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It turns out NASA’s Mars helicopter was much more revolutionary than we knew | Ingenuity packed more computing power than all other NASA deep space missions combined


Ingenuity packed more computing power than all other NASA deep space missions combined.

"Engineering has absolutely shattered our paradigm of exploration by introducing this new dimension of aerial mobility," said Lori Glaze, NASA's overall director of planetary science. Enlarge/ Long enough to reach from New York City to Los Angeles, this great rift in the Martian crust is named Valles Marineris. "As a Mars scientist, I dream of a helicopter exploring the canyons of Valles Marineris," said Laurie Leshin, the director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which managed the Ingenuity project.

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