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Post by Coolkat on Feb 23, 2022 9:55:01 GMT -8
I'm wondering what else it will end up doing or finding? Cool stuff!
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Feb 24, 2022 7:07:27 GMT -8
And Ingenuity, effectively an afterthought add-on, is still flying! These are amazing engineering accomplishments.
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Post by ErnieW on Feb 24, 2022 12:08:27 GMT -8
And Ingenuity, effectively an afterthought add-on, is still flying! These are amazing engineering accomplishments. Imagine a fleet of helicopters based off a rover. Maybe with their own science tools. It has really opened up possibilities. |
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Post by driftwoody on Feb 24, 2022 17:54:40 GMT -8
Good news is hard to come by these days. Thanks for sharing. |
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Feb 24, 2022 18:01:00 GMT -8
And Ingenuity, effectively an afterthought add-on, is still flying! These are amazing engineering accomplishments. Imagine a fleet of helicopters based off a rover. Maybe with their own science tools. It has really opened up possibilities. Yes! They’ve done that a bit with autonomous undersea research vehicles, operating them in interconnected swarms that depending on mission can adapt to what they’re finding. For ex: when looking for Arctic under ice hydrothermal vents when set to detect signature chemical traces in the water the search area pattern can be modified to focus the drone swarm in on the trace source. |
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Post by reuben on May 13, 2022 14:00:25 GMT -8
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Post by franco on May 13, 2022 14:28:05 GMT -8
Voyager 2 launched in 1977 still has 5 instruments sending data back to Earth.
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Post by reuben on May 13, 2022 16:15:36 GMT -8
I was launched the same month as Sputnik 1, hence my very first nickname. And I'm still receiving and transmitting.
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Post by franco on May 13, 2022 17:03:19 GMT -8
I was launched the same month as Sputnik 1, hence my very first nickname. And I'm still receiving and transmitting. They call you Voyager 2 ? |
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Post by franco on May 14, 2022 18:52:10 GMT -8
Talking about Rovers and just out of Curiosity, the other rover (Curiosity) has left the door open to a lot of speculation  I am waiting for little Green Men to come out of there. The door is about 3' high. |
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Post by ErnieW on May 15, 2022 9:39:28 GMT -8
I am wondering if at a certain point they'll charge up the batteries as best they can then fly it as far as they can along the rover's proposed route. The idea is to fly it out to where the rover will be in spring so maybe Ingenuity can be fired up again once Perseverance get close enough and the day's get longer again.
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Post by reuben on Jan 25, 2024 16:04:17 GMT -8
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Post by balzaccom on Jan 25, 2024 17:43:45 GMT -8
Originally planned for five flights, it flew 72 missions on Mars.
The Martians have filed a complaint about drones with the FAA.
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Post by ErnieW on Jan 25, 2024 18:49:55 GMT -8
The Martians have filed a complaint about drones with the FAA. Damn tree hugging Martians! |
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Post by balzaccom on Jan 25, 2024 18:51:46 GMT -8
The Martians have filed a complaint about drones with the FAA. Damn tree hugging Martians! Weel, it was inside a Martian National Park... |
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