A student decodes the hidden message of the rover parachute of diligence!

A week ago, the diligent rover made a successful landing on Mars. In the landing video, it is impossible to miss the parachute he imposes, the purpose of which involves a hidden message. A computer science student was able to decode it.

A message was decoded very quickly

This February 18, 2021, the Rover diligence Came to the red planet. NASA then quickly released several incredible photos, As well as interesting video. Many were able to appreciate the parachute that worked while landing. However, the latter There was a hidden message, As announced by NASA during a pre-broadcast conference. On Twitter on February 23, Adam Steldser, an engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JBL), said it was “infamous hidden news”. Decoded by a computer science student About six hours after landing. Nevertheless, the engineer did not provide any explanation with his congratulations.

The internet seems to have cracked the code in 6 hours! Oh the internet Is there anything you can’t do? For those who want to know: # Tuesday 2020 #CountdownToMars pic.twitter.com/yTJCEnbuLY

– Adam Steltzner (elsteltzner) February 23, 2021

This message has three words “Bold Strong Things” This means “Bold big things”. This expression is simply Slogan adopted by JBL As part of diligence. The same slogan was a major motivator for the teams that worked on the construction of the rover.

How to explain the nature of the parachute symbol of perseverance?

The film, published by Adam Steltzer, shows several characters of the alphabet The intention to be placed in a random place, Like different numbers. Famous science lawyer Emily Calendrelli has released a very clear video on the matter. He pointed out that by carefully observing the parachute, one could see vertical columns of red, white or white and red. This makes a representation possible Binary code : Red stands for 1 and white stands for 0. Horizontally, the parachute is cut into three circles starting from the center and one at the outer edge.

The reading is done this way: circles have a certain amount of red and white columns, so 1 and 0. In fact, it is a 10-bit encryption. Each circle represents a word, as each of these circles has groups of 10 columns Indicates the status of a letter In binary code.

Doesn’t all of this seem enough? Feel free to watch Emily Calendrelli’s video:

Do you know how NASA sent a secret message to Mars?RenchFrenchTech_paf Found it. 🙌🏼

Bold strong things pic.twitter.com/HIO2BUVjNd

– Emily Calendrelli (SP The Spatial) February 23, 2021