The Insane Engineering of the Perseverance Rover

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Get a year of both Nebula and Curiosity Stream for just 14.79 here: http://www.CuriosityStream.com/realengineering and using the code, realengineeringWatch this video on ad free on Nebula: Vlog channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMet4qY3027v8KjpaDtDx-g Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2825050&ty=h Facebook: http://facebook.com/realengineering1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brianjamesmcmanus Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEngineering/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thebrianmcmanus Discord: https://discord.gg/s8BhkmN Get your Real Engineering shirts at: https://standard.tv/collections/real-engineering Credits: Writer/Narrator: Brian McManus Editor: Dylan Hennessy Animator: Mike Ridolfi (https://www.moboxgraphics.com/)3D Animator: Eli (social handle: TwisterEli) Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net/) Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster https://twitter.com/forgottentowel References: [1] https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spacecraft/rover/wheels/#:~:text=The%20Perseverance%20rover%20has%20six,and%20curve%2C%20making%20arcing%20turns [2]https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/zeroing-in-on-the-target [3] https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/mission/science/landing-site/ [4]https://www.mdpi.com/2411-9660/3/2/22/pdf-vor [5] https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spacecraft/rover/electrical-power/ [6] https://rps.nasa.gov/about-rps/about-plutonium-238/#:~:text=Credit%3A%20U.S.%20Department%20of%20Energy,as%20a%20piece%20of%20paper. [7] https://fas.org/nuke/space/pu-ulysses.pdf [8] https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/plutonium-238-production.html [9] https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2000/ast13nov_1#:~:text=Most%20of%20the%20station's%20oxygen,hydrogen%20gas%20and%20oxygen%20gas.&text=The%20hydrogen%20is%20used%20for,is%20released%20into%20the%20atmosphere[10] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S009457651630203X[11a] https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spacecraft/rover/electrical-power/[12] https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/fs_moxie_150908.pdf [13] https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spacecraft/rover/sample-handling/ [14] https://mars.nasa.gov/mars-exploration/missions/mars-sample-return/ [15] https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spacecraft/instruments/sherloc/ [16] https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spacecraft/instruments/pixl/[17]https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11214-020-00740-4 [18] https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/6-things-to-know-about-nasas-ingenuity-mars-helicopter Thank you to AP Archive for access to their archival footage. Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator Songs: Thank you to my patreon supporters: Adam Flohr, Henning Basma, Hank Green, William Leu, Tristan Edwards, Ian Dundore, John & Becki Johnston. Nevin Spoljaric, Jason Clark, Thomas Barth, Johnny MacDonald, Stephen Foland, Alfred Holzheu, Abdulrahman Abdulaziz Binghaith, Brent Higgins, Dexter Appleberry, Alex Pavek, Marko Hirsch, Mikkel Johansen, Hibiyi Mori. Viktor Józsa, Ron Hochsprung

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