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> 30hz I assume it was just a failure to record the frame, but it'd be quite something if it was a drop frame from 29.97 video.

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• jerf 5y ago
  Let's put a pin your prediction; it's definitely an interesting possibility! 54 seconds of 29.97 frames: 1618.38 frames 54 seconds of 30.00 frames: 1620.00 frames Toss in a bit of rounding errors and/or tolerances and it's definitely suspiciously close to where a 1 frame error appears between those two. I'd suggest that the evidence against it would be that while this may be the longest flight on Mars, it seems certain that they'd have taken longer flights on Earth than this. But still, the math nearly checks out.
  • elliekelly 5y ago
    The tech specs[1] give it a range of “up to 300m” but I wonder whether that range is based on the hardware or the hardware + software. [1]https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/#Deployment https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/#Deployment
  • LorenPechtel 5y ago
    Floating point--don't use it unless you truly, truly need it. Why is this not just frame number?
    • jerf 5y ago
      YouTube answer to why 29.97 exists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GJUM6pCpew https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GJUM6pCpew