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   Message 393 of 1,840   
   Wilfred van Velzen to August Abolins   
   Re: 7 minutes of terror   
   22 Feb 21 21:52:34   
   
   TID: FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815   
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   PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20161221   
   MSGID: 2:280/464 603419b6   
   REPLY: 1:153/757.21@fidonet eda6ec13   
   Hi August,   
      
   On 2021-02-21 12:27:00, you wrote to me:   
      
    WvV>> ..And it did have a camera!   
      
    AA> Yes.. I forgot about that.   
      
    WvV>> It took a video of the whole landing procedure that will   
    WvV>> be published later (probably because it is still being   
    WvV>> transmitted to earth).   
      
    AA> I saw the one pic showing the sky crane cables.  That was a good   
    AA> quality pic.  I wonder what kind of bandwidth they have for   
    AA> tranmitting video back to earth.   
      
    AA> I was really impressed with the TRNS (terrain relative   
    AA> navigation solution) radar, to scope out and select the best   
    AA> landing spot and only having a few seconds to do that, and then   
    AA> having the jetpack navigate to that spot.   
      
   Here's the vid:   
      
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4czjS9h4Fpg   
      
   Impressive!   
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
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