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17. Feb. 2021 · Jason Achilles Mezilis, a Los Angeles–based rock musician, composer, and lifelong space enthusiast, certainly did. In 2016, he was having drinks on a diner patio with his friend...
- The Road to Mars
- Building A Martian Microphone
- Planning For The Unknown
- A Moment of Truth
- Processing The Red Planet
- The Next Mission
“I’m not the first person to have the idea of capturing the sound on the surface of Mars,” Mezilis admits to Output. People have been kicking around the idea for over 20 years. Back in 1996, Carl Sagan wrote a letter to NASA urging the agency to put a microphone on its next lander. “Even if only a few minutes of Martian sounds are recorded from thi...
Every bit of equipment added to a thing launched into space has consequences. It takes up physical space, adds weight, requires additional fuel, and introduces more variables for things to go wrong. The rover’s job is to collect samplesand it was already packed with everything from a drill to a core-sampling mechanism. So, that NASA chose to includ...
“There are a lot of engineers at NASA who can read charts, understand tolerances and figure out vibration sensitivities,” says Mezilis. “My goal was making sure it sounded good. We needed a real high dynamic range and good frequency response.” DPA’s MMC4006 mic fits all the specs needed. Not only is it minuscule — about a half-inch wide — it has a ...
On February 18th, 2021, the Perseverance rover landed on Mars’ surface. And for a brief moment, the accomplishment was both exhilarating and heartbreaking. While the rover itself successfully touched down, no audio was captured from the landing sequence due to a technical issue. For Mezilis, this felt like “five years of work down the drain.” But, ...
Once the 16-minute recording was publicly available, Mezilis and his engineer Mike Houge downloaded the file from NASA’s SoundCloud and processed it nine times to “remove extraneous noise and amplify the audio properties most true to the environment.” They worked at warp speed to release their interference-free versionbefore anyone else. “The audio...
Mezilis’ own music is separate from his aerospace experiences. He has an EP on the way, DISCØ,already preceded by the singles, “RTL (Ready to Launch)” and “Eurotrash.” As for using the audio captured on Mars in his compositions? “The first day the audio came out I did a quick analysis and realized the drone of that pump was like a microtone flat of...
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18. Apr. 2022 · Jason Achilles Mezilis, also known as Jason Achilles, is a composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and space-lover working at the forefront of innovation surrounding musical and extraterrestrial exploration.
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19. Feb. 2021 · Jason Mezilis (aka Jason Achilles) helped design a microphone that hopped aboard NASA’s Perseverance rover, which landed on Mars on February 18, 2021.
22. Mai 2017 · Jason Achilles Mezilis talked to Space.com about evaluating microphones that may one day capture audio of the entry, descent and landing of NASA's 2020 Mars rover.