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Ingenuity Postpones Flights Until August (Mars Helicopter)
NASA/JPL ^ | STATUS UPDATES | July 13, 2022

Posted on 07/16/2022 1:20:53 PM PDT by Ezekiel

It’s now dust season and winter on Mars, meaning there’s more dust in the air and less sunlight to help recharge Ingenuity’s batteries. Dust levels are expected to subside later in July, so the team has decided to give the helicopter’s batteries a break for a few weeks and build their daily state of charge back up. Weather permitting, Ingenuity is expected to be back in the air around the start of August.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Local News; Science
KEYWORDS: ingenuity; mars; mars2020; perseverance

1 posted on 07/16/2022 1:20:53 PM PDT by Ezekiel
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To: Ezekiel

Our green energy will need month-long outages several times a year too. Welcome to the stone age.


2 posted on 07/16/2022 1:23:54 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Ezekiel

We seem to have the same issue here recharging Tesla batteries in Texas dues the hot summer conditions. It’s all good, if we can tell people they can drive and charge batteries walk here, we tall mars inhabitants the same 🤣


3 posted on 07/16/2022 1:24:43 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: MtnClimber
Welcome to the stone age.

Ain't that the truth.

Mars... it's covered with rocks! 😃

4 posted on 07/16/2022 1:28:19 PM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ . . . - - - . . . "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️)
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We need a program to combat global dusting!! Biggest threat to the Universe - we’ll all by DEAD by 2030 if we don’t tax.... er, do something about it!


5 posted on 07/16/2022 1:31:48 PM PDT by mn-bush-man
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We need a program to combat global dusting!!

Spaceballs "Mega Maid" scene

6 posted on 07/16/2022 1:42:41 PM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ . . . - - - . . . "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️)
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To: Ezekiel

Maybe they can say hello to ET for us.


7 posted on 07/16/2022 2:44:21 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as. )
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