Posted on 03/21/2022 7:08:28 PM PDT by Ezekiel
Over the weekend, the #MarsHelicopter took its 22nd flight!🎉 The trip lasted 101.4 seconds and Ingenuity got up to 10 meters in the air. The team is planning another flight perhaps as early as later this week.
See raw images from this flight: https://go.nasa.gov/3hVX0V3
Keep buzzing that thing around so much and then we’ll piss off Marvin the Martian. Then we’ll have to contend with him and the Russians at the same time.
Still working.
These overpaid NASA people should be flying their hobby drones on their own time, instead of at work...
Just imagine what the
Next version will do!!
Mars quad copter!!!
A one mile range at 100 ft.h
The little engine that could.
Spunky little gal!
Weird thing... here we are in 2022. 22 is the end of the line for Hebrew letters.
In Jewish mysticism there is a tradition that when Moses broke the first set of tablets, the letters went... flying up into the air, but one didn’t return.
The expectation is that the Messiah will bring back the missing 23rd letter.
I love these conceptual story lines. Never a dull moment!
Kind of like FReeping on company time. Some people just can't resist. :)
Ha! I had never heard that story.
Thanks.
;)
There actually is some excellent symbolism in that logo. Pertains to David, with its iconic red "worm" font, Ginny being the nickname for a VIRGINia, how she replaced the scarlet letter A... on and on. Psalm 22.
Almost nobody ever responds though, perhaps thinking I've been smoking weed or something. Yet it's all just sitting there for the joy of discovery, for looking up. So I keep rolling along.
What I find especially adorable is that the logo explains in pictures that there's truly someone for everyone, even Mars (who represents every man: ♂️).
Because would you just look at that? Since ancient times, Mars has had the bad reputation of being the quintessential man of war, shedding much blood. David couldn't build the Temple because he looked and acted like Mars (but his son...). And he behaved like a real worm of a fellow for what he did to poor Uriah. King David abused his power, even turning devious in order to cover for his seeking instant gratification with a beautiful but married woman.
Yet as you can see in the fullness of time, Ginny came along to love him. By snuggling right up to Mars, she became his very own MRS, joined with him as one. Ingenuity nullified the scarlet A, demonstrating that Hester really is an honest woman. Win win!
The artist(s) reduced the mystical description on that link down to a simple logo. Seems unlikely to have been intentional, which is the point. There's a higher power operating behind the scenes.
Ingenuity in action! My favorite Martian.
Mrs. Helicopter, hovering over and abiding on her beloved, like a dove. Sweet.
Curses, rolled up like a scroll? Haha, poor Mary Jane (try as she might) could never compete with clear-minded Ginny, the "Can-Do" woman of valor.
"And now, a little song about smoking weed.."
Rolling Along - the Mavericks at Indian Ranch
I always find that my peace of mind still flies like a bird on the wing.
Have a great day everyone!
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