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A massive thank you to the team at JPL and especially Teddy Tzanetos, Travis Brown, Håvard Grip and DC Agle
Check out Astrum’s video on Mars – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7mjp7MDx_w
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0:00 How Did Ingenuity Get To Mars?
3:23 Better Results, Bigger Expectations
6:15 Wobblecopter
7:48 Dust On Mars
9:41 What Is The Temperature On Mars?
11:54 Wake-Up Call
13:41 Android To The Rescue
16:22 Cosmic Rays
20:53 Dune and The Crash
25:26 The Next Generation
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References:
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter – NASA Science via science.nasa.gov – https://ve42.co/marsheli
Ingenuity Poised for First Extraterrestrial Flight via www.batterytechonline.com – https://ve42.co/batflight
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter – NASA Science via science.nasa.gov – https://ve42.co/marsheli2
Ingenuity (helicopter) via Wikipedia – https://ve42.co/wikiheli
Mars Facts | NASA Mars Exploration via science.nasa.gov – https://ve42.co/marsfacts
Inside the Ingenuity Helicopter Teamwork on Mars via insideunmannedsystems.com – https://ve42.co/marscrew
Ingenuity Adapts for Mars Winter Operations via science.nasa.gov – https://ve42.co/marswinter
Ingenuity Is Doing Surprisingly Well via www.universetoday.com – https://ve42.co/marswell
Remember NASA’s Little Mars Copter? It’s Still Going Strong via www.sciencealert.com – https://ve42.co/marsstrong
How Far Away Is Mars? via www.space.com – https://ve42.co/marsdist
Mars Cameras via science.nasa.gov – https://ve42.co/marsorb
Mars Exploration Meeting Documentation via www.hou.usra.edu – https://ve42.co/marsmeet
Ingenuity Quick Facts via www.jpl.nasa.gov – https://ve42.co/marsquick
Flight 14 Delayed via science.nasa.gov – https://ve42.co/marsspin
Ingenuity Almost Crashed Due to Camera Glitch via petapixel.com – https://ve42.co/marsglitch
Grounded: First Flight Delay Due to Weather via science.nasa.gov – https://ve42.co/marsdelay
Mars Scientific Study via agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com – https://ve42.co/marsstudy
Additional References – https://ve42.co/MarsAdRefs
Images & Video:
Images and video from Perseverance and Ingenuity missions supplied by the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Matthias (3 axis accelerometer, 3 axis gyroscope) https://youtu.be/yqFfmwVufMo?si=IoCj32PeVNZ4VJ-F
Veritasium. https://youtu.be/ty9QSiVC2g0?si=Gb48I-YjADPbPUsL
The Limiting Factor
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://youtu.be/xsUtq8PwZpQ?si=xOC91fdoSHdJndgx
VideoFromSpace. https://youtu.be/Kb0Pc22N6w4?si=4uSUetsSUKFTStme
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://youtu.be/qMbHE_VXI-8?si=TNePbTRpcN3oLEVJ
Veritasium. https://youtu.be/GhsZUZmJvaM?si=IIY0uuDrT-LzY5bI
Sighawke. https://youtu.be/OdKAW_0ENPU?si=18ZXXll3wSMj_Ex3
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://youtu.be/thk4Rha-fTk?si=_elC6Iqm1uaSjEFX
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://youtu.be/PFbzEM8PzHE?si=LmO71EVFqBAn6NEw
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://youtu.be/ia6S1jZmwWc?si=aAFC-BEmGwHIIqH7
JPL Raw. https://youtu.be/uz4GaAE7OMQ?si=7084_GDkrGnSSVTy
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://youtu.be/U7DFnNimSfw?si=JgwO2SNU9HXf3GIa
Apex Clips. https://youtu.be/NttUBB98zg4?si=j1OEQD1VBONTEEPI
Veritasium. https://youtu.be/AaZ_RSt0KP8?si=h7NKzMtJ87HRZ-bB
Cyber Chaos Crew. https://youtu.be/-KFH–_cdiI?si=S5rv8RjTtscu-S22
NBC News. https://youtu.be/lFiTjZDOekg?si=6a43qnPdveHaz6YA
Further image and video credits – https://docs.google.com/document/d/19fkGlnMj86GoISqBuEJbmW5oIpDI-JwDmlM7-iFITzU/edit?usp=sharing
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Written by Henry van Dyck
Edited by Trenton Oliver
On-site Interviews by Jonny Hyman
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