• @[email protected]
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    4510 months ago

    Best helicopter ever. What a phenomenal feat of engineering, management, and scientific vision! That it flew at all was outright wonderful. That it became a new tool to continue to help a larger mission was downright amazing.

    Great work NASA, engineers, scientists, and leaders. You’ve exceeded expectations once again.

    • @MotoAsh
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      10 months ago

      I dunno’, if you saw all that testing… Granted, it had to survive the trip, too, but it was an impressive piece of kit from the start. If it survived, that thing was definitely flying.

      and holy cow did it survive.

  • @nucleative
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    2210 months ago

    Good bye little one!

    -Im still here! I just hurt my wing

    Rest in peace, you were the best

    -i’m not dead, just give me a lift!

    We’ll always remember you for your accomplishments

    -Yay! Let’s go home and tell everyone. My battery is getting low. Hello? Hello?

  • SanguinePar
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    1610 months ago

    Well done little copter, you did us proud.

    • @Dkarma
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      210 months ago

      Nah he’s still standing guard 🦾

  • @ki77erbOP
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    I wonder if they’ll try to get Perseverance close enough to get some photos to analyze what happened. I was looking at the Map on the mission page and it looks like it’s in an area of sand dunes so maybe a little risky to try and go through that.

    Side note: If you google “mars ingenuity” you can click on the little guy and see him flying around mars.