simon_cornelus

This looks like the shield to protect Ingenuity. This could mean they are getting ready to test this helicopter on the surface of Mars. These pictures seem like good news!

Apart from the fact that there is a trackable on Perseverance, the rover is also the first to go caching on another planet...sample caching that is. So in some way this is the first cacher on Mars? If a geocache where to exist on Mars and Perseverance finds it, whould this mean the rover or the driver can log the find?

You can find more info in one of the post by MissJenn. Or visit the raw images and look for the images by the sience camera SHERLOC - WATSON. It will probably have most likes...

This is good news! Let's hope the rest of the Mars 2020 mission continues to run smoothly. I hope to see many more pictures of Perseverance and Ingenuity from Mars...

I don't Know if it will be a good feature, time will tell... If i read correctly this is not available on write note log type? So if I visit a cache again after I found it and write something. This can not be upvoted. Strange. Or on a puzzle cache write notes about people that solved the puzzle but have not logged it yet...

That's why it should be a CITO event. To clean up and place a first cache on Mars... Don't think it will be any moment soon...

Next mission to Mars Nasa will have to organize a CITO event...

It generally takes about 5 to 20 minutes for a radio signal to travel the distance between Mars and Earth, depending on planet positions. But this does not mean a photo is send in 20 minutes of time ...

I agree testing by someone else is always better. But even then it still happens flaws/errors get in the puzzle. Even when its already solved and logged several times.. I once got a message from someone asking if there was no mistake... I could quickly solve this by including this option in the checker and stating the error so they could get the correction solution. Sometimes after testing I add common mistakes in the checker with some sort of hint to proceed.

On average I also spend a lot of time creating new puzzle caches. The great thing about puzzle caches is that everyone can have/create their own kind of puzzles. I took a quick look at your mentioned puzzles (Nice puzzles by the way) and although the genre is different, my process is not that different. Idea, this usually comes naturally Creating/building the puzzle content Testing Changing after testing I then let my wife or one of my kids solve the puzzle (I give them only hint to speed things up, not the answers) Changing after testing Hiding writing the cahce page (always takes more time than expected) Release, always pass on a lot of information to the reviewer otherwise you will still get questions ... Wait for the FTS and FTF So, it's not insane. I think for me its always days work rather than hours... For my most recent one Mars 2020: At least a month, but mostly in the weekends and after working hours...

While awaiting the Perseverance TB: Perseverance Rover's Descent and Touchdown on Mars: Onboard Camera Views For the puzzle enthusiasts: I released a mystery cache Mars 2020 just before the landing of Perseverance.