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r0ckH0pper t1_jdp8dq8 wrote

Propaganda and lies! This is BS. That DZ2 was discovered less than a month ago o Feb 27, 2023. To believe NASA reassurance is folly. They can't have ANY certainty of the next 100 (Earth) years when they can't see the flying bricks even a month before they could collide. There may be a similar one just 5 weeks away from destroying a city that is yet to be seen by humans. Sure, the odds are low and I'm not worried. But, don't believe if a word of that bull crap from NASA ...

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Graybie t1_jdp7q00 wrote

I would be a little more clear than that. It used consumer grade hardware for certain components. Key avionics are still radiation hardened and as far as I know, things like the blades, landing legs, and chassis are all custom. The motors were technically off-the-shelf (maxon DCX), but were modified and customized. The thing cost $80,000,000 to design and build.

https://thenewstack.io/how-the-first-helicopter-on-mars-uses-off-the-shelf-hardware-and-linux/

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Conscious_Stick8344 t1_jdp45i3 wrote

What’s so sad is that humanity’s accomplishing amazing feats like this, and it has only a handful of up-votes and comments.

Meanwhile, human nature is on full display everywhere and we’re drawn to it like moths to the flame.

Keep plodding ever forward, NASA and JPL! We still applaud you and admire your astounding accomplishments — especially when they’re on other worlds.

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