#ingenuity

[everythingismadeofchaos]

I feel like a lot of people reading or listening to the book Project Hail Mary find the main character to be unrealistically good at science. The YouTuber Elle Cordova did her book club video this month on it and she liked it a lot but it sounded like she thought that was a bit of a stretch. I've heard this from a couple of other people too and I would argue against it. Ryland Grace isn't a middle manager or a specialist. He's a generalist with an advanced degree in the most important field for the plot, microbiology, and he's got every textbook ever written and all the science literature that there is.

I feel like these people don't watch Hank Green videos

[themanwhoateastronomy]

so we all know about the patron saint of one-way trips

but how about:

the patron saints of last messages and quiet goodbyes

the patron saint of overstaying your welcome

the patron saint of being small, afraid, and doing it anyway

the patron saint of first steps you can never take back

the patron saint of flying for the ones who couldn't

the patron saints of asking "are we alone?" and only hearing your echo

[elliethefroggy]

Sad day for Martians,

Ingenuity, the ‘little helicopter that could’, the first ever helicopter to fly on another planet is down. It took its final flight on the 18th of January where one or more of its roter blades were damaged.

We weren’t even sure it was possible to fly a helicopter on Mars before Ingenuity, and yet this tiny little shoe box of a helicopter managed to fly in an atmosphere less than 1% as dense as Earth’s, flying a total of 72 times in the last 3 years, far exceeding the 5 planned flights.

Having arrived on Mars hitched to the Perseverance rover’s belly, this little guy has spent these 3 years scoutting ahead for Perseverance. But now Perseverance will have to continue its mission without Ingenuity. For the first time since its creation, Perseverance is on its own in that endless red desert.

(images of Ingenuity were taken by NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU)

[danielecheni18]

[winguontheweb]

I just cannot get over the idea that if Earth's satellites and such are her little RC toys and projects, then Mars must absolutely LOVE all the rovers and stuff sent her way~

[unbfacts]

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Adapt and overcome.

[kropotkindersurprise]

May 2024 - A Palestinian man, determined to stay in Gaza after Israel bombed his home, is rebuilding a shelter on his property. He is using discarded Israeli mlitary equipment, paid for by USA taxpayers through Biden's multi-billion dollar weapons transfers meant to aid the fascist Israeli government in their genocide. [video]