Latest video of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter kicking up dust and taking off for Flight #47. Ingenuity is well beyond its warranty at this point. The video was captured by the Mastcam-Z imager aboard NASA’s Perseverance rover on March 9, 2023.KINGMARKOXIV t1_jdrxd98 wrote
Reply to comment by Grogosh in Latest video of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter kicking up dust and taking off for Flight #47. Ingenuity is well beyond its warranty at this point. The video was captured by the Mastcam-Z imager aboard NASA’s Perseverance rover on March 9, 2023. by ICumCoffee
not much, considering the atmosphere is... thin... very thin at that
[deleted] t1_jds89bv wrote
[removed]
StrangeTangerine1525 t1_jdtjt3s wrote
I don’t think they would have sent this technolgoy demosntration if they thought flight on Mars was a dead end lol. Despite the air being less than 1/50 the density of air on Earth Mars has lower gravity and heavier air molecules at least helping to partially offset the disadvantage of the thin air. Aerial surveillance is a powerful tool for Mars exploration and could be used to explore large regions on the surface and to sample the atmosphere.
Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments