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Subject: Re: Helicopter on Mars Fri Oct 20, 2023 6:45 am
Two impressions from this video, and the whole Ingenuity program.
The science behind this is freaking amazing. I didn't think it would even get off the ground, much less still be flying, successfully, more than three years later. To see movies of its shadow on the surface of another planet... astounding.
Mars looks like a desolate and inhospitable place. Let's not ever waste any more money going there.
NoCoPilot
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Subject: Re: Helicopter on Mars Fri Oct 20, 2023 7:18 am
Fascinating series.
NoCoPilot
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Subject: Re: Helicopter on Mars Fri Oct 20, 2023 7:43 am
NoCoPilot
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Subject: Re: Helicopter on Mars Fri Oct 20, 2023 9:25 am
It's funny -- maybe ironic -- maybe illuminating -- that all of these rocks and boulders and sand dunes are given real estate developer names like "Elk Ridge" and "Marine View Drive" and "Pine Ridge."
What I see is miles and miles of sand and boulders.
Every episode has to mention "the search for life" or "the search for evidence of past life" when it seems pretty apparent to a non-scientist like me that Mars is inhospitable to life.
richard09
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Subject: Re: Helicopter on Mars Fri Jan 26, 2024 7:29 pm
Images of Ingenuity’s last flight—its 72nd on Mars—which took place on January 18, revealed that one or more of its rotor blades were damaged and that the helicopter will no longer be able to fly, NASA announced.
NoCoPilot
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Subject: Re: Helicopter on Mars Mon Apr 15, 2024 1:43 pm
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