{"id":22163,"date":"2022-07-07T17:42:10","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T09:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/a-fleet-of-ingenuity-like-helicopters-could-come-to-mars-for-sample-return-mission\/"},"modified":"2022-07-07T17:42:10","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T09:42:10","slug":"a-fleet-of-ingenuity-like-helicopters-could-come-to-mars-for-sample-return-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/a-fleet-of-ingenuity-like-helicopters-could-come-to-mars-for-sample-return-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"A fleet of Ingenuity-like helicopters could come to Mars for sample return mission"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The success of NASA\u2019s Ingenuity demonstration mission cannot be understated. Originally expected to last only one month or up to five flights, it has been on the Martian surface for a year now and just completed flight 29. Congress has seen this success and wants to move forward with more, primarily due to the rising cost of the Mars Sample Return mission.<\/p>\n

This rising cost of the mission is where the House Appropriations Committee is concerned. The decade-long mission is estimated to cost NASA several billion dollars, and looking back in history, those early estimates never stay the same.<\/p>\n

This is where the committee\u2019s idea of using what they call an \u201cIngenuity-class\u201d helicopter for retrieving the samples Perseverance is already collecting. You have to give it to the bureaucrats this time to devise a possibly great idea. Ingenuity has shown that flight on Mars is capable while not breaking the bank.<\/p>\n

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