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Is it too optimistic to hope that flights will keep the solar panels clean and Ingenuity could follow the rover some months.

• unnouinceput 5y ago
  Yes. They said that the Mars window is around 40 something days, and their schedule is around ~5, increasing in difficulty, flights. I suspect after that it will be tucked under the rover. But in meanwhile will be more videos so we have something to look for to in near future. History in the making nevertheless.
  • messe 5y ago
    > I suspect after that it will be tucked under the rover There's no mechanism to reattach ingenuity to the rover.
  • jccooper 5y ago
    After that it will be abandoned.
• sephamorr 5y ago
  Thermally, the helicopter cannot keep itself warm through winter due to decreasing solar power generation. Over the next few months, as the solar generation goes down leading into winter, the energy available for flight (rather than survival) will decrease and go negative at some point.