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Ingenuity the Mars Helicopter - Flight 39!
NASA ^ | Jan 11th, 2023

Posted on 01/12/2023 2:19:28 PM PST by Ezekiel

Flight Log

Flight 39
Sol 673
Date Jan. 11, 2023
Horizontal Distance 140 m ~459 ft
Max. Altitude 10 m ~33 ft
Max. Groundspeed 4 m/s ~8.9 mph
Duration 78.7 seconds
Route of Flight Airfield Z

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Flights
39
(as of 1/11/23)

Distance Flown
7,830 meters
(~25,690 ft)

Highest Altitude
14 meters
(~46 ft)

Fastest Ground Speed
5.50 m/s
(12.3 mph)

Flight Time
~64.3 minutes
(3,860 seconds)


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

1 posted on 01/12/2023 2:19:28 PM PST by Ezekiel
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To: TChad

(Should be that the news update date is today the 12th.)

Lil’ Ginny is spinning big!


2 posted on 01/12/2023 2:24:43 PM PST by Ezekiel
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To: Ezekiel

Sheila Jackson Lee:
See you on the dark side of the moon.


3 posted on 01/12/2023 2:42:51 PM PST by sasquatch
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To: Ezekiel

Pretty good for spinning your prop in only 1% atmospheres


4 posted on 01/12/2023 2:48:04 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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To: Vaquero

How does it get lift with so little “air”?


5 posted on 01/12/2023 2:52:38 PM PST by MachIV
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To: Ezekiel
Lil’ Ginny is spinning big!

I gather she's testing her new software. Apparently it works.

6 posted on 01/12/2023 3:10:23 PM PST by TChad (Progressives are in favor of removing healthy sex organs from children. Conservatives oppose this.)
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To: MachIV
How does it get lift with so little “air”?

Ginny's rotor blades spin at 10x the rate required on earth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingenuity_(helicopter)

7 posted on 01/12/2023 3:21:22 PM PST by TChad (Progressives are in favor of removing healthy sex organs from children. Conservatives oppose this.)
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To: TChad

I look forward to the next iteration.


8 posted on 01/12/2023 3:24:46 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: TChad

Acceleration of gravity on Mars is only 3.7 m/s sqrd


9 posted on 01/12/2023 5:07:14 PM PST by Theophilus (It's fake and defective)
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To: Theophilus
Acceleration of gravity on Mars is only 3.7 m/s sqrd

That definitely helps.

10 posted on 01/12/2023 6:27:39 PM PST by TChad (Progressives are in favor of removing healthy sex organs from children. Conservatives oppose this.)
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To: Ezekiel

All the rovers have under promised and over delivered. The JPL team deserves all the accolades they get.


11 posted on 01/13/2023 6:43:28 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim ( )
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To: Tijeras_Slim; TChad; tet68; Vaquero; Red Badger
All the rovers have under promised and over delivered. The JPL team deserves all the accolades they get.

The best expectation they were putting out there was for 5 flights over 30 days.

#40 ought to be eventful.

The number 40 has great significance throughout the Torah and the Talmud. The number 40 represents transition or change; the concept of renewal; a new beginning. The number 40 has the power to lift a spiritual state.

https://aish.com/the-number-40/

The first flight was on Monday, April 19, 2021.. Patriots' Day. Usually noteworthy for the Boston Marathon. Boston aka "the Hub".

The hubbub [about the ability to get the helicopter to fly] *was* all about the Revolution: 2,400+ rpm.

Some funny business going on in the upper worlds. 😉

12 posted on 01/13/2023 7:37:54 PM PST by Ezekiel
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