mclumber1 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 After Three Years on Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Mission Ends WWW.JPL.NASA.GOV NASA has proven powered, controlled flight is possible on other worlds, just as the Wright brothers proved it was possible on Earth. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Three years is a good run when it was supposed to last, what, a couple of months tops? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best3444 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 That is so impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted January 25 Author Share Posted January 25 4 minutes ago, Jason said: Three years is a good run when it was supposed to last, what, a couple of months tops? Yeah, quite amazing. JPL/NASA's record of successful missions around/on Mars is unparalleled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Amazing accomplishments and over performing this thing did. Looking forward to what this leads to in the next mars rover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 1 hour ago, mclumber1 said: Yeah, quite amazing. JPL/NASA's record of successful missions around/on Mars is unparalleled. And not a single private company has yet to land anything on even the moon. Like...it's pretty obvious that if we want actual results we should be doubling or tripling NASA's budget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted January 25 Author Share Posted January 25 3 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: And not a single private company has yet to land anything on even the moon. Like...it's pretty obvious that if we want actual results we should be doubling or tripling NASA's budget. I think you can root for both increased public spending on space stuff, and private ventures. America would still be stuck hitching a ride to the ISS with Russia's Soyuz if NASA hadn't bitten the bullet and signed commercial contracts with Boeing and SpaceX. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Just now, mclumber1 said: I think you can root for both increased public spending on space stuff, and private ventures. America would still be stuck hitching a ride to the ISS with Russia's Soyuz if NASA hadn't bitten the bullet and signed commercial contracts with Boeing and SpaceX. Well...the only reason they had to "bite the bullet" is because they didn't have the funding to develop a successor to the Space Shuttle in a timely manner. It's like saying a local town had to bite the bullet and call on the military to fight a wildfire after the state and local country reduced their funding and manpower by 80%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted January 25 Author Share Posted January 25 7 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: Well...the only reason they had to "bite the bullet" is because they didn't have the funding to develop a successor to the Space Shuttle in a timely manner. It's like saying a local town had to bite the bullet and call on the military to fight a wildfire after the state and local country reduced their funding and manpower by 80%. Could NASA have developed a new rocket and capsule for a comparable amount of money that they spent on their contracts with Boeing and SpaceX? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 6 minutes ago, mclumber1 said: Could NASA have developed a new rocket and capsule for a comparable amount of money that they spent on their contracts with Boeing and SpaceX? Likely a bit more money, but they would have likely used these companies (or others) anyway, that's what NASA has always done. But NASA would have had more direct control and involvement. There are some things better left to the good of society, and those things can cost more than if left to private venture—but the profits will be the public good, rather than money flowing into already-rich-people's pockets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 I've got a Lego Ingenuity sitting right on my bookshelf next to Perseverance. It did a good job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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