[DesertRhino]

The amazing part is not Mars. It’s ANY helicopter flying 40 flights over two years with no maintenance, no annual inspections, etc... All I can conclude is that the FAA has no Martian jurisdiction.

[Ezekiel]

Allegories in analog time:

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/

Ingenuity was born on the surface of Mars on Sol 43 of Perseverance's journey. Here on Earth, Saturday April 3, 2021, the Eve of Easter. On Mars, no one could steal the body. 😉

Thus Flight 40 marked Ginny's 638th Sol on the planet. 681 - 43 = 638.

638 =

The Way of the Patriarchs (Derech HaAvot, דרך האבות, aka Rt 60, "GO")
Abraham + Isaac + Jacob (248 + 208 + 182), אברהם יצחק יעקב, the Patriarchs for whom the route is named
"Judea and Samaria", יהודה ושומרון, the name of the place of the route.

beta:
4. (computing, video games, uncountable) The phase of development after alpha testing and before launch, in which software, while not complete, has been released to potential users for testing.
6. (climbing) Information about a route which may aid someone in climbing it.

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Rock climbing terminology
The term "beta" refers to advice on how to successfully complete a particular climbing route, boulder problem, or crux sequence.

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.

Bravo!

California Girls - the cutest girls in the world!

[tennmountainman]

Amazing feat of engineering.

[Ezekiel]

Fun:

Daily Thought

What Lies Inside
When the world was made, the sages say, the spirit of Moshiach was the wind hovering over all that would be.

Within each thing we behold, the destiny of all things dwells, like the embryo waiting to break out of its egg.

In the rhythm of a dandelion shivering in the breeze, in the eyes of the children we raise, in the goals we make in life, in the machines we use and the art we create, in the air we breathe and the blood rushing through our veins.

Within each thing, a whole new world awaits us to tap upon its shell.

Thursday, January 19, 2023
26 Tevet, 5783

Time turns, just like what The Byrds sang yesterday. A time for everything: DAVID CROSBY, DEAD AT 81

What Lies Inside:

Ingenuity... In-Jew-(k)new-ID, because

It's the INTEL inside (pINTELe Yid)

~ EZ

Mem is the thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Numerical value: 40
Sound: "M"
Meaning: 1. Water 2. Mashiach

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/137085/jewish/Mem.htm

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