Are they live-streaming this one? If they do it is good news cause that demonstrates a lot of confidence in the process.
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I don't think there is going to be any live-streaming because there is nothing to show really. The landing is done automatically by the spacecraft. The time delay of communication is 18 minutes one way at the moment or 36 minutes to get a response. The earliest confirmation of landing would be at least 18 minutes after the event, any photo or video confirmation would be anything from 20 minutes to hours after that considering the bandwidth.
I can't see why CNSA couldn't do what NASA had recently done with Perseverance. IIRC, photos from engineering cameras were published in their own live coverage.
Man the photo thing is going for the history books. Lets hope everything works out
Well, there is no suitable place in the US, so you have to build them in foreign territories.
NASA did what I have described showing photos more than 20 minutes after the events. For which CNSA certainly can do. But that is not the kind of live coverage in my post. "live" in the time domain has to have a point of reference. In NASA's "live" coverage the reference point is the control room on earth, not Perseverance on Mars. In the reference of control room, 10 hours later of the event on Mars is still live on earth so long as the coverage continues for that long time.
I would love to see a live reaction from the control room when they get confirmation that the Rover is working, and when the first photo is transmitted back.
Come on, that would be iconic
That is the million dollar question. Will CNSA or CGTN or whatever Chinese media outlet host live coverage of the event or not?
Hawaii is under occupation by the US. We both agree.
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