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[–] Nugget_in_biscuit 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Keep trucking little copter! I know several of the engineers who developed that thing. Really smart engineers who absolutely deserve to take a victory lap

[–] baascus 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Nugget_in_biscuit 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lol I can do a Lemmy AMA if people really want to hear about developing spacecraft. Should note most of my friends at JPL are people I went to college with - I only worked there as an intern

[–] TommyCat 1 points 1 year ago

yes please!

[–] TommyCat 1 points 1 year ago

I know, it's amazing! Keep on keeping it on Ingenuity!

[–] Hawke 14 points 1 year ago

That’s impressive how resilient it is, with no human intervention.

[–] Mr_Rosewater 8 points 1 year ago

Great news!

[–] G_Wash1776 6 points 1 year ago

The return on investment on NASA creating anything is huge. Opportunity was planned as a 90 day operation, it lasted 14 years 11 months.

[–] WhiteOakBayou 6 points 1 year ago

It's impressive how well these work after so much abuse

[–] Lando 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

β€œ The loss of communications was expected, because a hill stood between Ingenuity and Perseverance, which acts as a relay between the drone and Earth.”

[–] Ambiorickx 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I assume this means the hill moved? How did they reestablish contact?

[–] Lando 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

https://www.space.com/mars-helicopter-ingenuity-breaks-63-day-silence β€œ All communications to and from Ingenuity must be routed through Perseverance. That explains the recent silent spell, which the two mission teams had expected: The rover had disappeared behind a hill from the helicopter's perspective, and it didn't come back into view until June 28.”

The rover Ingenuity moved

[–] Ambiorickx 6 points 1 year ago

That is a much more sensible explanation, although mine offers a lot more opportunities for a sci-fi horror flick