Hello, parachute
While drifting towards the surface of Mars, the spacecraft’s Parachute Up-Look Camera A snapped this really neat photo, showing the parachute from a rather unique perspective. Only later was it revealed that a code was hiding in the red and white patterns. Internet sleuths managed to crack it, finding that it reads “dare mighty things,” which happens to be the motto at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The GPS coordinates for JPL in Pasadena, California, are also hidden in the patterns on the parachute’s outer ring.
It looks like the internet has cracked the code in something like 6 hours! Oh internet is there anything you can’t do? For those who just want to know: #Mars2020 #CountdownToMars pic.twitter.com/yTJCEnbuLY
— Adam Steltzner (@steltzner) February 23, 2021
