"All the same, I agree with my reviewer that I don’t write hard science fiction. Maybe I write easy science fiction. Or maybe the hard stuff’s inside, hidden — like bones, as opposed to an exoskeleton.…"
— Ursula K. Le Guin, 2005
Variations on a theme:
The sands of Mars
By #Ingenuity
Processed HELI_RTE
Sol: 899, RMC: 57.0001, LMST: 10:06:02
Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00899/ids/edr/browse/heli/HSF_0899_0746739842_742ECM_N0570001HELI00000_000085J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise
And so we've reached #Flight60 🚁 !
#Ingenuity will fly again on Monday, Sept 25, 2023, to the northern part of the rocky area where Mandu Wall lies, about 160m WSW of Jurabi Point, as seen on the map. And will do so in a record breaking speed of 8 m/s!
Flight announcement: https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/status/483/flight-60-preview-by-the-numbers/
The flight path and landing shown on the map are guesses.
#MarsHelicopter #Mars2020 #NASA #Solarocks #Space #IngenuityFlightPrediction
With the ink that printed the announcement of a successful #Flight57 still wet (yeah, that was the cliche back in the day of paper news), #Ingenuity's #Flight58 is now announced for Sep 11, 2023:
https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/status/479/flight-58-preview-by-the-numbers/
Guessed flight path and landing shown in the map.
#MarsHelicopter #Mars2020 #NASA #Solarocks #Space #QGIS #MMGIS #USGS #HiRISE
#Ingenuity flew its #Flight55 on Sol 881.
Map follows in thread.
Processed HELI_RTE, HELI_NAV
Sol: 881, RMC: 55.0001, LMST: 13:06:48
Originals:
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00881/ids/edr/browse/heli/HSF_0881_0745153045_804ECM_N0550001HELI00003_000085J01.png
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/00881/ids/edr/browse/heli/HNM_0881_0745153085_771ECM_N0550001HELI04365_0000A0J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise
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RustyBertrand