First Hop of Ingenuity Helicopter on Mars - Upgoat

First Hop of Ingenuity Helicopter on Mars
submitted by dominus_stercae to spaceflight 4 yearsApr 19, 2021 09:52:24 ago (+1/-0) (image.cnbcfm.com)*
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These are initial images downloaded from the rover. Also, here are "selfies" of the helicopter's shadow:

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-ingenuity-mars-helicopter-succeeds-in-historic-first-flight

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Deep space fundamental research is IMO a reasonable activity for NASA. Building launchers, lofting payloads and people, etc. is not. The private sector (real private companies, not the likes of Boeing and Northrop Grumman) are proven to be much more efficient at that.

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First Hop of Ingenuity Helicopter on Mars submitted by dominus_stercae to spaceflight 4 yearsApr 19, 2021 09:52:24 ago (+1/-0) (image.cnbcfm.com)*https://image.cnbcfm.com/api/v1/image/106870119-1618830213230-nasa_ingenuity_perseverance_flight_shor.gif

First Hop of Ingenuity Helicopter on Mars
submitted by dominus_stercae to spaceflight 4 yearsApr 19, 2021 09:52:24 ago (+1/-0) (image.cnbcfm.com)*
https://image.cnbcfm.com/api/v1/image/106870119-1618830213230-nasa_ingenuity_perseverance_flight_shor.gif