This weekend, on Mars... (in the very near future)
UPDATE: okay, okay, okay....so my time machine is playing havok with me at the moment, I got my timeline out of sync.... apparently this event is NOT GOING TO HAPPEN for another 3 WEEKS! But, it will happen and I imagine the following will still be 100% valid :-) ..... so...this weekend will be noted by most people as being pretty much the same as the past X amount of weekends during the COVID-19 lockdown...it'll involve minimal "going out", maybe an essential trip to the supermarket and far too much viewing of Netflix or Amazon Prime. However, I am a little shocked (but not surprised) about the total lack of news / information that this weekend is also the time when 'Perseverance' is going to land on Mars. Yes, yet another piece of robotic NASA junk is going to be hurled at Mars, drive around a bit, crush some rocks, gather some questionably grainy images and pretty much not do much and be a total waste of "normal" peoples time.... Well..... this tim...