Ingenuity is grounded, yes. The drone was still alive, however, when Percy was last in contact. It was still gathering onboard engineering data at that time, which would prove useful (even to the scientists) if we can retrieve it at a later date.
We won’t know for certain if “Ginny” has survived until we get proximity and line-of-sight communication between rover and 'copter again. That won’t be possible until the rover returns to the interior of Jezero Crater, which won’t happen for a while.
Until then, I’m allowed to dream about Ingenuity bearing up down there in Neretva Vallis, where a muddy river once flowed.
Rest in Peace small one!
Ingenuity is grounded, yes. The drone was still alive, however, when Percy was last in contact. It was still gathering onboard engineering data at that time, which would prove useful (even to the scientists) if we can retrieve it at a later date.
We won’t know for certain if “Ginny” has survived until we get proximity and line-of-sight communication between rover and 'copter again. That won’t be possible until the rover returns to the interior of Jezero Crater, which won’t happen for a while.
Until then, I’m allowed to dream about Ingenuity bearing up down there in Neretva Vallis, where a muddy river once flowed.
I feel some sort of deeper attachment between the two, that it is somehow perseverance’s own child, it came out of it body after all.