65dBnoiseFeb 7

"Well, here we are!"
John Boone, first man on Mars
Red Mars, #KimStanleyRobinson

#Perseverance has unstowed its robotic arm and it appears to be ready for some close examination of rocks in the vicinity of Lac De Charmes.

Processed, undistorted, cropped FRONT_HAZCAM_LEFT_A mosaic
looking SW (214°) from RMC 84.1192
Sol 1766, LMST: 14:29:00
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01766/ids/edr/browse/fcam/FLF_1766_0823723576_926ECM_N0841192FHAZ02008_12_095J01.png

Credit: #NASA #JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

#Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space #SciFi

Show thread65dBnoiseFeb 7

By the way, John Boone, the first human to set foot on Mars (in #KimStanleyRobinson's #MarsTrilogy) was from Minnesota, born there in 1983.

Yeah, Minnesota.

#USpol #SciFi #Minnesota

Show threadJoseAC
@65dBnoise Hi, have you read the entire trilogy?
They speak very highly of Red and Green .
Feb 8 at 7:56amWeb
Show thread65dBnoiseFeb 8
@JoseAC
Yes, I have. Blue Mars offers settlement and closure to the unsettling of Red and Blue Mars, or, depending on how one sees it, an 100% American happy ending.
Show threadJoseACFeb 8
@65dBnoise Okay, thanks.