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NASA Thinks it Knows Why Ingenuity Crashed on Mars (www.universetoday.com)

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[–] CM400 27 points 5 days ago (2 children)

They concluded that data provided by the navigation system was inaccurate leading to a chain of events that caused its ultimate demise. One of the biggest problems it seems is that the terrain was smooth leading to a lack of landmarks during Flight 72.

[–] roofuskit 25 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Mars robot crashes due to lack of obstacles

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago

Can't show ingenuity if there's no challenge

[–] Cocodapuf 3 points 4 days ago

Scott Manley described this as "the terrain was simply too bland and featureless".

I like that it sounds more like a slam on Mars' terrain. Your dunes are so lame man, I literally can't even fly over them any more...