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After Three Years on Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Mission Ends (www.jpl.nasa.gov)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 57 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, but they launched it just last year, right?

Cries in old

[–] [email protected] 26 points 9 months ago

2020 was only last year right? … right?!?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I'm still confused about when there was ever a helicopter vs. just a rover

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

To test the concept, now they know that it works they can come up with a dedicated mission that can cover a lot more ground - the rovers are slllloooowwwwwwww.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Sure but can helicopters draw dicks in the sand?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Even just for finding the best path for a rover, interesting places for a rover to go, you can make much better use of the extremely limited speed of a rover

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

It was really just a drone.