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65dBnoise Apr 25, 2024

I believe we can now reconstruct the last moments of #Ingenuity's #Flight72 with some certainty. The actual trajectory may be a little more complicated, e.g. turning while hopping, but we'll never know.

EDIT: there is a new theory about Flight 71, see comments.

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Processed MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 110mm
looking NNE (16°) from RMC 52.0000
Sol 1130, LMST: 16:19:24

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01130/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1130_0767269765_831EBY_N0520000ZCAM09152_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

#MarsHelicopter #Perseverance #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

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Simeon Schmauß Apr 25, 2024

@65dBnoise I'm not sure that this kind of bounce is possible. I was told by one of the Ingenuity engineers that the shock absorbers are so effective even on hard ground that a bounce on much more absorbent sand could never reach this high.

There is a new theory that these imprints on the backside of the sandripple are actually from Flight 71. The official landing location was apparently just a rough estimate and there don't seem to be any imprints at that location anyways.

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Simeon Schmauß

@65dBnoise From the little resolution we have of these new imprints, they seem to have quite a bit of disturbed sand around them, very similar to the RTE post #71 images which would support this theory.
I guess the only way to know for sure at this point may be the SuperCam images we all are waiting for (including the Heli team apparently)
https://flic.kr/p/2puLgtE

Ingenuity - on the ground after Flight 71 - Sol 1025

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