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Ingenuity, first flight on Mars

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Clock'd 0Ne:
You're missing my point. It's still remarkable and they will still obviously tweak the instructions or calibrate further based on real data now, the fact that it is possible to do this and send it to Mars to be relayed to the drone is what is remarkable, whatever semantics you want to name it with. I wasn't literally suggesting they were piloting in real time but "Pre-programmed a sequence of events for a self controlled drone" isn't very snappy to say is it vs "remote pilot" :lol:

Serious:
My original point, it is so every day, we have huge flocks of automated drones doing massive shows. Nothing here is technically new - yet it is also revolutionary and changes a great deal for Mars exploration, and potentially other planets.

neXus:

--- Quote from: Serious on April 22, 2021, 17:08:23 PM ---My original point, it is so every day, we have huge flocks of automated drones doing massive shows. Nothing here is technically new - yet it is also revolutionary and changes a great deal for Mars exploration, and potentially other planets.

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In terms of commands on a general scope - No.
BUT also YES.


It no DJI drone but it has a camera to monitor ground distance and has some processing to know where it is and where it is landing. If it sees a rock it will adjust to land flat so it just does not land and be screwed.
Flying is also very new of course but it will mean that they can launch drones with flight plans to do all sorts of things.


With that said I get Nige's point but the drone just like other land based stuff in previous missions and the current one - As you noted they have all sent like "Go here" in beemed over etc.

Serious:
They land in the same area where they took off, three times so far, so they know that it's flat.

I'm wondering if they have underestimated what they can do in the time available, seems they are well ahead of the original estimate to me. Might not manage to go through a Mars winter but it could take it further than 5 flights.

neXus:

--- Quote from: Serious on April 27, 2021, 11:11:39 AM ---They land in the same area where they took off, three times so far, so they know that it's flat.

I'm wondering if they have underestimated what they can do in the time available, seems they are well ahead of the original estimate to me. Might not manage to go through a Mars winter but it could take it further than 5 flights.

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True but they going to do more and likely push to crash it but it has basic land boulder avoidance coded.
They always under estimate, never hope and over engineer. You have to with this sort of thing. Plus the more complex something is the more it can break.


They know what the atmosphere is but no one has flown anything in that to this date so it's a first time. I can imagine all the data from this they get they will look to do a full smart drone that can fly around taking pictures/video on it's own next time.

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