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The power budget had conservative safety margins because of the uncertainties. At this point, the uncertainties are gone, and they accomplished every objective
by orbital-decay 5y ago
The power budget had conservative safety margins because of the uncertainties. At this point, the uncertainties are gone, and they accomplished every objective of this tech demo. So they are just stress testing it, pushing it over the safety limits. The last landings were really tight, and the helicopter barely made it. Ingenuity is not a scientific instrument - it's a one-time proof of concept that got accepted into the mission at the last moment. It's essentially disposable now.
- dylan604 5y agoI get what you/they mean by it's not a scientific instrument, but yet it is at the same time. Like you said, they are pushing things, learning, gaining knowledge, etc. That's pretty much the job of scientific instruments. It's just that's it's all bonus learning.