassinblanca ปีที่แล้ว +35

    That handshake at 28:25 is pure awesome. Dedication, excitement, and comraderie personified

  • @eamonia
    @eamonia ปีที่แล้ว +24

    The Mole just goes to show how easy it is to get hyper focused on certain details and completely disregard so many other possibilities which may hinder its intended progression. It kind of reminds me of SpaceX trying to land SN-XX and failing until someone said, "How about we try all three rockets to land it and if one doesn't work, we'll still have the other two available rockets to land the thing." They spent so much time on trying to get just two rockets to work that they completely overlooked the obvious solution of trying all three and cutting one off if indeed they all fired. Lo and behold, the thing worked. Gold star for the stupid guy in the back.

    • @jamesstead-yv4fl
      @jamesstead-yv4fl 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      What do you expect when most humans are thick as 2 short planks

    • @RobinTheBot
      @RobinTheBot 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@jamesstead-yv4flincluding you?

  • @occamsrayzor
    @occamsrayzor ปีที่แล้ว +369

    It's been an amazing privilege to watch these robotic missions. The engineers and scientists who ran these missions are truly the best of the best.

    • @simonmultiverse6349
      @simonmultiverse6349 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's a God-awful small affair
      To the girl with the mousy hair

    • @vomm
      @vomm ปีที่แล้ว +7

      If they are the best of the best, why don't they come up with the idea that any two-year-old would come up with, to make the solar panels rotate 180° so that the dust just falls down?

    • @staszekgobi
      @staszekgobi ปีที่แล้ว +2

      no!!! space is a place not a project. robotic or otherwise...

    • @bitpumpkinn2923
      @bitpumpkinn2923 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@vomm the dust doesn't jusdt 'fall off', martian and lunar dust stick to things like glue due to static charge

    • @liquidtvafternoons5315
      @liquidtvafternoons5315 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@vomm That's not how dust works; people with glasses can't just shake dust off of their glasses even on earth, same situation with SP's

  • @salt-emoji
    @salt-emoji ปีที่แล้ว +123

    I like how Alex humanizes the rovers, it reminds me that there are real people, huge teams of them, that care a lot about these robots, Mars and what mysteries it still holds, I know I do.

    • @tankourito5419
      @tankourito5419 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      One day these little robots will have an actual personality.

    • @admiralrng6506
      @admiralrng6506 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tankourito5419 I am already thinking of things that I shouldn't be thinking of...
      *cough* Nier...

    • @MARILYNANDERSON88
      @MARILYNANDERSON88 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I always ask my kids, how many people worked on this product before we purchased it. Once one kid got a job at walmart,, she says: You are right, Grandma, people do make and move all these products!

  • @kingsleyandrews1284
    @kingsleyandrews1284 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    The voice, the narrative, the level of scientific accuracy, the journalistic integrity, your ability to captivate emotionally and intellectually 11/10 🔥

    • @StinkyQueef-hr9sd
      @StinkyQueef-hr9sd ปีที่แล้ว

      The clickbait picture and titles. This guy is a joke.

  • @Xane69
    @Xane69 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I'm not a science major people but this content is just somewhat relax and nice to learn.

  • @WWeronko
    @WWeronko ปีที่แล้ว +26

    One of the more interesting discovers was when when on 24 December 2021, InSight registered vibrations equivalent to a magnitude 4.0 marsquake. Satellite images of a 150-meter-wide crater later confirmed that a meteor had struck thousands of kilometers away from the lander. This particular shock excited seismologists because unlike previously recorded impacts, it was strong enough to produce surface waves.

  • @chosentonessournotes
    @chosentonessournotes ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Isn’t it amazing? We live in a time where we get to see photos of the surface of Mars, a clear, high resolution picture of Pluto, we are going to see another mission to the moon very soon, we are studying the moons of the gas giants, we get to see incredible pictures thanks to JWST… Truly blessed!

    • @patrickdurham8393
      @patrickdurham8393 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      But we still can't get clear pictures of the guy who held up a Walgreens!

    • @chosentonessournotes
      @chosentonessournotes ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@patrickdurham8393
      That’s on Walgreens then innit? Too cheap to spend money on HD cameras. Shameful.

    • @tankourito5419
      @tankourito5419 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do you mean Artemis 2? I've hard it won't be until 2025 now, which I think is really sad. I was hoping it would be next year or 2024. But I haven't had time to double check that.

    • @tankourito5419
      @tankourito5419 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And yeah, it's exciting. Next year is going to be such a big year for space missions too. In fact the next 3 are. Huge years. And we're lucky to see it.

  • @juni_purr
    @juni_purr ปีที่แล้ว +157

    Thank you for this video. I appreciate your storytelling skills. Unlike some science channels that just throw facts at viewers, you weave a compelling narrative relating human goals and ideals along with the data.

    • @petegriffin8149
      @petegriffin8149 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      wow you got a reply from a bot

    • @jameshamilton2480
      @jameshamilton2480 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And the vocal performance is top quality... really feel the pathos and other emotions

    • @TransitionedToAShark
      @TransitionedToAShark ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😂

    • @rayreed6039
      @rayreed6039 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@petegriffin8149 do X zL❤😂🎉😅

    • @petegriffin8149
      @petegriffin8149 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@rayreed6039 Say what... I don't speak emojis...

  • @mavadelo
    @mavadelo ปีที่แล้ว +137

    What an amazing mission. Thank you for this insight into InSight. 10/10 content as always.

  • @danidavis7912
    @danidavis7912 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    Outstanding video! As an armchair planetary astrophysicist and enthusiast, I applaud this educational effort. The geology and potential paleontology of Mars is fascinating. I'm looking forward to what we will learn in the coming decades. I hope I'm around to see it all.

    • @BoEkingster
      @BoEkingster 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      yup... I am with you

  • @420Khatz
    @420Khatz ปีที่แล้ว +18

    The best part of these videos is always getting to see the scientists and mission control people celebrating their achievement.

    • @ultramindcontrolrealzz8367
      @ultramindcontrolrealzz8367 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah they make 150k a year of my tax money to do nothing nice

    • @420Khatz
      @420Khatz ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ultramindcontrolrealzz8367 wym do 'nothing'? nasa, along with most government funded space agencies around the world, have achieved some absolutely incredible things.

  • @1ralton1
    @1ralton1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    It's a shame that the solar panels were not equipped with a cleaning mechanism. I envisage a long thin brush possibly pivoting in the centre of each panel array and could revolve to wipe over all panels. Maybe the brush head could rotate also to increase effectiveness. But I guess hindsight is a wonderful thing.

    • @RobertSmith-oc5nf
      @RobertSmith-oc5nf 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I see wipers that don't touch the panels but blow high compressed air out of small air nozzels to clean all dust

    • @RobinTheBot
      @RobinTheBot 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      You would think, but I've asked a lot of people and the message is *it's harder than it looks!*
      A wiper is just sandpaper with extra steps. People don't realize how different it is with basically no atmosphere and absolutely no water. You can't compress air to use, because frankly, there isn't enough and it's full of dust too. Worse, this dust is WAY finer than anything you're likely to find on earth... Water makes things clump up, but there simply isn't any on Mars. Dust can be as arbitrarily small as you like.
      To learn more, learn about Lunar Dust. The final boss of dust management!
      It's a genuinely impossible engineering challenge, we've tried many times and many ways. You see the siesmometer had a wiper, but only until it was placed against the ground. So it's only meant to work once or twice, and did not need to be optically clear.
      Managing dust in space in general is a nightmare. The electricity and mass both attract dust in space. Imagine a world where wiping dust out wouldn't send it away, but just above the surface only to inevitably drift back.

    • @dianewoods6066
      @dianewoods6066 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thanks for
      Explanation.

  • @HoopTY303
    @HoopTY303 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Hearing that seismic noise is so subtle yet haunting in such a wonderful way!

    • @groadybones
      @groadybones ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I found it kinda anxiety inducing

    • @parabelluminvicta8380
      @parabelluminvicta8380 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@groadybones yep and if someone goes there in the future he will have to live with constant little marsquake. Living in Mars will be more difficult than what people have predicted.

    • @alphagt62
      @alphagt62 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@parabelluminvicta8380 of that I’m sure. Even with all the many problems we know they will deal with, how many problems do we not know yet? It’s a long, long way from home.

    • @tankourito5419
      @tankourito5419 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@alphagt62 Aye it is. It's why I'm happy for them to take their time with Mars compared to the Moon. Some people still want people on Mars by 2026 and they probably wouldn't survive two days.

  • @onedude9427
    @onedude9427 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Your editing around the audio clip from the martian winds, where you come back in on half volume, is very much appreciated dear video editor--Probably saved me from some tinnitus 🤙🤙

  • @smeeself
    @smeeself ปีที่แล้ว +47

    MORE MORE MORE.
    I didn't even realise this was a supercut.
    THIS is the way I want my family to understand space exploration.
    Thank you.

    • @astrumspace
      @astrumspace  ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Thank you! To be fair, the individual episodes had to be heavily edited to turn this into a supercut as they weren't originally written for that purpose, so it basically is a new video. That might be why you didn't recognise the content!

  • @sagecoach
    @sagecoach ปีที่แล้ว +84

    Outstanding coverage and yes this was helpful in grasping the efforts of the people working such missions. The story is in the details. Thank you.

  • @Minimeister317
    @Minimeister317 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    As an amateur geologist, InSight was one of those missions that I was most excited about. Thanks Alex, for making this video about InSight.

  • @tedwalford7615
    @tedwalford7615 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I really appreciate hearing the details of the equipment and operational challenges! First it shows us, as engineers, the range of circumstances and variability we need to at least try to accommodate for in our designs. Second, it's a compelling human story. Thank you!

  • @mj6962
    @mj6962 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Always a joy to watch your videos. This channel is one of the most educational and informative channels on YT. Thank you for sharing all the knowledge!

  • @tolkkeen
    @tolkkeen ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Excellently presented yet again Alex. Thank you

  • @Druss2012
    @Druss2012 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    You are the best Alex. keep making amazing videos

    • @dhamcaleb8684
      @dhamcaleb8684 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ny name jeff

    • @indianastan
      @indianastan ปีที่แล้ว

      Whoa
      When is the wedding 💒💍?

  • @zam6877
    @zam6877 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I learned so much about Mars in just one video
    This is a wonderful gift...thank you

  • @rodrigosenra2693
    @rodrigosenra2693 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I wish people of the world pay more attention to great educational content like this. Thank you for sharing such good quality material with us.

    • @corrinthe
      @corrinthe ปีที่แล้ว

      When I feel we re looking after earth I'll allow myself to get excited about the billions spent on Mars and its seismic quivers

    • @rodrigosenra2693
      @rodrigosenra2693 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@corrinthe good for you

    • @RadeticDaniel
      @RadeticDaniel ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@corrinthe you do know there is plenty more people, brainpower and money to go around to do a million times over the same for earth, right?
      and that planetary projects produce science that can be used anywhere, regardless of how profitable it is in the present...
      you are aiming your frustration at the wrong place, specially if you came to a 35 minutes video on the topic
      but i'll reply anyway because it increases video stats in youtube's search and recommendation algorithms

    • @corrinthe
      @corrinthe ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RadeticDaniel if the planet wasn't being treated with utter contempt there'd be no issue, it's of course not a matter of resources.

    • @RadeticDaniel
      @RadeticDaniel ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@corrinthe exactly my point, the billions spent are not the issue for you either and even if this knowledge was free you'd still be upset about something else.
      So your comment is more a rant than any kind of argument for anything at all

  • @AKUSUXs
    @AKUSUXs ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Ideas to help remove dust... Something like a CA Duster that would move in a circular pattern around the panels every so often? Or be able to tilt the panels so they are vertical (maybe not even that much) and then a small vibratory motor to shake the panels and help the remove the dust. One other thought, a small compressor (if that's possible to compress Martian Air) that can send compressed air through small openings scattered around each panel.

    • @clinicallyinane8098
      @clinicallyinane8098 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      There are a hundred ways to improve Insight's design. Given that weight and volume are a big factor, I was thinking of a compressed air cylinder with hoses and small diffusers pointing at each panel. It would only be a few grams, and something the size of a pellet gun cartridge would keep them clear for years. Use argon for extra mass. The gas would be so dense compared to Martian atmo that it would blast the dust away. Run the bot until it's on its last legs, then release a puff and go right back to work.

    • @AKUSUXs
      @AKUSUXs ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@clinicallyinane8098 Good ideas!

    • @khairulhelmihashim2510
      @khairulhelmihashim2510 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      put a rotor blade on top of the panel to blow dust. a small wind turbine also can generate extra electricity.

    • @volvo245glt
      @volvo245glt ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fold/unfold the panels again to get the dust off, fire those rocket thrusters to shake the lander... Surely they would've found a way if they wanted the mission to continue and had more of their budget to spend on extending it.

    • @AKUSUXs
      @AKUSUXs ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @BB Sky The air pressures is also a lot lower so there's less molecules thwt can move. I think that means a 35 wind on Mars would feel a lot less stronger.
      The opening scene in The Martian could not happen on Mars, as far as the amount of dust, particles, and wind strength.
      If this is not correct please let me know.

  • @saab0009
    @saab0009 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Big thanks to you, Alex for your amazing work throughout this year! Love your channel. Happy New Year!

  • @carsongbaker
    @carsongbaker ปีที่แล้ว +28

    You're a really great storyteller! As always, appreciate your insights 😉

    • @billfarley9167
      @billfarley9167 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Have to justify all that cost somehow. BTW, if vast amounts of minerals are found on Mars, guess who reaps the rewards? Private corporations. In other words, billions of taxpayers dollars will be spent to find the ore in the first place, then private corporations will step in to profit. In the very least 50% of the profits should go back to the government once production is ongoing.

  • @robbierobinson8819
    @robbierobinson8819 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    As with your other videos, this has very high educational value which your excellent script together which great narrative skill makes them quit astounding. In this one, you humanized InSight so well that at the end I felt a pang of sadness out of place for a machine. Congratulations and please don't get bored with making these videos.

  • @ThatHoodlum19
    @ThatHoodlum19 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks again for another brilliant ep. Amazing as always. :)

  • @mariedoyle8834
    @mariedoyle8834 ปีที่แล้ว

    How lovely seeing these young fellows getting excited and performing what looks like some precise, complex series of movements during this fraternal handshaking ritual.

  • @aggonzalezdc
    @aggonzalezdc ปีที่แล้ว +2

    25:20 "It's spirit was willing, but it's power reserves were weak."
    I feel ya little buddy...I feel ya...

  • @The_Modeling_Underdog
    @The_Modeling_Underdog ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Excellent video, Alex. Really enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing.

  • @Trex531
    @Trex531 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow Alex! This was better than a Natgeo documentary! Thanks! Your job is amazing!

  • @These4Chords
    @These4Chords ปีที่แล้ว

    28:26 - I gotta say, there is something so wholesome about seeing NASA professionals sharing a secret handshake like a couple of kids upon a project's success.
    Merry Christmas everybody.

  • @TheEnderCentralTEC
    @TheEnderCentralTEC ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm always so pumped when a new Astrum video drops

  • @eyecomeinpeace2707
    @eyecomeinpeace2707 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Splendid overview. Well done!

  • @jimwestmoreland5694
    @jimwestmoreland5694 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I wish Robotic missions like these had been carried out when I was much younger. They are truly incredible, every one of them.

  • @davidcase1762
    @davidcase1762 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you - Beautifully written, narrated, and visualised.

  • @berrodude
    @berrodude ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Not only are these video's satisfying my thirst for knowledge about these subjects, it also puts the incredible work of these people, which would often go unseen by the vast majority, on display. They deserve to be as famous as rock stars for what they are able to achieve for mankind. WE HAVE PICTURES FROM THE SURFACE OF OTHER PLANETS! That is just mind blowing to me. Thank you Astrum, and thank you to all the many fine people that endeavour to progress humanity to the stars.

  • @prawnmikus
    @prawnmikus ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wonderful! Thank you so much for the hard work.

  • @4leggedhomosapiens934
    @4leggedhomosapiens934 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Never Stop Making this Videos,,,❤️❤️❤️

  • @juliadean2473
    @juliadean2473 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Really enjoyed the way this video was put together making the mission very comprehensive.

  • @mwj5368
    @mwj5368 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Brilliantly written script and once again so well narrated with your lucid voice! You have a real gift for teaching and condensing a lot of scientific data to be understandable for one with just my lay perspective. THANKS!

  • @vibhav_m
    @vibhav_m ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Incredible video. Definitely do more supercuts.

  • @Karagoth444
    @Karagoth444 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Fantastic homage to an insightful mission. I hope the Phoenix lander platform can be improved with dust mitigation, since I have no doubt it could have outlived even Perseverance and perhaps be joined by additional seismic sensing landers.

    • @Appletank8
      @Appletank8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Issue is missions often come with limited lifespan requirements, this time 2 years only. Anything over is a bonus. If your mitigation system requires mass, it takes away space for other instruments, or increases cost. Oppy going for 15 years is great, but not planned/designed for.

  • @marxman00
    @marxman00 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One of the stage crews contact lenses , WELL DONE that is truly AMAZING !!!

  • @gjbuyken
    @gjbuyken ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the video. Great quality, Thoroughly enjoyed it :)

  • @nerd26373
    @nerd26373 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    You have such remarkable content to share. We look forward to seeing more insightful content like this.

  • @dr.a006
    @dr.a006 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It would be awesome to also send rovers, etc. to the volcanic crater of Olympus Mons or in the deep areas of Valles Marineris to learn what types of geology, weather, etc. exist there.
    Kind of like our Mt. Everest or Mariana Trench.

  • @stevedow2740
    @stevedow2740 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This video was outstanding. One heck of a good job. Way to go...😊

  • @davideggleton5566
    @davideggleton5566 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fabulous report ... Thanks for sharing -- and for explaining as you go (such as the audio enhancements for human hearing etc). Fascinating data :)

  • @mrs6968
    @mrs6968 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I followed this whole mission via Twitter so this was great to read it all stitched together with far more depth thank you very much for this awesome video

  • @monferno1
    @monferno1 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I can’t wait to see what is in the cave systems of mars

    • @justice_1337
      @justice_1337 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      probably rocks

    • @dhamcaleb8684
      @dhamcaleb8684 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Myname jeff

    • @damiworld
      @damiworld ปีที่แล้ว

      @@justice_1337 A whole colony of Dwayne Johnson's

  • @IndianMusic.shorts
    @IndianMusic.shorts ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you bro ❤️😀 i always love the way you present in your videos. Even now i love space science more n more ❤️❤️ love from India 🇮🇳

  • @koro5555
    @koro5555 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video! The way you made it, it gives life to the Mars project

  • @szczupak7587
    @szczupak7587 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You should think about interactive kids books with that storytelling :D

  • @paulheydarian1281
    @paulheydarian1281 ปีที่แล้ว +326

    *Mars will do what it must to repel all invaders.*

    • @Timesend
      @Timesend ปีที่แล้ว +5

      😆

    • @cyberwop
      @cyberwop ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Mars is completely inhabited by robots

    • @kiriuxeosa8716
      @kiriuxeosa8716 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      *makes bigger sandstorm*

    • @youlocalshitposter7232
      @youlocalshitposter7232 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@cyberwop haha misi- ...
      *oh wait its true*

    • @juchan_tyt
      @juchan_tyt ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cyberwop well i slightly disagree. We definitely have introduced single celled organisms like bacteria to Mars when we introduced robots. Mars probably hides single celled life too. Everything is possible.

  • @SocailInteruption
    @SocailInteruption 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Me and my space head 4yr old loved this. Excited to have found your channel!

  • @kevinscott7292
    @kevinscott7292 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I used to work as a fence builder.
    In New England, instead of digging, we used pneumatic air hammers to pound steel pipes into the ground for our posts.
    Dirt is unpredictable. One rock can throw you off. It was a two man job, with one man on the trigger and another just keeping the post straight. But the most important factor was gravity - the more your hammer weighed, the better it would drive that steel into the ground.
    I wish the NASA techs could have known this before attempting to bring a hammer to Mars light enough for a space craft!

  • @bendeschutter9630
    @bendeschutter9630 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Crazy how there can be technology that provides working signal between earth and mars yet the router in my garage struggles to give me wifi on the toilet.

  • @Daeraug81
    @Daeraug81 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love your videos. I was really into astronomy as a child. Today, my expertise is cartography and earth science, but I love listening to your videos while I work.

  • @AngelCatBaby
    @AngelCatBaby ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love this channel. Awesome info…..it shows how much we still have to go in understanding Mars, let alone in understanding the universe…..HIGH 5

  • @michaelcoghlan9124
    @michaelcoghlan9124 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Jeff that was fascinating thank you very much, we have so much to learn but so little time to get it done. Take care. M

  • @camthekiller121
    @camthekiller121 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Nasa honestly needs to start building in cleaning measures to their rovers and landers

  • @jimorlowski5051
    @jimorlowski5051 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Good helpful mission summary: thank you, it is wonderful to have your terrific sorting of 'things' into a sensible prioritized order.

  • @michael_mouse
    @michael_mouse ปีที่แล้ว

    ... superb presentation... bravo Astrum!

  • @Huhujadu
    @Huhujadu ปีที่แล้ว

    now this is a very good channel. always looked for one like this one and finally found it

  • @feralbluee
    @feralbluee ปีที่แล้ว +3

    the “machines” humans are creating are absolutely incredible. i love find out about our sister planets. when i was a kid in the ‘50’s, Mars still had canals. (read Ray Bradbury’s Mars Chronicles. they’re quite dated, but Martians are fascinating.) :) ☄️

    • @willemvandeursen3105
      @willemvandeursen3105 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @feralblues,
      In Solaris, an intelligent planet conjures up and materializes memories of humans. I feel that Bradbury's Mars - or its indigenous life forms, the 'dark and golden eyed' - works in the same psychological way.
      Bradbury's Chronicles are poetic and have a rural American feel; a "sitting on porches in the evening and drinking dandelion wine" kind of atrmosphere. The rockets that bring the colonists from Earth are never described in detail, It's like the Earth people even imagined their space ships. Same with the oxygen and autumnal weather conditions. Ray was at least so subtle to not call Mars "Barsoom"...

  • @TheStockwell
    @TheStockwell ปีที่แล้ว +3

    To address a complaint seen in a lot of comments: dust on solar panels was a problem for earlier missions. The newer Mars rovers use Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators and are not reliant on solar power. 🚀

  • @Dudleymiddleton
    @Dudleymiddleton ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for another wonderful video! :)

  • @jameshamilton2480
    @jameshamilton2480 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Those two little cubesats remind me of the probes from Star Trek.

  • @dannym5865
    @dannym5865 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    It still boggles the mind how the InSight team didn't think to implement an integrated plan B option for the case of the stuck digging mole. Something as simple as making it retractable by tether or claw in case it got stuck or hit rock or even fell over on the surface, case in point.

    • @conmcgrath7174
      @conmcgrath7174 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Likewise deploying solar panels in a known dusty environment and hoping that some spurious 'dust-devil' would come along and give them a good clean! Solar panels 101, they need to be kept clean. I'm seething at the awesome ingenuity compromised by incredible stupidity!

    • @eekee6034
      @eekee6034 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@conmcgrath7174 I couldn't call it "incredible stupidity" when the majority of the lander lasted longer than expected, but I'm still puzzled. I can't understand why it had by far the most powerful solar panels of any lander or even rover to date. Why did it need so much more power than even a 1-ton rover? Could it have been designed to use less power, so the solar panels could have taken less of the mass budget, allowing the mole to be heavier and more complex? (Just being heavier might have helped it burrow.)

  • @Bitchslapper316
    @Bitchslapper316 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I haven't seen you cover curiosity. It's still sending back amazing photos 11 year in.

    • @astrumspace
      @astrumspace  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I have two ongoing Mars series with Spirit and Perseverance. I don't want to overwhelm everyone with rover videos.

    • @Bitchslapper316
      @Bitchslapper316 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@astrumspace I think you meant insight not spirit but yeah I understand. Curiosity is such an amazing rover that sends back so much data from a unique area of mars but it doesn't get much attention.
      I understand you do make a lot of videos and there is no way to cover everything. Thank you for the content and the reply, much appreciated.

  • @pmiecz
    @pmiecz ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Another amazing video, Gracias!

  • @quentinmyself
    @quentinmyself ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely thrilling ! Thanks so much for this video !

  • @seditt5146
    @seditt5146 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    To me this has all told me Terraforming Mars would be far easier than expected as it might be as easy as breaking the surface crust up and getting it moving again at which point the atmosphere will thicken, water will start to be released in mass quantities as much is under ground and locked in rocks and simply stirring the pot again might bring life back to the planet within a couple centuries instead of many millennia that most methods would take.

  • @Cyan37
    @Cyan37 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    With how often dust becomes a problem for any kind of mars lander/rover...you'd think they might come up with an idea to combat it at some point.

    • @TheStockwell
      @TheStockwell ปีที่แล้ว +14

      They have. The newer Mars rovers use Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators and are not reliant on solar power. 🚀

    • @Cyan37
      @Cyan37 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@TheStockwell Nice to hear, didn't know that!

    • @Cooky00123
      @Cooky00123 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Maybe like a windshield wiper for the solar panels, the mission could have lasted years longer than it has.

    • @sudonum3108
      @sudonum3108 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was wondering whether the helicopter they had on the most recent Mars mission would be of use in blowing dust off the solar panels?

    • @nct948
      @nct948 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheStockwell impressive knowledge! thanks for sharing

  • @carolsabo3408
    @carolsabo3408 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lovely video! Thanks for posting it.

  • @scebseeb6462
    @scebseeb6462 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    absolutely wonderful and detailed video.

  • @CatchingVibes-et9zv
    @CatchingVibes-et9zv ปีที่แล้ว +8

    If you think about the entire weight of an atmosphere being stripped away from a rocky body with a liquid core. The crust would expand and create fractures that could go all the way down to the core. If you take heat and the elements found there into account it would be at a much higher pressure than the surface. So the magma would ooze out like a gusher on its way to a low pressure area.
    This could also explain the vast amount of unground water that we have detected. The planet quite literally opened up on the inside and some of the surface water found its way in before it was stripped away.

    • @Phosphorite05
      @Phosphorite05 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That actually makes a lot of sense

    • @ferengiprofiteer9145
      @ferengiprofiteer9145 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      At sea level, we're only 14 pounds per square inch from hard vacuum. Mars never had near that much air pressure. I don't know that the pressure loss had much effect in it's solid body. Mars's gravity couldn't have been affected much.

  • @alexdemoura9972
    @alexdemoura9972 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Did anyone notice that the team members checking the retractable solar panels had black cables sticking out of their suits attached to small poles? Some on the wrist, some on the back, and some on the chest or neck. I assume these are grounding cables for electrostatic discharge so as not to affect the equipment's sensitive electronics - or does anyone have another idea?

    • @juhajuntunen7866
      @juhajuntunen7866 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Possible, used in electronic repair and manufactuting.

  • @jasenjahn
    @jasenjahn ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing content. Enjoy your writing the most.

  • @danshiro1779
    @danshiro1779 ปีที่แล้ว

    Am I the only one who plays Astrum to fall asleep? Alex's voice is so calming. I love to listen to Astrum especially when it's raining ✨

  • @adonisjackburns7017
    @adonisjackburns7017 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    With all the tech used for probes and rovers, why haven't they stocked any of them with a simple brush? They got robot arms and drills and seismographs, super high tech gizmos, but they let dust block the solar panels as if there's no solution..

    • @rarebird_82
      @rarebird_82 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know right? Or even an air powered cleaner to blast the dust off? Like a reverse hoover/air jetwash? They have rockets strong enough to land vertically, surely they could make an air jet to blow away the dust. Tbh they've wasted trillions over my lifetime alone on Mars Missions, taking pictures of dust 🙄🥱

    • @mavadelo
      @mavadelo ปีที่แล้ว

      That is the"problem" with supersmart techies... They can invent the most incredible things but overlook a simple everyday object. It has happened often enough a million dollar projects was halted or failed due to the lack of some simple "no tech" items.
      Smart people are not always bright people ;)
      heck...dare I say... if they would think of bringing a brush or cleaning cloth, they would first engineeer it into oblivion

    • @smeeself
      @smeeself ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But to extend the life of the mission, at the expense of the breadth of the mission is a big call.

  • @l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l
    @l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l ปีที่แล้ว +2

    How hard could it have been to duct tape a brush to the side of the arm to clean the panels 💀

    • @justanotherviewer1282
      @justanotherviewer1282 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Probably would cost another 50$mil to attach some brush and they scraped off the idea of it idk, i was thinking the same too, built an advanced instruments put it in a rocket and flew onto another planet yet can't attach a simple brush or any cleaning item on it, sure things are not the same on earth as on the surface of mars but there has to be something right?

  • @nocturnalsimulacrum6385
    @nocturnalsimulacrum6385 ปีที่แล้ว

    A hot day on Mars is only 2 degrees colder than winter here in Minnesota! Love it

  • @udittlamba
    @udittlamba ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I eagerly await a video from this channel everyday!

  • @pragyarai9363
    @pragyarai9363 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I am really curious about mars

    • @dhamcaleb8684
      @dhamcaleb8684 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My name jeff

    • @pragyarai9363
      @pragyarai9363 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dhamcaleb8684 oh so what i have to laugh

    • @paulheydarian1281
      @paulheydarian1281 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm more curious about Uranus.☻

    • @dhamcaleb8684
      @dhamcaleb8684 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pragyarai9363 depends..up to you gona be uptight for no reason about it?

    • @dreadstone7226
      @dreadstone7226 ปีที่แล้ว

      i am curious about the insight and perserverance of mars.

  • @OdeInWessex
    @OdeInWessex ปีที่แล้ว +5

    As a curious layperson I really appreciate your efforts in conveying some very complicated science into easily digestible bits for someone like me to understand and doing it really, really well. So much effort must go into your vids that I very much appreciate. I was slightly less keen on the anthropomorphism of the machinery. I know it adds to the drama, especially for kids who might be watching this but still. The mission was amazing and all credit to Nasa and it's scientists for pulling it off. I was intrigued when you made a comment on the state of Mars's environment as 'currently' - do you think at some point in the future there will be an attempt to colonise the planet and make it's environment less forbidding to humans? Thanks again and I hope you have a lovely Christmas and a peaceful New Year!

  • @167curly
    @167curly หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a fascinating video about what was learned about Mars' makeup, despite unexpected snags. Thank you. 👍

  • @Richardj410
    @Richardj410 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great work thanks for sharing this great info.

  • @m2pozad
    @m2pozad ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Unforgivable oversight not being able to clean the panels.

    • @TheStockwell
      @TheStockwell ปีที่แล้ว

      That was a problem for earlier missions. The newer Mars rovers use Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators and are not reliant on solar power. 🚀

  • @dhamcaleb8684
    @dhamcaleb8684 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    My name jeff

  • @albeit1
    @albeit1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What Insight need was plastic covering its solar cells that could be rotated through a brush capable of removing the dust. That’s extra weight, of course. But space launches are getting cheaper.

  • @VoltisArt
    @VoltisArt ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I figured I'd be skimming one 50-minute video about rocks on Mars. (Rocks...for 50 minutes...really? Yes, really!)
    Three videos watched straight through and almost two hours later, I've just subscribed.
    Very well presented and compelling content. The "humanizing" of these scientific instruments complimented in other comments really isn't over-done, either.

  • @devroombagchus7460
    @devroombagchus7460 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    And still people talk of colonizing Mars?

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      @Jessica-gy4nw ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @davidevans3227
    @davidevans3227 ปีที่แล้ว

    this channel does fantastic videos
    thankyou so much

  • @louismiller7
    @louismiller7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A lot of money spent just dig a little hole .