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NASA's Mars helicopter 'phones home' after no contact for 63 days
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“ The loss of communications was expected, because a hill stood between Ingenuity and Perseverance, which acts as a relay between the drone and Earth.”
I assume this means the hill moved? How did they reestablish contact?
https://www.space.com/mars-helicopter-ingenuity-breaks-63-day-silence “ All communications to and from Ingenuity must be routed through Perseverance. That explains the recent silent spell, which the two mission teams had expected: The rover had disappeared behind a hill from the helicopter's perspective, and it didn't come back into view until June 28.”
The rover Ingenuity moved
That is a much more sensible explanation, although mine offers a lot more opportunities for a sci-fi horror flick