Mars helicopter seeing software issues
Image: NASA
Software issues prevented the fourth scheduled flight of NASA’s Mars Ingenuity helicopter. The delay was not unexpected nor prevents future flights. In fact, NASA reassured a waiting world that the helicopter is “safe and in good health.”
The reason for the failure is also known: a software bug that results in a watchdog timer expiration prior to mode transition. And if Ingenuity doesn’t make it into flight mode, it doesn’t fly.
NASA identified the bug two weeks ago and found two ways to solve the problem. One was to change the timing of the transition by adjusting the command sequence from Earth. The other was to modify and reinstall Ingenuity’s existing flight control software.
NASA chose the first option as it considers it the less disruptive option. The rover’s flight control software has been stable and healthy for almost two years, and why mess with a good thing there?
NASA’s tested its preferred strategy on both planets and knows it creates a 15 percent chance Ingenuity won’t transition and that some flights may fail.
As a backup plan, NASA’s boffins have uploaded a new version of Ingenuity’s flight software to the Perseverance rover. Should this option become necessary, the helicopter will be out of commission for a few days while engineers load and test the new software, then attempt flight again.
NASA remains cheery about the issue. In a blog post, the agency said:
We’re doing everything we can to make it a success, but we also know that we may have to scrub and try again. In engineering, there is always uncertainty, but this is what makes working on advanced technology so exciting and rewarding.
The fourth flight is now scheduled for Friday 30 April at 10:46 a.m. EDT with first data expected to land at JPL at 1:39 pm EDT. On Friday at 11:30 am EDT, NASA will discuss what’s in store for the helicopter.
See more here: theregister.com
PSI editor’s note: the NASA Science website posted on the 30th that:
Ingenuity successfully completed its fourth flight today, and we couldn’t be happier. The helicopter took off at 10:49 a.m. EDT (7:49 a.m. PDT, or 12:33 local Mars time), climbing to an altitude of 16 feet (5 meters) before flying south approximately 436 feet (133 meters) and then back, for an 872-foot (266-meter) round trip. In total, we were in the air for 117 seconds. That’s another set of records for the helicopter, even compared to the spectacular third flight.
We also managed to capture lots of images during the flight with the color camera and with Ingenuity’s black-and-white navigation camera, which tracks surface features as it flies.
You can see the full report here: mars.nasa.gov
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Heretic Jones
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Ahh, nasa’s mars helicopter! And by mars I mean Devon Island – which, by the way, looks as cool as the moon! And by moon I mean Nevada.
Just a few funny things: ‘helicopter’ sums to 666 in Sumerian gematria, while ‘apollo’ sums to 201 in jewish gematria – as in July 20, 1969, The 201st day of the year. Oh and don’t forget event 201 – the jesuits love using 201 given the 201 jews saved by Catherine the Great.
Ha ha nasa – their numerology is child’s play ha ha…
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Wisenox
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I’m not a proponent for the flat earth theory, however this video has clips from the international space station feeds and they are filled with wires and virtual reality. The segments begin at 6:53.
https://www.bitchute.com/video/5ay5sQmIcTs8/
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Mark tapley
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Greetings wisenox:
Thanks for posting the video. Clever how the producer used one fakery to cover another. Everything the Zionists do is a lie and a fraud. The huge stock of original fake moon videos had to be “lost” because of the many anomalies including Kubrics front screen projection technique used in those days before computer animation. Billions in 1960’s tax dollars laundered into the insiders pockets.
The fleecing operation since the bailout for billionaires program in -08-09 has accelerated even more so that the once unassailable middle class has been eviscerated and 50% of adults can’t put their hand on $500.00 without borrowing as the too big to fail banking cartel payed off the wealthy bondholders with monetized debt for unborn “citizens” to assume. Jewmerica continues right on track to become a 3rd world rat hole now greatly expedited by the Zionists fake virus in order to create new economic opportunities for plunder by their vulture investor insider buddies at Black Rock.
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