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Perseverance Mars Driving Record: Judged on Its Parking

NASA's Perseverance rover sets a Mars driving record. The whole segment, as it aired. The internet's moment, broken down frame by frame by people who should not be allowed near a telestrator. Licensed footage, credited.

On air
Kenji Moonfield and Vera Bullock
Aired
on BBN This Morning
Length
0:47
“I care about the parking. Nobody tells you the hard part of driving anywhere is the landing, and this one nailed it.”
Vera Bullock, BBN

Footage

  • PERSEVERANCE ROVER MARS LANDING: NASA JPL · Public domain (NASA) · NASA · source
  • TROPICS ROCKET LAUNCH: NASA KSC · Public domain (NASA) · NASA · source

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Transcript

What BBN said on air. Comedy, with fictional anchors.

  1. Vera BullockNASA's Perseverance rover has set a Mars driving record, and The New York Times says self-driving technology is what made it possible.

  2. Kenji MoonfieldAnd we have the actual footage of the landing on the wall. Look at this, the parachute just popped open.

  3. Vera BullockIt's a parachute. I've seen one. Okay, the rover is coming down right under it, that's actually kind of beautiful.

  4. Kenji MoonfieldWatch this. Dust clouds billowing up all around the landing site, and the rover just sits there like it parked in one try.

  5. Vera BullockPlay that part again. I want to watch the dust clouds.

  6. Kenji MoonfieldBut you just said you weren't interested.

  7. Vera BullockI care about the parking. Nobody tells you the hard part of driving anywhere is the landing, and this one nailed it.

  8. Kenji MoonfieldViral Score, Vera?

  9. Vera BullockNine out of ten. It loses one point because the rover landed on Mars and still didn't tip the dust.

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