Out of many boring news stories eulogizing or lamenting #Ingenuity, here is a fascinating piece by Eric Berger about how the #MarsHelicopter came to be.
It's always the visionary people who in spite of difficulties persevere and make those great leaps forward. And those visionaries include many non technical roles like managers, administrators, and indeed, politicians.
• There was a choice for a "hero" mission. This would be an arduous flight that would sacrifice the helicopter. Everyone would be a little sad, but it would free #Perseverance to go on its merry way.
• Many of the people who made #Ingenuity possible were not born in the United States: Zurbuchen, Elachi, Aung, Van Zyl, Balaram and many others.
@65dBnoise It was clear from the start that they would fly Ingenuity until Ingenuity reached the limits of what was possible. Which is simply consistent. They want to know what is possible. 🙃
@BettinaKoza
I find Bertolt Brecht's "Ballad of the pirates" (Ballade von den Seeräubern) most fitting to Ingenuity, to the end.
(I've read/sung it only translated)
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