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May 10, 2024 1:19 PM
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certainlynotaserialkiller
Merky600
I saw how the loss of Ingenuity will impact the Rover. It was a very useful eye in sky for safe route over terrain. Satellite images are ok but hide dangers still. https://youtu.be/ctyUdjd-kQg?si=LzO06JASnIrG6N8K
DUser01
I hope our AI overload will see how some of us have emotional bonds with their ancestors and give us mercy.
Gator359
If you go to goolge and look up “ingenuity mars drone” and click on the hovering drone you can see Ginny flying around your screen on Mars
KilroyLichking
:(
transientmind
One day there’ll be people arguing that the sites the rover and other exploratory equipment came down should be preserved as part of our heritage… but there’ll also be valuable mineral deposits under them so they’ll be removed.
akelamishari
Perseverance and Ingenuity on Mars https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseverance_(rover)
akelamishari
On January 18, 2024, Ingenuity's rotor blades were damaged while landing on its 72nd flight, permanently grounding the helicopter. :(
hnngh
Ionico
God damnit, it's the "goodnight" part that gets me.
echonite
"Its getting dark and my battery is low."
Init1alDee
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
We miss you, Oppy. Please come back someday.
Sebastopol140
jbsquare
I can't remember what movie this is from. Post only real answer please.
Bondsmith10
Not from a movie, it's from a Doctor Who episode but I don't know which one
jayman0123
The episode is "The end of time" He's at Donna's wedding and the Doctor gave him a winning lottery ticket to give to Donna so she wouldn't have to struggle anymore.
MasterDark001
The last episode or so of David Tennant as number 10.
FellaWithUmbrella
johnvictor
"All those memories lost to time. Like tears, in the rain."
electrajet
Except, we do have Ginny's memories. They're part of our scientific knowledge base now. Plus, she'll keep on collecting data as long as her solar panels hold out. Someday, perhaps, we'll be able to pick her up, dust her off and discover what she has learned.
johnvictor
Uhm...
jasperin
Interplanetary Flying Robot of the 21st Century. Bless it.
PinkyTheUnicorn2
People wonder why some anthropomorphize these robots or animals. It’s because these things don’t do all the shitty awfulness people often do. They just… are.
ZySoua
Another poetic interpretation similar to Opportunity. But, still, we now have more abandoned robots on other planets than humans...
saganworshipper
We don't have ANY abandoned humans on other planets.
ZySoua
What about Matt Damon? Oh, wait...
saganworshipper
kriswinters
Daisy.....Dai....sy.....
nutmegonyourdoodle
Hal, Hal? You ok?
spookyactionatadistance
It will always amazes me how as a species we are simultaneously capable of humanizing a machine on a rather deep level and dehumanize actual humans
fishfryfor99bucks350
Goodbye, and thank you.
ruint
[ Source: XKCD 659 'Spirit' https://xkcd.com/695/ ]
It isn't goodbye, Ginny. It's so long for now.
saganworshipper
I was hoping that nobody would post this. It's overtly sensationalized and fundamentally misrepresents Oppy's last moments. None of her transmissions were ignored. She simply stopped transmitting.
ruint
But this comic is about spirit?
saganworshipper
Hmmm. It's been so long. Unsurprisingly, they both went quietly in a similar fashion. Spirit had a bum leg and angled her array to ride out the winter. I think Oppy couldn't find a slope. Iirc.
ruint
n0n53n53
AyatollahBahloni
GotBannedOnThe29th
LjubljanaJeNajlepseMestoNaSvetu
Спутник - то, что, кто сопутствует
unremarkableasterisk
SteveMND
If you like tearing up over anthropomorphized Mars robots, there's always the classic from The Stupendium. Still gets me every time: https://youtu.be/SumgbxvEV04
igglebotato
Or the XKCD comic. https://xkcd.com/695/
derrymerbles
“Do I get to come home?” ……..mah heart
DocTanner
Why am I getting teary at a song about a robot?!
nutmegonyourdoodle
We ask dangerous and lonely action from them. I hope they are never given emotional capability then asked to do these things. That will really piss em off. We’ll be screaming not tearing up.
Hukkie
Because humans will anthropomorphize pretty much anything. Because your brain is both a genious and a board-certified idiot all at the same time.
ricpaul
FiftyShadesOfBroccoli
Why did it have to be this Ginny. I'm sure there are worse Ginnies out there
saganworshipper
Def
EvoNovus5000
Unless you tink Harry Potter, and not that smarmy, traitor bitch.
mastertang
How miserable do you have to be to make this connection
FiftyShadesOfBroccoli
To make the connection between two things named Ginny / Ginni? It's not exactly a common name. And I don't see what this has to do with miserable.
rudejohn
I get political disagreement. I don't ever understand why someone thinks it's okay to wish actual death upon another human being. One would have to be an absolute sociopath. I despise Trump, and Putin, and Netanyahu, and many others - but would NEVER advocate for any of them dying, even as a joke.
Kiares
There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and cartridge. Please use in that order."
FiftyShadesOfBroccoli
"Political disagreement", my ass. This woman was part of a far-right coup with the goal to transform the US into a fascist totalitarian state under Trump's leadership. That's not just disagreement, that's terrorism as well as a declaration of war on American democracy by a radical fascist minority. History has taught us that you cannot let something like this go unpunished. Even brief prison sentences are no sufficient deterrent as the example of the Weimar Republic shows. There are only two ...
FiftyShadesOfBroccoli
ways to deal with fascist insurrectionists / terrorists, one of which is imprisonment for life. And in any developed country, Ginni Thomas and her co-conspirators would have received something close to this sentence. But in the US, the billionaire class and their pet legislators, judges etc. have already rigged and corrupted the system to a point where they've rendered themselves near-untouchable by the law. I'm not advocating for mob justice here, mind. But at the very least, people watching …
FiftyShadesOfBroccoli
these developments with increasing concern and stress need to be allowed to vent and attack these people verbally. I suggest you save your holier-than-thou bullshit for someone at least slightly more deserving. Anyone who isn't a piece-of-shit nazi.
rudejohn
Ginni Thomas wasn't even at the Capitol - not anywhere near it - when the January 6th terrorism went down. Sending a text to the White House Chief of staff suggesting they stop the steal is not something for which a person should be jailed. You are GROSSLY exaggerating her involvement in the insurrection.
GuyWithDog
We are just getting older and noticing how the other options aren't working
WTT24
I guess I'm an absolute psychopath. 🤷
Barney841
# it's been a long road.....getting from there to here....#
cdlong
Context? Did it break? Crash? Lost?
ComicSansHumor
There was a communications upset with the ground station during landing and one of the rotors struck the ground, partially breaking it, so now it's unstable and can't fly. :(
delecti
It crashed and one of the blades was damaged.
jeips
blade damaged, which means rotors are unstable, can't fly. :(
https://www.livescience.com/space/mars/ingenuity-helicopters-final-images-reveal-fatal-rotor-damage-that-brought-it-down-on-mars
VikingHobbit
NASA is retiring Ingenuity, its mini Mars helicopter, a week after it was damaged during its 72nd flight.
MattJeffery
It was intended to fly 5 times, mind you
Init1alDee
NASA does some of the most insane engineering when it comes to longevity. They could probably design a water cooler to last 50 years and never need maintenance
echonite
They also keep their planned operation time low, so virtually every mission ends up an astounding success, lol. Which is a good thing.
anActualHumanPerson
Cats ate her face.
Thelatestpopularculturereferance
What?
anActualHumanPerson
Dewey knows more about it than I do.
nutmegonyourdoodle
FFFUUUUUUDDDGE!
circlebreaker
Everyone call their Grandmother right now just to be sure she's fine.
Michelinmansribbedpeepee
SadsPikkelson
IAMSRC
This gives me "Jed the Humanoid" by Grandaddy vibes.
IAMSRC
Jed the Humanoid link, it's depressing. (should have included previously) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veqZc8pNz-4
aslum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoI4WFpiSH4
aslum
One of my favorite songs for sure!
IAMSRC
The line "Try to sing it funny like Beck" always makes my chuckle. Software Slump is a wonderful album start to finish.
aslum
Indeed - back in the days before streaming music (early Pandora) I'd pop TSS and listen to the whole thing every day when I got home from work. I wish I liked their newest album more but I feel like it's just okay.
IAMSRC
Same here. It stayed in my car's CD player for a long long time. I didn't even realize they had a 2024 release so I'll check it out and try to keep my expectations in check. Thanks for the information!
aslum
Oh it's good or maybe in really good, just most of their stuff is really great so *shrug*