How NASA Designed a Helicopter That Could Fly Autonomously on Mars

Re:How NASA Designed a Helicopter That Could Fly Autonomousl... by tpmx on Thursday February 18, 2021 @02:58PM (#26184650)

> With all this in mind, getting Ingenuity to Mars in one piece and having it take off and land even once is a definite victory for NASA

Sorry, slightly off-topic: Not a native English speaker. Isn't this sloppy writing? Seems like declaring victory ahead of time?

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Re:How NASA Designed a Helicopter That Could Fly Autonomousl... by Nixinova on Thursday February 18, 2021 @03:02PM (#26184697)

The sentence is fine; they're saying the fact that it took off and landed successfully is a victory in itself.

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Re:How NASA Designed a Helicopter That Could Fly Autonomousl... by tpmx on Thursday February 18, 2021 @03:08PM (#26184762)

The probe containing the helicopter hasn't landed on Mars yet, though. It's landing in 44 minutes.

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Re:How NASA Designed a Helicopter That Could Fly Autonomousl... by neolog on Thursday February 18, 2021 @03:34PM (#26185127)

Then yeah it's bad or misleading.

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Re:How NASA Designed a Helicopter That Could Fly Autonomousl... by tpmx on Thursday February 18, 2021 @05:43PM (#26186844)

Thanks.

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