{"p":"","h":{"iv":"ROXSYW+cfvEbFHu5","at":"ocxplSQjdRC3tXEtB/9/wg=="}}

is about to take to the skies for its 43rd flight: mars.nasa.gov/technology/helic. No indication if it'll be one-way or round-trip. Interestingly, the post gives distance to cover with two decimals precision, i.e. centimeters 🤔

The map shows two green circles: the inner one is the round-trip range and the outer the one-way range of ~377m, as given by the report, rounded to meters.

Drawn with with data from 's and

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Tom Montgomery

@65dBnoise
Could the distance specification to centimetre precision be a result of a conversion from whatever unit of measurement is used in the instructions sent up to the heli?

Furlongs? 😃

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AkaSci

@65dBnoise
The blog does say "Heading: Northwest
Goal of flight: Reposition of the helicopter".
So quite likely, it is not a round-trip scouting flight.

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