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Re:Mars Helicopter successfully completed its second flight by LunarRover on Thursday April 22, 2021 @01:32PM (#26905437)
MRO has a max resolvable resolution of 1 meter - incredibly useful for planning, but not enough to keep a rover safe from harm, let alone do all possible science.

The max resolution from a low-altitude helicopter is probably two-three orders of magnitude more detailed

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Re:Mars Helicopter successfully completed its second flight by dylan604 on Thursday April 22, 2021 @02:30PM (#26906229)
The rover itself also has high resolution cameras, so it should be able to detect things hazardous/interesting. The drone might be useful to know if it is worth climbing over a dune or whatever, but I still think MRO data would be useful for mission control to plot routes. So maybe the drone+rover would be much more capable as an autonomous pair requiring less input from mission control?
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