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Upcoming Mars Perseverance rover & helicopter passenger, Ingenuity

Perseverance due to land 2/18/21, Ingenuity due to test flight(s) a couple on months later.

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Posted: 01/24/2021 at 09:04AM

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Upcoming Mars Perseverance rover & helicopter passenger, Ingenuity -- PhotoHokieNC 01/24/2021 09:04AM

Does not know if T.C. and Island Hoppers is, real--------------> -- bourbonstreet 01/24/2021 5:11PM

Uranus rover? ** -- Stork 01/24/2021 11:41AM

To wipe out the Klingons ** -- B777Fr8Dog 01/24/2021 3:06PM

Helicopter on Mars? Isnt that like trying to land a whirleybird on Everest? -- Hokie CPA 01/24/2021 09:37AM

So if they land in a windstorm? Doesn't look like that will last long in -- UTPr0sim 01/24/2021 09:25AM

Mars ATC will divert them to another airfield. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 01/24/2021 10:01AM

But if the air is thin, wouldn't that be the equivalent of a 20mph storm? -- EDGEMAN 01/24/2021 09:43AM

Yep. Keep fingers crossed during descent/landing. Really tricky ** -- ColoVT82 01/24/2021 09:13AM

Also - the Perseverance link -- PhotoHokieNC 01/24/2021 09:04AM

Controlled flight? With a 12 minute signal delay? Should be interesting at -- Hokie CPA 01/24/2021 09:42AM

If they can prove it was a tree they crashed into - they might accept that ** -- RTFC 01/24/2021 4:46PM

Call the Mars VFD to bring the ladder truck and get the copter down! ** -- PhotoHokieNC 01/24/2021 10:02AM

Hopefully they have AI on the bird. -- EDGEMAN 01/24/2021 09:44AM

What NASA claims - -- PhotoHokieNC 01/24/2021 10:05AM