Perseverance Rover drives to Helipad – Mars Helicopter Ingenuity deployment area

In the next few weeks, much preparation work will be done in order to situate helicopter Ingenuity to perform its planned "Proof of Capability" flying... This video delineates that preparation and the planned flight path... One must remember that it is a "Proof of Capability" demonstration and not to conduct a vast area of exploration... That said, if this is a total success as planned, they may increase the time and duration of flight based on available battery life... Mars, within Jezero Crater, is basically a relatively barren, rock strewn area surrounded by the crater's walls...but those might be beyond the distance that Ingenuity has the capability of flying... I have not seen the actual data though...

I will continue to keep you all updated...
Kerry
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