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Re: NASA Mars helicopter makes history as first vehicle to fly on another planet

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Subject: Re: NASA Mars helicopter makes history as first vehicle to fly on another planet
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2021 21:38:53 +0200
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by: Doctor Who - Fri, 30 Apr 2021 19:38 UTC

On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 09:47:37 -0700 (PDT), "dumpster4@hotmail.com"
<dumpster4@hotmail.com> wrote:

>"A small helicopter opened a new chapter of space exploration this morning
>when it lifted off the surface of Mars, marking humankinds first powered flight
>on another planet. The 19-inch-tall chopper called Ingenuity kicked up rusty red
>dust as it hovered about 10 feet off the ground, turned slightly, and slowly
>touched back down. The flight lasted only about 40 seconds, but it represents
>one of history's most audacious engineering feats."
>
>See:
>
>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/nasa-mars-helicopter-makes-history-as-first-vehicle-to-fly-on-another-planet/ar-BB1fOlIm

LOL, they spent billions to make it do three flights of fancy on Mars,
I say three, because at the fourth it broke :-)))

Tell me now which is the whack science.....

and LOL again .

Cobol programmers are down in the dumps.

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