Perseverance Rover

Hobbes said:
The usual MO:
1. download low-res images quickly
2. choose which images they want in higher quality and put them in a queue for later download.

So I'd expect high-res images to show up in a few days, same as with the landing.
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How about video with sound? I thought that was the whole point of the sensor suite? If it gets trickled out over a month, so it doesn't interfere with other stuff, so be it.
 
sferrin said:
Hobbes said:
The usual MO:
1. download low-res images quickly
2. choose which images they want in higher quality and put them in a queue for later download.

So I'd expect high-res images to show up in a few days, same as with the landing.
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How about video with sound? I thought that was the whole point of the sensor suite? If it gets trickled out over a month, so it doesn't interfere with other stuff, so be it.
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I thought that Ingenuity would have some sort of video camera onboard to take pictures and video when it was flying? I think that is an opportunity missed.
 
sferrin said:
Hobbes said:
The usual MO:
1. download low-res images quickly
2. choose which images they want in higher quality and put them in a queue for later download.

So I'd expect high-res images to show up in a few days, same as with the landing.
Click to expand...
How about video with sound? I thought that was the whole point of the sensor suite? If it gets trickled out over a month, so it doesn't interfere with other stuff, so be it.
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Yes, video will get queued along with the other data.
FighterJock said:
sferrin said:
Hobbes said:
The usual MO:
1. download low-res images quickly
2. choose which images they want in higher quality and put them in a queue for later download.

So I'd expect high-res images to show up in a few days, same as with the landing.
Click to expand...
How about video with sound? I thought that was the whole point of the sensor suite? If it gets trickled out over a month, so it doesn't interfere with other stuff, so be it.
Click to expand...

I thought that Ingenuity would have some sort of video camera onboard to take pictures and video when it was flying? I think that is an opportunity missed.
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What makes you think there won't be?

A 0.5-megapixel navigation camera on Ingenuity’s underside will be snapping 30 photos per second of the ground to inform its movement.


Ingenuity has another, more powerful camera with 13 megapixels facing the horizon. That will snap pictures in midair, while cameras aboard Perseverance will aim to capture the helicopter in flight. All of those pictures will eventually be transmitted back to Earth.
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www.theverge.com

NASA reveals flight zone for historic helicopter flight on Mars

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter is gearing up for its first flight on Mars.
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Hobbes said:
sferrin said:
Hobbes said:
The usual MO:
1. download low-res images quickly
2. choose which images they want in higher quality and put them in a queue for later download.

So I'd expect high-res images to show up in a few days, same as with the landing.
Click to expand...
How about video with sound? I thought that was the whole point of the sensor suite? If it gets trickled out over a month, so it doesn't interfere with other stuff, so be it.
Click to expand...

Yes, video will get queued along with the other data.
FighterJock said:
sferrin said:
Hobbes said:
The usual MO:
1. download low-res images quickly
2. choose which images they want in higher quality and put them in a queue for later download.

So I'd expect high-res images to show up in a few days, same as with the landing.
Click to expand...
How about video with sound? I thought that was the whole point of the sensor suite? If it gets trickled out over a month, so it doesn't interfere with other stuff, so be it.
Click to expand...

I thought that Ingenuity would have some sort of video camera onboard to take pictures and video when it was flying? I think that is an opportunity missed.
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What makes you think there won't be?
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No video yet (of anything, a 2-frame repeated slide-show is not a video) and sub-AM quality "sound" so far.
 
Kinda made me roll my eyes at the extraordinary caution that was exerted placing it on the ground. Surprised they didn't place a feather pillow on the ground for it to rest on. The first landing will be a bit different.
 
sferrin said:
Kinda made me roll my eyes at the extraordinary caution that was exerted placing it on the ground. Surprised they didn't place a feather pillow on the ground for it to rest on. The first landing will be a bit different.
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You can't blame them. After losing Mars Climate Orbiter to what is essentially a typo, I'd be extra cautious too.
 
skyblue said:
sferrin said:
Kinda made me roll my eyes at the extraordinary caution that was exerted placing it on the ground. Surprised they didn't place a feather pillow on the ground for it to rest on. The first landing will be a bit different.
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You can't blame them. After losing Mars Climate Orbiter to what is essentially a typo, I'd be extra cautious too.
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It's all about CYA. IF they honestly thought they needed to be that careful then the mission is doomed. Such a helicopter would explode into a million dollar cloud of confetti the first time it landed
 
Hobbes said:
They're making sure the experimental helicopter doesn't damage their billion-dollar rover. When you're always one mistake away from ending the mission, you better be careful.
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Quite right too Hobbes, the last thing that NASA needs is for the Mars helicopter to crash into Perseverance and potentially destroying the rover, better being safe than sorry.
 
www.nbclosangeles.com

Historic Mars Helicopter Flight Delayed

A historic flight in which a 4-pound NASA helicopter would attempt to hover above the surface of Mars on Sunday was delayed by at least several days Saturday, officials said.
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"A historic flight in which a 4-pound NASA helicopter would attempt to hover above the surface of Mars on Sunday was delayed by at least several days Saturday, officials said.

“#MarsHelicopter 1st flight attempt delayed to no earlier than April 14. During the high-speed spin test, the sequence ended early during the transition from ‘preflight’ to ‘flight’ mode. The helicopter is safe & healthy. The team is diagnosing the issue,” mission managers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory tweeted Saturday. "

So delayed several days saturday, launch wont be earlier than April 14 means the flight will be somewhere from April 14-17? It got my damn hopes up expecting the launch tomorrow on a relaxing weekend.
 
tequilashooter said:
www.nbclosangeles.com

Historic Mars Helicopter Flight Delayed

A historic flight in which a 4-pound NASA helicopter would attempt to hover above the surface of Mars on Sunday was delayed by at least several days Saturday, officials said.
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"A historic flight in which a 4-pound NASA helicopter would attempt to hover above the surface of Mars on Sunday was delayed by at least several days Saturday, officials said.

“#MarsHelicopter 1st flight attempt delayed to no earlier than April 14. During the high-speed spin test, the sequence ended early during the transition from ‘preflight’ to ‘flight’ mode. The helicopter is safe & healthy. The team is diagnosing the issue,” mission managers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory tweeted Saturday. "

So delayed several days saturday, launch wont be earlier than April 14 means the flight will be somewhere from April 14-17? It got my damn hopes up expecting the launch tomorrow on a relaxing weekend.
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Damn, I was looking forward to the first flight being today, April 14 is not long to wait though. Wonder why the delay?
 
Grey Havoc said:
science.slashdot.org

NASA's Mars Helicopter Flight Postponed to No Earlier than This Wednesday - Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares this announcement from NASA: Based on data from the Ingenuity Mars helicopter that arrived late Friday night, NASA has chosen to reschedule the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter's first experimental flight to no earlier than April 14 [this Wednesday]. During a high-speed...
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Now I see why NASA moved the first flight of Ingenuity to Wednesday, better being safe than sorry.
 
From before the postponement:
www.space.com

Teach your kids to code a Mars helicopter game with this NASA guide

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity will make its first test flight on April 11. To celebrate the helicopter's upcoming flight, NASA has shared a new learning guide for students to create their own video game to explore Mars with a helicopter, similar to Ingenuity's mission on the Red Planet.
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Looks like it might be a little while before Ingenuity flies.

mars.nasa.gov

Work Progresses Toward Ingenuity’s First Flight on Mars - NASA Science

The Ingenuity team has identified a software solution for the command sequence issue identified on Sol 49 (April 9) during a planned high-speed spin-up test of the helicopter’s rotors. Over the weekend, the team considered and tested multiple potential solutions to this issue, concluding that...
mars.nasa.gov mars.nasa.gov
 
Flyaway said:
Looks like it might be a little while before Ingenuity flies.

mars.nasa.gov

Work Progresses Toward Ingenuity’s First Flight on Mars - NASA Science

The Ingenuity team has identified a software solution for the command sequence issue identified on Sol 49 (April 9) during a planned high-speed spin-up test of the helicopter’s rotors. Over the weekend, the team considered and tested multiple potential solutions to this issue, concluding that...
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So yet another possible delay to Ingenuity's first flight. I hope that this software solution can fix the problem that caused Ingenuity's delay in the first place.
 
sferrin said:
FighterJock said:
Grey Havoc said:
arstechnica.com

NASA has flown a helicopter on Mars, and it went brilliantly [Updated]

This is all experimental, but Ingenuity pulled it off.
arstechnica.com arstechnica.com
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Let’s hope that the first flight is a success and Ingenuity gets worthwhile data for Perseverance, which after all was the whole point of the Mars helicopter. I would hate to see Ingenuity fail on the first flight.
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And lets hope we get something more than a 2-frame potato GIF.
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Too true sferrin. I will have my fingers and toes crossed that the data sent back will be worth the wait.
 
www.bbc.com

Mars: Nasa helicopter 'Ingenuity' flight a success

Ingenuity has become the first rotorcraft to fly on another planet. This is how it works.
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www.bbc.com

Nasa's Ingenuity Mars helicopter set for first flight

The US space agency is ready to attempt the first powered, controlled flight on another planet.
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www.marsdaily.com

Mars Ingenuity flight scheduled for Monday, NASA says

Washington DC (UPI) Apr 17, 2021 - NASA has announced that it is targeting Monday for the first flight of the Ingenuity Mars helicopter.
www.marsdaily.com

www.space.com

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity is ready to make its first flight attempt Monday

The first images could come at 6:15 am EDT (1015 GMT).
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