close Video NASA Mars Perseverance rover provided valuable data: Former astronaut Mechanical engineering professor Mike Massimino discusses the complex mission to the Red Planet on 'Your World' Amateur puzzle fans delighted this week when NASA revealed it had hidden a secret color-coded message on the parachute for the Perseverance rover that landed on Mars last week. The message, written by systems engineer Ian Clark in binary code through alternating white and orange strips on the 70-foot chute, spelled out the NASA motto "Dare Mighty Things," which comes from a Theodore Roosevelt quote. Clark, the lead developer of the parachute, had an interesting problem in encoding the message – he couldn’t use any colors that had not already been tested for Mars' atmosphere. Different color dyes might weaken its integrity inside its harsh environment. "There’s all kinds of second-guessing questions," Clark said, according to The New York Times. "Like could having more white than orange, or vice versa, mean that the parachute was going to warm up differently and maybe that would change its behavior?" BUZZ ALDRIN REACTS TO NASA'S PERSEVERANCE ROVER LANDING ON MARS Clark said when he asked deputy project manager Matt Wallace if he could put a message in the parachute, his only guidance was to "make sure it was appropriate and couldn’t be misinterpreted." Only about six people knew about the encoded message before last Thursday’s landing, Clark, a crossword puzzle enthusiast, who called creating the message "super fun," said. He said it only took puzzle solvers a few hours to figure out the binary-coded missive after it was teased during Monday’s news conference. "I’ll have to be a little bit more creative" next time, he said. HOW WILL NASA'S PERSEVERANCE ROVER ENGINEERS PILOT FIRST HELICOPTER ON MARS? Clark also included the GPS coordinates of the mission's headquarters at the Jet ...
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Astrophysicist discusses how Mars rover can lead to human exploration
National Science Foundation astrophysicist Joe Pesce told Hill.TV that the launching of the new rover Perseverance to explore Mars is a necessary step to eventual human exploration. “Mars has a very thin atmosphere – it requires quite extensive technology just to come in and land,” he said. “The technology that we saw demonstrated on Perseverance will be used in the future.” NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars earlier this month to examine the surface and search for any signs that life once existed on the planet. Pesce said studying areas on Mars that appear to have had water will help scientists understand the planet’s surface makeup and geology. “I can’t stress enough just the exploration quality of what’s happening here,” he said. “We as humans want to know what’s going on, and Mars in the past was probably very similar to Earth. So understanding Mars helps us understand Earth better as well.” Pesce added that after researchers test the technology to ensure it is working as intended, the rover can start collecting and storing samples in the coming weeks for future missions to take back to Earth. “It’s always better to be able to study things in a laboratory, even though the robots are really quite capable on the surface of Mars,” Pesce said. ...
Texas attorney general hits links with Trump before CPAC appearance
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) played golf with former President Trump Donald Trump Biden to hold virtual bilateral meeting with Mexican president More than 300 charged in connection to Capitol riot Trump Jr.: There are 'plenty' of GOP incumbents who should be challenged MORE ahead of his appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Florida on Saturday, according to Paxton. Paxton shared a photo of himself and Trump on the golf course with the caption “Beautiful day in Mar-a-Lago with my favorite President. Headed to @CPAC next. Can’t wait to see everyone!” Beautiful day in Mar-a-Lago with my favorite President. Headed to @CPAC next. Can’t wait to see everyone! #CPAC2021 #Trump pic.twitter.com/L7e4WcsGyn — Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) February 27, 2021 ADVERTISEMENT The photo came before Paxton participated in a panel at CPAC on Saturday with Rep. Paul Gosar Paul Anthony Gosar Madison Cawthorn doesn't regret participating in Jan. 6 'Stop the Steal' rally Democrats look to make Marjorie Taylor Greene the face of GOP The GOP and the mainstreaming of right-wing extremism MORE (R-Ariz.). Paxton, one of Trump’s defenders, notably sued several swing states that President Biden Joe Biden House Democrats pass sweeping .9T COVID-19 relief bill with minimum wage hike Biden to hold virtual bilateral meeting with Mexican president More than 300 charged in connection to Capitol riot MORE won in an ill-fated lawsuit at the U.S. Supreme Court as Trump sought to overturn the 2020 presidential election. CPAC began on Friday in Orlando, Fla., with speeches from high-profile allies of the former president who are likely to become GOP contenders for the 2024 presidential election, including Sens. Ted Cruz Rafael (Ted) Edward Cruz Tomi Lahren says CPAC attendees clearly want Trump to run in 2024 OVERNIGHT ENERGY: ...
DOJ Charges Chinese Businessman With Attempting To Steal Trade Secrets
A Chinese national living in Hong Kong faces charges of conspiring to commit intellectual property theft against a major American company, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday. The 64-year-old Chi Lung Winsman Ng and his collaborators had allegedly attempted to steal trade secrets surrounding General Electric (GE)’s million-dollar silicon carbide MOSFET technology to “start a competitor,” a DOJ press release stated. (RELATED: Woman Tried To Steal Trade Secrets From Children’s Hospital And Sell Them To China, DOJ Says) MOSFETs, silicon carbide metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors. are tiny electronic semiconductors used in a broad range of products, according to the DOJ. They regulate electricity flow in devices. “Innovation by American companies brings good things into our lives, but we shouldn’t have to buy those good things from a foreign company that stole American technology to compete against us,” FBI Counterintelligence Division Assistant Director Alan E. Kohler Jr. said. “The FBI urges any U.S. business to contact us if they suspect someone, regardless of nationality, is attempting to steal or has stolen trade secrets. Only through robust engagement with U.S. businesses can we protect our economic and national security.” Chinese Businessman Charged with Conspiring to Steal Trade Secrets @FBIAlbany https://t.co/YwzudofIJm pic.twitter.com/qM1inOPVeb — FBI (@FBI) February 26, 2021 Ng and at least one of the co-conspirators between Mar. 2017 and Jan. 2018 planned to create a competing business that would produce and sell silicon carbide MOSFETs using secrets stolen from GE, according to the indictment. He had then allegedly plotted with another co-conspirator, a GE engineer who has worked at the company for seven plus years, to unlawfully obtain MOSFET trade secrets and other GE proprietary information. The first conspirator and Ng allegedly used those trade secrets to make a business plan and create ...
