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NASA Ingenuity Mars helicopter, broken and alone, spotted by Perseverance rover on Martian dune

NASA's Perseverance Rover took a photo of its broken companion, the Ingenuity helicopter, as it sat alone on a dune.

NASA Ingenuity Mars helicopter, broken and alone, spotted by Perseverance rover on Martian dune

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My battery is low and it's getting dark

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sh.itjust.works

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cynar reply

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I prefer the existential dread of the original. 😀

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brbposting reply

sh.itjust.works

Hell yeah science/scientists et al.

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Victor reply

Oh my gosh what is this from? The one where Wallace and Gromit go to the moon?

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Silic0n_Alph4 reply

Aye, laddie, that’s A Grand Day Out. Now be a good sport and pass the Wensleydale, would you?

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Victor reply

Haha, I knew that was the one! Oh man. Good times.

To replenish their depleted supply of cheese, inventor Wallace and his dog Gromit travel to the moon in a homemade rocket-ship.

Worth a watch, definitely.

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Carefully, he’s a hero

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One day in the distant future, that little guy will be sitting in a museum.

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lolcatnip reply

Not unless it's a museum in Mars. Bringing it back to Earth would be a massive waste of resources.

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nxdefiant reply

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Octospider can have a little dream, as a treat.

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The Jawas will probably pick it up some day.

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That thing was such an inspiration. Also, for once they took some risk and it really paid off.

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c3po and r2 are wandering away from it

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Did it not live YEARS past its expected time?

Any chance the rover can like... Repair it?

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I mean, of course it's alone. I'd be quite surprised if it wasn't. Is this some sort of attempt to get us emotionally weepy about a broken drone?

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Victor reply

If it is it's bloody working

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Do you feel sorry for the helicopter? That is because you crazy.

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Victor reply

I've binged too many Star Wars animated series not to feel sad about broken drones left behind. ❤️🤖❤️

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Victor reply

😆👌 that's freaking good.

Got me into a lamp horror movie vibe by the time the dude shows up.

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brbposting reply

sh.itjust.works

"We couldn't be prouder or happier with how our little baby has done," said Teddy Tzanetos, Ingenuity Project Manager at JPL, during a livestreamed tribute to the helicopter on Jan. 31. "It's been the mission of a lifetime for all of us. And I wanted to say thank you to all of the people here that gave their weekends, their late nights. All the engineers, the aerodynamic scientists, the technicians who hand-crafted this aircraft."

Bet JPL could invent something to get even you to care :p

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NegativeNull reply

Marvin the Martian is around, but is good at avoiding the cameras

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Great, humans are already littering in space.

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dream_weasel reply

sh.itjust.works

You're 50+ years late to that party and the snark is still dumb.

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