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NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover

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As the ongoing sundial efforts have indicated, 3 of Ingenuity's rotor blades have lost their tips while the 4th blade separated at the hub and landed on the next hill over to the west. Note the clearly visible counterweight cone on that 4th blade, which might also be missing its tip.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Gotcha. Sounded like a thought anyways, that sucks, but it is what it is.

Thanks for the detailed comment and the link ๐Ÿ‘