Talk:Perseverance (rover)

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The second self portrait is the final lead image for perseverance[edit]

File:Perseverance-Selfie-at-Rochette-Horizontal-V2.gif is the last change in lead image as this one shows the rover as half dusty veteran and reduces the caption and need of ingenuity in the self portrait. Change only after a year when it's body gets fully dusty like curiosity one at big sky on mount sharp. And please don't go on to disturb the lead image of Mars 2020 as it needs ingenuity in the self portrait and same applies to lead image of ingenuity if any more self portraits are taken by percy containing ingenuity Chinakpradhan (talk) 04:15, 25 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Is self portrait really the correct terminology here since it would imply the rover itself wanted to be photographed? NASA themselves refer to the photograph as a selfie in their release statement here:
https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/26253/perseverances-selfie-at-rochette/ 75.115.12.143 (talk) 21:52, 28 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 18 June 2022[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) -- Vaulter 17:59, 24 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]



– The rover Perseverance is the primary topic. According to WikiNav over nine out of ten outgoing views on Perseverance are for the rover. Alternatively, we should use natural disambiguation and Perseverance should redirect to Perseverance rover. Schierbecker (talk) 02:35, 18 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose for educational value, the primary topic is the basic term, and the disambiguation page provides a helpful link to the Wictionary definition page. -- Netoholic @ 17:24, 18 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • A dictionary term cannot be a primary topic. We aren't a dictionary. Schierbecker (talk) 17:32, 18 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • "We" aren't a dictionary, which is why I pointed out that we have a link to the Wictionary. The topic represented by the basic term could well become a Wikipedia article. The topic of the rover has only been around a couple years and is already well past its prime viewing peak, it is surely destined to drift down over time. -- Netoholic @ 02:52, 19 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support if correct that 90% of views goes to the rover. This may change at some point but right now the rover does seem primary. Randy Kryn (talk) 17:34, 18 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose seems a recentism to me. There's plenty of articles titled "Perseverance", so the dab page makes it easier to spot the incoming links. Lugnuts Fire Walk with Me 08:23, 19 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose with perseverance Perseverance (disambiguation) In ictu oculi (talk) 21:14, 19 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose, the primary topic is the behavioural term, if any. JIP | Talk 00:59, 20 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per everyone else—blindlynx 15:40, 20 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Plenty of equal level significant targets. No need to make this the prime target. -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. (talk) 22:39, 20 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - It's best to leave it as it is. The current title makes it clear what the article is. The proposed change would make it confusing. Jusdafax (talk) 22:45, 20 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Changing the name would imply the rover is the primary usage for the word, which is practically and linguistically inaccurate. A more logical reason for the rover receiving more traffic is that searching "perseverance" generates an immediate definition (for those looking for one), rather than specifically directing people to Wiktionary. -- Bacon Noodles (talkcontribsuploads) 23:56, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Spaghetti[edit]

How have we missed it? [https://www.cnet.com/science/space/nasa-mars-rover-spots-spaghetti-like-object/ Mars Rover Spots Spaghetti-Like Object] -CNET Jim.henderson (talk) 15:55, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The experts at NASA have stated they are certain this is debris from the mission - doesn't look like wire, must be some sort of plastic insulation or something that fell off the Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulatoooooorrrr!!! .... 50.111.60.40 (talk) 01:01, 22 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Is Mars sample recovery helicopters treated as rovers[edit]

@DonFB: Since these helicopters will drive themselves from their landing spot to the location of samples or near the SRL lander as per File:Sample Recovery Helicopter Model Gets a Test of its rolling phase.webm, can we call them the next Mars rovers?? Santosh Aggarwal (talk) 03:23, 10 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It's isn't that wrong than putting ingenuity drone with nova-c im-2 lander's micro Nova payload which is a hopper on moon and the mission team and nasa, term it as a propulsive drone. Santosh Aggarwal (talk) 03:26, 10 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This source (https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/27176/sample-recovery-helicopter-model-gets-a-test/) describes the craft as a helicopter, not a rover. No source cited in the Perseverance article describes the future helicopters as "rovers". Wikipedia is based only on information published in reliable sources, not the opinions or conclusions of we, the editors. The Moon hopper craft is unrelated to the Mars helicopters. Trying to make a connection between the Moon craft and the Mars craft based on your own reasoning is what Wikipedia calls "Synthesis"--a prohibited practice of making and publishing your own conclusion which is not stated in the actual sources. As you appear to be a new user, I recommend reading No Original Research and Verifiability, which explain two fundamental policies of Wikipedia that are relevant to your comments (NPOV is a third basic policy). DonFB (talk) 07:49, 10 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]