All that work and money spent and they couldn’t name it the John Carter or the Tars Tarkus or the Wells or the Heinlein or the Podkayne.... no they call it the Ingenuity. No soul.
Amen Brother.
There was a contest to name the flyer. I call it the Mayfly myself because it was not designed to last very long.
...the Heinlein or the Podkayne.... no they call it the Ingenuity.
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Not sure how many would have any idea who Podkayne is, but it is kind of a cool name to be Mars-centric. Ingenuity might be a bit “dry” for a name, but we should be thankful the name isn’t something woke.
No soul? Heh, "Ingenuity" is the Spirit of Elohim, the Spirit of Discovery, Revelation. It's the light going on from a direction most don't see or consider, because it is
Born of Perseverance. Even literally, as after a long labor process over many days, the lil' helicopter dropped from Percy's belly. On Saturday, April 3rd.
So not only was this the first recorded birth on Mars, Ginny's "mother" is named "Percy". It's like the light bulb man himself said,
"Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration."
~ Thomas Edison
Today is Sol 69. There's a soul count mystery in Genesis 46, why 69 adds up to 70. In the depths of details, the clue trail leads to Osnat, who is recorded as being the "daughter of Poti Phera, priest of On."
"On" (as opposed to Off) is Heliopolis, "Sun City".
And today is Lag B'Omer. Ties in on multiple levels of revelation. Anyone who desires to check this stuff out can do so.
"On the day of his passing--Iyar 18, the 33rd day of the Omer Count--Rabbi Shimon gathered his disciples and revealed many of the deepest secrets of the divine wisdom, and instructed them to mark the date as "the day of my joy."
https://www.chabad.org/calendar/view/day.asp?tdate=4/30/2021
Ingenuity successfully completed its fourth flight today, and we couldnt be happier.
~ MiMi Aung, Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Project Manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory