Comments on: Ingenuity’s last flight: an accident investigation https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ingenuitys-last-flight-an-accident-investigation/ Fri, 13 Dec 2024 16:42:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Mark Sizer https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ingenuitys-last-flight-an-accident-investigation/#comment-1536912 Fri, 13 Dec 2024 16:42:03 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=110645#comment-1536912 Does sound travel well in the Martian atmosphere? I suppose with nothing else making any noise, even if not, music would stand out.

Great video! Want to bet that car coming up at the end is the police?

]]> By: Edward https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ingenuitys-last-flight-an-accident-investigation/#comment-1536803 Fri, 13 Dec 2024 03:49:05 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=110645#comment-1536803 Scott Manley summarizes the report and has more detail than the NASA article:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10OhuoA1kzFQxxtubgL7Z1HcfDFeuylWJ/view (10 minutes)

Ingenuity had been flown over dunes before, so there apparently didn’t seem to be a reason to think it would be a problem this time. However, the navigation software depends heavily on surface features, which were lacking in the sand dunes on this particular flight.

]]> By: GeorgeC https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ingenuitys-last-flight-an-accident-investigation/#comment-1536713 Thu, 12 Dec 2024 20:45:45 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=110645#comment-1536713 So the chopper was essentially a VFR only craft and the pilot got confused by the terrain? Wow that is actually a pretty common pilot error.

]]> By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ingenuitys-last-flight-an-accident-investigation/#comment-1536657 Thu, 12 Dec 2024 15:53:49 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=110645#comment-1536657 Rob-
Hilarious, I almost spewed my coffee into my keyboard!

“Fortunate Son, Drone Attack”
https://youtu.be/o1o3wwUP8uQ
(0:43)

]]> By: Rob Crawford https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ingenuitys-last-flight-an-accident-investigation/#comment-1536642 Thu, 12 Dec 2024 14:14:16 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=110645#comment-1536642 So long as the Chopper has a speaker that plays “Fortunate Son” while it’s in flight.

]]> By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ingenuitys-last-flight-an-accident-investigation/#comment-1536502 Wed, 11 Dec 2024 22:28:23 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=110645#comment-1536502 The FAA was not available for comment

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