'Dare mighty things': hidden message found on Nasa Mars rover parachute

Social media users say message is encoded in red-and-white pattern on parachuteInternet sleuths claim to have decoded a hidden message displayed on the parachute that helped Nasa ’s Perseverance Rover land safely on Mars last week. They claim that the phrase “Dare mighty things” – used as a motto by Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory – was encoded on the parachute using a pattern representing letters as binary computer code.Reddit users and social media posters on Twitter noticed that the red-and-white pattern on the parachute looked deliberate, and arrived at the result by using the red to represent the figure one, and the white to represent zero.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Nasa Science Space Mars Source Type: news