2427: Perseverance Microphones - Revision history

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Reverted edits by X. K. C. D. (talk) to last revision by 1337-PI

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Added reference to Samples from Mars

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 “{{w|Sampling (music)|Samples}}” can also refer to short snippets of recorded sound used in music. ''Perseverance'' is the first Mars mission to land on Mars with microphones too, so it would be possible to use audio ''samples'' from those microphones musically, e.g. using a {{w|Loop (music)#Modern looping|looper pedal}}, which lets a musician play short samples of music and then repeats them back live as if it were another musician. Using a loop pedal would make sense if the sample includes a tune that repeats throughout the song—or that could repeat throughout the song. This is similar to [[411: Techno]].
-The joke is that these audio samples, as opposed to rock samples, would be "the first Mars sample return." Additionally, the comic might be a reference to [https://samplesfrommars.com// Samples from Mars], a company that sells sampled audio from older instruments for digital music production.
+The joke is that these audio samples, as opposed to rock samples, would be "the first Mars sample return." Additionally, the comic might be a reference to [https://samplesfrommars.com Samples from Mars], a company that sells sampled audio from older instruments for digital music production.
 The title text {{w|Anthropomorphism|anthropomorphises}} the rover, suggesting that the drop to the surface was so frightening for it that it was screaming as it descends.

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	==Explanation==		==Explanation==
−	~~{{incomplete\|Created by a MUSICAL ROVER. An explanation of the title text is missing. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}~~

	This comic is a play on dual meanings of the word "sample". The day before this comic was published, NASA successfully landed a new rover, {{w\|Perseverance (rover)\|''Perseverance''}}, on Mars; part of its mission is to drill and scoop Martian rock and dust from the surface, store it in tubes, and leave them on the surface for collection by a future mission which will return them to Earth. If successful, this would be the "first Mars sample return" in history.		This comic is a play on dual meanings of the word "sample". The day before this comic was published, NASA successfully landed a new rover, {{w\|Perseverance (rover)\|''Perseverance''}}, on Mars; part of its mission is to drill and scoop Martian rock and dust from the surface, store it in tubes, and leave them on the surface for collection by a future mission which will return them to Earth. If successful, this would be the "first Mars sample return" in history.

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 “{{w|Sampling (music)|Samples}}” can also refer to short snippets of recorded sound used in music. ''Perseverance'' is the first Mars mission to land on Mars with microphones too, so it would be possible to use audio ''samples'' from those microphones musically, e.g. using a {{w|Loop (music)#Modern looping|looper pedal}}, which lets a musician play short samples of music and then repeats them back live as if it were another musician. Using a loop pedal would make sense if the sample includes a tune that repeats throughout the song—or that could repeat throughout the song. This is similar to [[411: Techno]].
-The joke is that these audio samples, as opposed to rock samples, would be "the first Mars sample return."
+The joke is that these audio samples, as opposed to rock samples, would be "the first Mars sample return." Additionally, the comic might be a reference to [https://samplesfrommars.com// Samples from Mars], a company that sells sampled audio from older instruments for digital music production.
 The title text {{w|Anthropomorphism|anthropomorphises}} the rover, suggesting that the drop to the surface was so frightening for it that it was screaming as it descends.

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	You can view the landing [https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-perseverance-rover-sends-sneak-peek-of-mars-landing/ here].		You can view the landing [https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-perseverance-rover-sends-sneak-peek-of-mars-landing/ here].
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		+	The landing was the topic of the next comic [[2428: Mars Landing Video]].

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+:[Megan is sitting in an office chair at a desk, typing on her laptop. The laptop is connected to an audio mixer box on the floor. The box has several buttons and indicators etc. Cueball is standing on the other side of the box, holding an electric guitar ready to play. The guitar is plugged into the box. From the box there is also a wire going to a small pedal on the floor. Cueball has one foot on top of this pedal.]
-: [Megan is sitting at a desk, typing on her laptop, which is connected to an audio mixer on the floor.]
+:[Caption below the panel:]
-: Megan: Perseverance's microphones are active! Downlinking audio!
+:The first Mars sample return
 {{comic discussion}}
 [[Category:Mars rovers]]
 [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
 [[Category:Puns]]