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c/space · by GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.world · 2y

NASA Ingenuity Mars helicopter, broken and alone, spotted by Perseverance rover on Martian dune

https://www.space.com/mars-ingenuity-helicopter-perseverance-rover-photo-red-planet-surface

NASA's Perseverance Rover took a photo of its broken companion, the Ingenuity helicopter, as it sat alone on a dune.

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EdibleFriend@lemmy.world · 57 pts · 2y

My battery is low and it's getting dark

lurch@sh.itjust.works · 37 pts · 2y
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mr_robot2938@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 2y (3 replies)

cynar@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 2y (2 replies)

mr_robot2938@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y

I prefer the existential dread of the original. 😀

brbposting@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y

Hell yeah science/scientists et al.

LazaroFilm@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 2y (3 replies)

victorz@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Oh my gosh what is this from? The one where Wallace and Gromit go to the moon?

Silic0n_Alph4@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Aye, laddie, that’s A Grand Day Out. Now be a good sport and pass the Wensleydale, would you?

victorz@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y

Haha, I knew that was the one! Oh man. Good times.

To replenish their depleted supply of cheese, inventor Wallace and his dog Gromit travel to the moon in a homemade rocket-ship.

Worth a watch, definitely.

zcd@lemmy.ca · 23 pts · 2y

Carefully, he’s a hero

Octospider@kbin.social · 11 pts · 2y (2 replies)

One day in the distant future, that little guy will be sitting in a museum.

lolcatnip@reddthat.com · -2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Not unless it's a museum in Mars. Bringing it back to Earth would be a massive waste of resources.

nxdefiant@startrek.website · 4 pts · 2y

Octospider can have a little dream, as a treat.

Maultasche@feddit.de · 11 pts · 2y

The Jawas will probably pick it up some day.

Diplomjodler@feddit.de · 8 pts · 2y

That thing was such an inspiration. Also, for once they took some risk and it really paid off.

Num10ck@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y

c3po and r2 are wandering away from it

Harpsist@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

Did it not live YEARS past its expected time?

Any chance the rover can like... Repair it?

FaceDeer@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y (6 replies)

I mean, of course it's alone. I'd be quite surprised if it wasn't. Is this some sort of attempt to get us emotionally weepy about a broken drone?

victorz@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y (3 replies)

If it is it's bloody working

FaceDeer@kbin.social · -2 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Do you feel sorry for the helicopter? That is because you crazy.

victorz@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

😆👌 that's freaking good.

Got me into a lamp horror movie vibe by the time the dude shows up.

victorz@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

I've binged too many Star Wars animated series not to feel sad about broken drones left behind. ❤️🤖❤️

brbposting@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y

"We couldn't be prouder or happier with how our little baby has done," said Teddy Tzanetos, Ingenuity Project Manager at JPL, during a livestreamed tribute to the helicopter on Jan. 31. "It's been the mission of a lifetime for all of us. And I wanted to say thank you to all of the people here that gave their weekends, their late nights. All the engineers, the aerodynamic scientists, the technicians who hand-crafted this aircraft."

Bet JPL could invent something to get even you to care :p

negativenull@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Marvin the Martian is around, but is good at avoiding the cameras

doingthestuff@lemmy.world · -6 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Great, humans are already littering in space.

dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y

You're 50+ years late to that party and the snark is still dumb.