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After Three Years on Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Mission Ends (www.jpl.nasa.gov)

submitted 10 months ago by Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Usernameblankface@lemmy.world 57 points 10 months ago (6 children)

Yeah, but they launched it just last year, right?

Cries in old

[–] squiblet@kbin.social 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'm still confused about when there was ever a helicopter vs. just a rover

[–] Nighed@sffa.community 10 points 10 months 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.

[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

Sure but can helicopters draw dicks in the sand?

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months 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

[–] btaf45@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

It was really just a drone.

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