<story><title>Mars Ingenuity helicopter mission extended by NASA</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56951752</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>waiseristy</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m honestly more interested in the failure mode that ingenuity eventually meets. Something lame like a human error in flight planning? Cosmic ray annihilating a critical component? Or maybe even martian dust destroying its delicate surfaces and bearings. So many new problems after only having stationary&amp;#x2F;wheeled rovers for so long</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>1970-01-01</author><text>When it comes to stomping out working robotics on Mars, the 1-2 punch of cold and dust always gets the job done. With a tiny battery and 2400RPM blades, its just a toss up on which one will be the crippling punch for Ingenuity.</text></comment>
<story><title>Mars Ingenuity helicopter mission extended by NASA</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56951752</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>waiseristy</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m honestly more interested in the failure mode that ingenuity eventually meets. Something lame like a human error in flight planning? Cosmic ray annihilating a critical component? Or maybe even martian dust destroying its delicate surfaces and bearings. So many new problems after only having stationary&amp;#x2F;wheeled rovers for so long</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>JshWright</author><text>My guess is it will be a bad landing that eventually ends the mission. As they start landing on new terrain, they&amp;#x27;re eventually going to get unlucky and tip it over on landing.</text></comment>