Perseverance Lands

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The robots are there to prove otherwise, actually.

Are you sure?

Is there any agreement on vehicles passing on left or right ?

Correction. By two. Don't forget the helicopter, Ingenuity.

Hooker

I read that Ingenuity does not carry any scientific instruments. Should the first flight be in the next couple of weeks? Is this helicopter drone needed to test the helicopter drone? Do I understand correctly?

On the other hand, it's good that there is nothing important for the mission on the test machine.

Ingenuity is being described by NASA as a technology demonstrator, with its only real mission to be a Scout for Perseverance.

And you're right, it carries nothing except a camera.

The long term use is expected to be, first, a scout for astronauts, and, later, possibly a delivery vehicle. It's not unlike the evolution of helicopters in the military/

I'm told that the first flight date is still undetermined. They have a long list of tests to perform before it flies.

Hooker

Yes, you're right, all that Ingenuity has no instruments besides 2 cameras used for navigation and photographing. Ingenuity will accompany Perseverance, namely, scout location for its future drives. NASA plans to make the first test flight of Ingenuity in April.

When does the dancing robot deploy? Because if we can't see a robot dancing on Mars, then I don't really see the point...

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-34845483