Administrators Eric Posted April 19, 2021 Administrators Share Posted April 19, 2021 Below is an image that the Ingenuity helicopter drone took, during its first flight on Mars today. The image is its own shadow, taken by a nav camera that points straight down. Today, for the first time in history, Humans have controlled an aircraft in flight, on an alien world. It was a modest flight, but a big first step. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuteTheMall Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Meanwhile, terrified Martians saw a UFO. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted April 19, 2021 Author Administrators Share Posted April 19, 2021 1 minute ago, ChuteTheMall said: Meanwhile, terrified Martians saw a UFO. And Amazon lobbied for permission to use Ingenuity to deliver packages to them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie-pete Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Amazing; I was fully expecting a spin, crash and burn. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 7 minutes ago, willie-pete said: Amazing; I was fully expecting a spin, crash and burn. Think NASA learned a long time ago to use only metric or only imperial but not both on projects. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted April 19, 2021 Author Administrators Share Posted April 19, 2021 13 minutes ago, willie-pete said: Amazing; I was fully expecting a spin, crash and burn. I would have crashed the hell out of it. I have a knack for destroying R/C vehicles. It’s a gift, really. An unwanted gift that I can’t return. I can’t return the Traxxas cars I have either. I’ve crashed Traxxas cars so hard, they shot in the air higher than the Ingenuity went today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 If there is life on Mars we will find it now. If there is a tree on Mars, that thing will hit it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crockett Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Looks like parts of red rock canyon right outside Vegas! Next time I'm at SHOT show I'll bring my DJI Mavic drone. Let see if I can get a few million views on YouTube and monetize it. The average clown will buy into it and share the **** out of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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