2021-02-17, 04:36 AM
They were testing the Perseverance Mars Lander's Vision System. I just learned this while trying to fall asleep watching my YouTube feed which includes a subscription to NASA's channel. I was enjoying this video prior to launching into dreamland when at 1:17 my eyes got big as I recognized a scene from DEVA and then two more scenes. Check them out here and see if you can ID them. Spoiler Alert: I've labeled the scenes below the link so don't peek or cheat before you view the video.
https://youtu.be/dfveEbxxnzk
I am assuming NASA selected DEVA for two primary reasons.
1. The terrain resembles that of Mars. Click here and at 24:00 you'll see how DEVA resembles the river beds, sand dunes, mountains, craters, and terrain of Mars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-M1Jb7FlSg
2. DEVA is close to Pasadena, CA home of The Jet Propulsion Lab.
I did some more digging on NASA DEVA testing of Perseverance and found these links if you have more interest.
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/videos/?v=454
https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/22494/na...te=insight
Video Testing Scenes
1:17 Zabriskie Point
1:20-31 Death Valley Airport - Furnace Creek with The Panamint Mountains to the west and way off on the horizons the Funeral, Grapevine, and Cottonwood Mountains.
https://youtu.be/dfveEbxxnzk
I am assuming NASA selected DEVA for two primary reasons.
1. The terrain resembles that of Mars. Click here and at 24:00 you'll see how DEVA resembles the river beds, sand dunes, mountains, craters, and terrain of Mars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-M1Jb7FlSg
2. DEVA is close to Pasadena, CA home of The Jet Propulsion Lab.
I did some more digging on NASA DEVA testing of Perseverance and found these links if you have more interest.
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/videos/?v=454
https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/22494/na...te=insight
Video Testing Scenes
1:17 Zabriskie Point
1:20-31 Death Valley Airport - Furnace Creek with The Panamint Mountains to the west and way off on the horizons the Funeral, Grapevine, and Cottonwood Mountains.
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