Posted on 04/06/2021 6:37:56 AM PDT by zeestephen
Re: James Webb launches 2021
Thanks for the update, Empire.
I thought COVID-19 destroyed their schedule.
I’m looking forward to seeing how the helicopter performs.
I read the story and am surprised (disappointed) to learn there are no scientific instruments on board.
Maybe next time.
It is a technology demonstrator only - very high risk.
I hope that if it survives the planned test flight regimen, NASA can at least occasionally take some time to fly it to Percy's current position, and try it out in a "forward scout" mission. But it needs to fly AT ALL first.
I’ve read when Mars gets up to 60 or 70 degrees they are only talking about the first couple of inches from the surface. With a light atmosphere it gets cold very fast as you move up.
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Survives First Frigid Martian Night on Its Own but unfortunately Howard Wolowitz backed over the helicopter with the rover later on....
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