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After Three Years on Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Mission Ends (www.jpl.nasa.gov)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

To test the concept, now they know that it works they can come up with a dedicated mission that can cover a lot more ground - the rovers are slllloooowwwwwwww.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Sure but can helicopters draw dicks in the sand?

[–] AA5B 2 points 1 year ago

Even just for finding the best path for a rover, interesting places for a rover to go, you can make much better use of the extremely limited speed of a rover