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NASA Thinks it Knows Why Ingenuity Crashed on Mars (www.universetoday.com)
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[โ€“] Blaster_M 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So basically, they needed a GPWS on the copter.

[โ€“] yesman 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

As funny as it would be to make "bitching Betty" the fist astronaut on Mars, you've got a pretty tight weight and power budget to add a whole system to prevent this one outcome.