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The helicopter that outlasted its planned mission life of 5 flights has lost coms on flight 72.
1 posted on 01/20/2024 7:35:54 AM PST by outofsalt
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Nearest repair millions of miles away


2 posted on 01/20/2024 7:38:51 AM PST by Bayard
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“Such a shame.”
-Seinfeld


3 posted on 01/20/2024 7:39:30 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion
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Burp!


4 posted on 01/20/2024 7:40:42 AM PST by ArtDodger
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Well that’s EVs for you


6 posted on 01/20/2024 7:44:15 AM PST by butlerweave
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Martians shot it down!


14 posted on 01/20/2024 7:55:03 AM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (BOYCOTT Anheuser Busch, the NFL, MLB, NBA, NASCAR & Faux Snooze! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper! )
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Still a better performance than Joe in his 81 years on earth


16 posted on 01/20/2024 7:56:26 AM PST by SMARTY ("A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies." Tennyson)
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SCE to AUX ?


17 posted on 01/20/2024 7:57:04 AM PST by tomkat
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18 posted on 01/20/2024 7:58:08 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Ping!......................


19 posted on 01/20/2024 8:00:04 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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David Bowie – Space Oddity (Official Video)
21 posted on 01/20/2024 8:01:43 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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“NASA has lost communication with the Ingenuity Mars helicopter”

China has hacked the comm freq and all communication is now being routed through Tic Toc.


22 posted on 01/20/2024 8:05:06 AM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (I went to bed on November 3rd 2020 and woke up in 1984.)
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Matt Damon needed it to help grow poop potatoes.


25 posted on 01/20/2024 8:11:33 AM PST by FlipWilson
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Well to be honest, that helicopter was way overdue for an annual.


29 posted on 01/20/2024 8:13:14 AM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI)
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And I am completely amazed there FAA hasn’t stepped in before now. Only about half kidding.


30 posted on 01/20/2024 8:14:15 AM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI)
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The dust mucked up the works.. Swiffer to the rescue!


32 posted on 01/20/2024 8:21:55 AM PST by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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It didn’t have a backup communication device on-board?


33 posted on 01/20/2024 8:28:12 AM PST by Bob434
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Ingenuity has been a spectacular success. Now that they’ve proven the concept, they should do a follow-up mission, this time with a video camera mounted on the helicopter.


34 posted on 01/20/2024 8:37:32 AM PST by Yardstick
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It’s aliens or transformers.


40 posted on 01/20/2024 9:02:15 AM PST by EEGator
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The Pentagon said it was lost to Mars air defense.

Congress considering emergency bill authorizing 6.3 billion to help out CIA backed allies to repulse expected Mars aggression.


41 posted on 01/20/2024 9:07:55 AM PST by gnarledmaw (Hivemind liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives select servants.)
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On Mars, young Marvin is fist pumping…”I finally got that little bastard!”


43 posted on 01/20/2024 9:29:48 AM PST by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
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