CHINA MARS ROVER:
I just previewed this video regarding the first images transmitted by the Zhurong Rover within the Tianwen-1 Chinese mission... and I am not yet convinced this is real data from Mars... Here's why.
1) The Martian surface shown looks to smooth with just pebbles around the Rover...
2) The video was taken by an extension boom arm looking over what looks to be a transmission arm dish... Yet only one arm is shown on the rover... Where was the image shown from? Where is the camera...
3) Too many animations shown, why!
4) No sign of any martian dust particles on the solar panels...
5) Photos are too clear... No dust particles at all...
6) Almost 1 full minute of video is a dark black screen for Credits...Unusual... Propaganda purposes?
The below information was in the video description...
"On May 19, 2021 Mars Rover Zhurong transmitted first colorful images of Mars after successful landing on Red Planet within Tianwen-1 Chinese interplanetary mission. China send a robotic spacecraft to Mars, consisting of an orbiter, deployable camera, lander and the Zhurong rover. The spacecraft, with a total mass of nearly five tons, is one of the heaviest probes launched to Mars and carries 13 scientific instruments. Rover Zhurong reached the Utopia Planitia plain on Mars' surface on May 14, 2021. Visually and technically Zhurong is very similar to NASA’s Spirit Rover."
Credit: cctv.com, China Central Television, CNSA/Thomas Appéré
What do you folks think?
Kerry
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