Re:The Mars Helicopter Is Online and Getting Ready to Fly
by mholt on Sunday February 28, 2021 @12:51PM
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Are you suuuuure about that?
> Its payload is a high resolution downward-looking camera for navigation, landing, and science surveying of the terrain, and a communication system to relay data to the Perseverance rover.
> Its payload is a high resolution downward-looking camera for navigation, landing, and science surveying of the terrain, and a communication system to relay data to the Perseverance rover.
(From Wikipedia)
Also: https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/25526/bottom-of-ingenuity-ma...
I'm pretty sure the point of the helicopter, other than to test powered flight, is to capture frames.