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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Ingenuity: A Mini-Helicopter Now on Mars
APOD.NASA.gov ^
| 2 Mar, 2021
| Illustration Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, Mars 2020 - Perseverance
Posted on 03/02/2021 3:17:29 PM PST by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Today's "photo" is an illustration.
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posted on
03/02/2021 3:17:49 PM PST
by
MtnClimber
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Pinging the APOD list.
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posted on
03/02/2021 3:18:21 PM PST
by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Pretty cool.
Hopefully the rover’s wheels won’t get caught in any gopher holes :-)
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posted on
03/02/2021 3:20:15 PM PST
by
monkeyshine
(live and let live is dead)
To: monkeyshine
And hopefully it won't run into the flag that the astronauts left.
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posted on
03/02/2021 3:22:29 PM PST
by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
No trees to get caught in, fortunately.
The replacement cost would be steep through the NASA procurement system.
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posted on
03/02/2021 3:26:18 PM PST
by
caltaxed
(ake)
To: MtnClimber
More drone than helicopter..
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posted on
03/02/2021 3:27:53 PM PST
by
PilotDave
(No, really, you just can't make this stuff up!!)
To: MtnClimber; camle; Alkhin; Professional Engineer; katana; Mr. Silverback; MadIvan; agrarianlady; ...
Red Dwarf Ping!
Toaster sized, eh?
But can it talk???
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posted on
03/02/2021 3:28:59 PM PST
by
null and void
(The media decides what news you can see and NOT SEE. But don't you dare call 'em Not-Sees)
To: MtnClimber; Daffynition
a toaster-sized helicopter with four long legs and two even-longer (1.2-meter) rotors, she is the first of her kind -- there has never been anything like her before. Ingenuity -- it's the life on Mars everyone's been looking for.
Life finds a way.
Percy + Ginny -- it's like Jacob and Rachel, a match made in heaven. Or space as it were.
A Sol *is* a Mars-Day, after all.
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posted on
03/02/2021 3:33:46 PM PST
by
Ezekiel
(The pun is mightier than the s-word. Goy to the World!)
To: Ezekiel
Does that make them Sol mates?
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posted on
03/02/2021 3:42:52 PM PST
by
null and void
(The media decides what news you can see and NOT SEE. But don't you dare call 'em Not-Sees)
To: MtnClimber
Surprised Mars has enough of an atmosphere for a helicopter to actually work
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posted on
03/02/2021 3:49:30 PM PST
by
Stosh
To: MtnClimber
We have achieved air supremacy!
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posted on
03/02/2021 3:50:16 PM PST
by
TChad
(The MSM, having nuked its own credibility, is now bombing the rubble.)
To: PilotDave
Perseverance is also A drone.
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posted on
03/02/2021 3:52:52 PM PST
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
To: PilotDave
Counter-rotating coaxial rotors, tail-less heli.
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posted on
03/02/2021 3:53:10 PM PST
by
steve86
(Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
To: Stosh
Specially built to fly in Mars 1% atmosphere. The 1/3 earth’s gravity should help it though.
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posted on
03/02/2021 3:54:49 PM PST
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
To: MtnClimber
Today's "photo" is an illustration.That answers my question: "Who took the picture?"
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posted on
03/02/2021 3:57:37 PM PST
by
ZOOKER
(Until further notice the /s is implied...)
To: Vaquero
I’m assuming the blade size relative to the mass of the craft must be substantially greater than what we see on terrestrial vessels - still, pretty amazing.
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posted on
03/02/2021 3:58:57 PM PST
by
Stosh
To: null and void
Indeed.
Every day on Mars is Mars-Day, the “third day”, i.e. “Tues” day.
Ginny is charging up, getting ready to rise, on a Sol-day.
On Mars, “sun”day *is* the third day.
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posted on
03/02/2021 4:00:11 PM PST
by
Ezekiel
(The pun is mightier than the s-word. Goy to the World!)
To: MtnClimber
How much is it costing to view that chiphole?
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posted on
03/02/2021 4:00:22 PM PST
by
Harpotoo
(Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
To: Stosh
Thick blades, super high rpm. Very short flights. Unlike the rover which is nuclear the helicopter is solar powered and needs long and frequent recharges.
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posted on
03/02/2021 4:02:12 PM PST
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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