space girl comic
ingenuity (aka “ginny) still hasn’t flown yet (at least as of when this comic was published), but when it does it will be not only the first flight in the history of mars but any planet outside of earth. and if everything goes well, we might see bigger, more ambitious helicopter drones on mars in the future.
given the perseverance rover has a top speed of about 0.15km/h, i’m sure you can imagine how revolutionary it would be if we could start exploring mars from the air.
narration: perseverance deploys its experimental 2kg helicopter “ingenuity”.
narration: it takes off into the martian sky, making the first ever flight in the planet’s 4.5 billion year history.
narration: overcoming an atmosphere only 1/100th the density of earth’s, the helicopter soars 10 metres into the air. ushering in a new age of martian aeronautical exploration.
sfx: smash!
dad: !
sedna: uh oh…