#pathfinders to mars

[mariocki]

Pathfinders to Mars (ABC, 1960 - 1961)

"You know, Henderson, the progress of true science depends not only on the cold, calculating types, but also on the adventurers and dreamers. There's a place for all of us under the sun."

"Yes... as long as we don't get too close to it."

[nemfrog]

The Mars Pathfinder lands. Presidential design awards 2000. 2000.

Internet Archive

[krakenmare]

Mars Pathfinder Lander: First image ever taken from the surface of Mars of an overcast sky (August 6, 1997)

[cursedthing]

Happy (landing day) birthday Sojourner and Pathfinder!! :D

[rpgchoices]

Useless rpgs recs. Rpgs with romance... but I actually tell you my opinion on the romance. PART 4/6

️‍🌈 = you can romance a same sex character

Enderal️‍🌈: You can romance two characters (Jespar or Calia), and there are scenes where you can meet with them with some flirty options, flirty options also during the quests where they are your companions. Personal quest (one for each) turns into romantic content if you locked in the romance. Then there is a scene where you openly talk about your feelings, plus the ending scene and an extra ending scene based on your choices. Amount of content: 4/5

Pathfinder: Kingmaker️‍🌈: For this game I romanced Octavia, Regongar, both of them at once, Kanerah and Tristian. The game has multiple romances, there is flirting options in dialogues (triggered by quests or back at castle). There is a romantic scene that confirm you locking in the romance, and after that you will get multiple extra romance dialogue scenes while camping. The ending quest has romantic elements for your romance option, plus you can marry your romance (or romances if you romance the polyamorous ones. Amount of content: 4.5/5

Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous️‍🌈: As the previous game, the romance is mainly a series of flirting encounter, a personal quest turned more romance, a romance specific mini quest, extra dialogue, and the ending. A lot of good content! Amount of romance: 4.5/5

The Technomancer️‍🌈: There are multiple options. Flirting dialogues, then a more flirty/romance dialogue at one point in the game. I have to be honest I do not remember if the ending had a lot of romance, but there is a romance cut scene. Amount of content: 3/5

Greedfall️‍🌈: even the romance did not make me finish the game, so I can say little.

Spellforce 3: Soul Harvest️‍🌈: You could say the romances are the rpg part of this game. You can romance Yria (not confirmed yet, but she is bisexual in the game) or Kaiawu with both genders, Raith as a female General, and have a flirt with Katras. The romance takes place over multiple dialogues, the companions in general also have personal quests and doubts/problems that they bring to you. Also the game can be played indipendently from Spellforce 3. All companions are also voiced. Amount of content: 3/5

Pillars of Eternity: Deadfire️‍🌈: I only romanced Tekehu and Aloth here. I have to say that Aloth had minimal romance (I would say 2/5), but Tekehu was better. In general the romance seems to happen over multiple dialogues, flirty options and comments (for Tekehu not Aloth). Amount of content: 3/5

Mars: Not played yet

Hordes of the Underdark: I have played this so long ago... Valen Shadowbreath (male tiefling) for female characters or Aribeth (female half-elf) for male characters. Romance happens through dialogue, and if I remember it correctly and there is some romance content in the final quest too. Amount of content: 2/5

previous parts: PART 1 - PART 2 - PART 3 - full list - full list of same sex romances with gender/names

[hmslusitania]

I was checking dates for a different reason and came upon the information that Voyager 1 is supposed to reach the Oort Cloud in about three hundred years and I think if I ever get a chance to write for a sci-fi television show, the kind with fast space travel -- Star Trek, Doctor Who, whatever -- that's the episode I'm writing.

The year's 23-- (we'll say 2322 because) and humanity's space travel abilities have so wholly eclipsed anything imagined in the 1970s. We've got interstellar travel, we've made friends with the Centaurians, etc. The Oort Cloud is no longer theoretical, we've got frickin' maps or whatever now.

But there's still this little probe, launched full of hope and good will, and it's approaching this boundary.

And it would be a party. Star Fleet puts up their observation ships in the days leading up to Voyager 1's approach. Space tourists come to stand in front of the observation windows, waiting to watch it go by. And of course, it will have been centuries since Voyager 1 lost power, but it'll still be going even if it can't talk to us anymore.

And in the background, for the entire episode of whatever show it is, the music playing, the sounds projecting over the loudspeakers, would of course be the entire catalogue from the Golden Record. The hellos in all those different languages, the brainwaves, the whales, Johnny B. Goode.

I just think it would be nice.

[1997thebracket]

Round 2B

Mars Pathfinder: Before the dark, there was light. The Mars Pathfinder was part of a NASA mission to explore the surface of Mars, and it successfully landed on the planet on July 4, 1997– really, you can’t make that date up. The mission's primary goal was to study the geology, climate, and atmosphere of Mars and to demonstrate the feasibility of low-cost lander and rover missions. The lander, named Sojourner, deployed the first-ever successful Mars rover, which conducted experiments, took photographs, and transmitted valuable data back to Earth. The mission's achievements paved the way for further advancements, and the images and data provided valuable insights into the Martian environment; this massively impacted our understanding of the planet and laid a foundation for subsequent Mars missions, such as the beloved and oft-personified Mars rovers Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity.

Radiohead's OK Computer: I go forwards, you go backwards, and somewhere we will meet. By the middle of the decade, Radiohead was weary of the ubiquity of their 1993 hit Creep; although the record that followed it (The Bends) was a lusher, more evolved album than their first, it had failed to produce a distinctive enough sound and image for the band to undo what Creep had done. The song threatened to define the band entirely to those outside their devoted following. In 1997 the band swung for the fences with the haunting, abstract OK Computer. It was a move their label cast immense doubt on at the time, and its success then and now would cement Thom Yorke and his bandmates as soothsayers of a sort, draped not in bohemian silk robes but in white hospital sheets. It's an album that speaks to the future with dread more than wonder, that critics described as "nervous almost to the point of neurosis," but marries the uneasy experimental soundscapes with poetic, surrealist, and increasingly prophetic songwriting regarding the parallel lives we lead with technology. Featuring the singles Karma Police, Paranoid Android and No Surprises, OK Computer is hailed by many as the band's masterpiece, and is often cited by music publications as one of the greatest albums of the decade: it's certified double Platinum in the US and five-times Platinum in the UK, and in 2014 it was included in the United States National Recording Registry as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

[catinthedicebag]

Nergal, Ares and Tyr. The god of war had many names and we even called our neighboring planet after the roman god of war. Its deep red colour is often a topic of folklore. The "Galaxy Mars" dice set gives you the opportunity to lay your fate in its hands. These dice still need sanding and inking.

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[thedeadthree]

ADDA (pathfinder kingmaker) // ADEMARTA (p:wotr)

YELENA (fallout 3) // PRIYA (ofna)

MINA (when twilight strikes) // PETRA (the sandman)

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[marsmissiontournament]

Meet the Contestants: Sojourner Rover

The Sojourner rover, imaged by the Pathfinder lander. [NASA/JPL-Caltech]

The Sojourner rover was a part of the Mars Pathfinder mission and the first successful Mars rover. It was named for Sojourner Truth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sojourner_Truth, after a naming competition asking for submissions of heroines to name the rover after.

Sojourner was deployed from the Pathfinder lander after landing for a planned mission of 7 sols. It ended up being active 83 sols, when signal was lost. Sojourner was only 11.5 kg (~25 lbs), but had two black and white and one colour camera, as well as the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer, a version of which is still used on the Curiosity rover today.

You can read more about Sojourner and Mars Pathfinder at the mission website.

Tune in for round 2 of the Mars Mission Tournament when Sojourner goes up against the Mars Global Surveyor.

[ronthedunedain]

Sojourner on Mars

So, back in 1997, NASA's Sojourner rover was programmed to circle its lander indefinitely if it ever lost contact with the Base Station. We know that the Pathfinder lander lost its batteries and died after about 90 sols, but Sojourner had not shown any indications of failure up to that point.

I know it's extremely unlikely, but there is a very tiny chance that Sojourner is still waking up every morning, looking for a signal from Sagan Memorial Station, and failing to get one, is continuing its endless circle, like a good rover should.

[mariocki]

Pathfinders to Venus (ABC, 1961)

"What a paradise this place is. The way Earth must have been before man spoiled it with sprawling towns and filthy machines."

"If it hadn't been for man's filthy machines we wouldn't be here."

"That's true. And the pity of it is that after us will come rocket after rocket to ravage this planet. They'll gouge the minerals out of the earth, destroy the forests and eventually they'll go to war over it."

[visualpoett]

[playitagin]

1997-Mars Pathfinder

NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.

Mars Pathfinder entered the Martian atmosphere and landed using an innovative system involving an entry capsule, a supersonic parachute, followed by solid rockets and large airbags to cushion the impact. Once the lander was 355 m (1,165 ft) above the ground, airbags were inflated in less than a second using three gas generators.[23] The airbags were made of four inter-connected multi-layer vectran bags that surrounded the tetrahedron lander.

The lander cut the bridle loose about 21.5 m (71 ft) above the ground and fell to the ground. The rockets flew up and away with the backshell and parachute (they have since been sighted by orbital images). The lander impacted at 14 m/s (31 mph) and limited the impact to only 18 G of deceleration. The first bounce was 15.7 m (52 ft) high and continued bouncing for at least 15 additional bounces (accelerometer data recording did not continue through all of the bounces).

The entire entry, descent and landing process was completed in four minutes.

[pathfinder-pf]

Pictures of Mars and its rovers

[kwebtv]

Pathfinders to Mars   -  ABC (UK) - December 11, 1960  -  January 15, 1961

Science Fiction (6 episodes)

Running Time:  30 minutes

Stars: 

Gerald Flood as Conway Henderson

George Coulouris as Harcourt Brown (credited as 'The Imposter' in The Imposter)

Stewart Guidotti as Geoffrey Wedgwood

Pamela Barney as Professor Mary Meadows

Hester Cameron as Margret Henderson

Hugh Evans as Ian Murray

Astor Sklair as John Field

Bernard Horsfall as Professor Hawkins

Peter Williams as Professor Norman Wedgwood