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Dissecting 's accident.

This animation shows one of the rotor blades before and after the 's 72nd landing. The fact that the image with the broken blade had to shrink and change perspective so much to match the other one is an indication of the RTE camera being much closer to the ground after landing 72.

Superimposed, transformed RTE images from and .

Originals:
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01008/ids/edr/browse/heli/HSF_1008_0756416571_585ECM_N0690001HELI00000_000085J01.png
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01040/ids/edr/browse/heli/HSF_1040_0759257443_233ECM_N0720001HELI00000_000085J01.png

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@JSharp1436
I guess that's true for space museums or for collectors, but for engineers what is actually priceless is the design documents, the test and actual telemetry data, and the experience of the people that built it. Those can help build better ones and give us unlimited fun 😀

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I wonder if the video documented the development of Inge, for the purposes of a documentary? They might have enough old stuff to cobble together, and add new material with interviews, etc.

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