From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday or thereabouts, Snidely asked ...   
   > Niklas Holsti asserted that:   
   >   
   >> Such a landing would occur on the far side of Mars, as seen from Earth, so   
   >> direct telemetry from the lander to Earth would be impossible, in addition   
   >> to the problem with the extra rotational velocity. Nowadays one could relay   
   >> telemetry via some Mars orbiter, but at extra risk.   
   >   
   > That's exactly what was done; MRO for real-time, Maven for tape-delay but   
   > covering longer post-landing for the self-check reports.   
   >   
   > After cruise stage jettison, Persey's direct-to-earth was tone with only   
   > limited encoding (heart beats, mainly).   
      
   Sorry -- the conventional "Percy" seems to be the official friendly   
   name.  Percy's tweets discuss the new friend "Oscar".   
      
   >   
   > /dps   
      
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