The 7 minutes of Martian terror

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Watched it on tv and found it as fascinating as that first first moon landing all those years ago.

What got me was the idea that what was going to happen had already happened. By the time JPL received information Perseverance was at atmosphere interface. It was in reality already either on the ground safely or scatter in a million pieces. That 12 minute delay was stressing me out.