Mars Dragonfly Flexes It's Muscles And Is Successful

[Doc Dutch]

Can 3D print it?

I haven't got it working yet but suspect it's a computer model.

[AProudLefty]

Video of the liftoff.

[AProudLefty]

I haven't got it working yet but suspect it's a computer model.

Yeah. Would be nice to print it for display at your home.

[Controlled Opposition]

What's the point?

[AProudLefty]

What's the point?

What's the point of living?

[Doc Dutch]

Yeah. Would be nice to print it for display at your home.

I'm sure those are available.

[AProudLefty]

I'm sure those are available.

I'm sure but would be nice to watch the 3D printer doing it.

[Doc Dutch]

I'm sure but would be nice to watch the 3D printer doing it.

I never used a 3D printer but isn't it a matter of scanning in the data and hitting "Print"?

[AProudLefty]

I never used a 3D printer but isn't it a matter of scanning in the data and hitting "Print"?

My friend who is a teacher just got a new 3D printer at her school. She said it needed some work but it was awesome. She had to adjust the model a bit. (Not the Mars helicopter model. LOL)

[Doc Dutch]

What's the point?

The Ingenuity is a proof of concept test model. Theory is one thing, but seeing it work is another. This worked.

No doubt there are already plans for larger aircraft including exploring the requirements for human flight in the future.

[AProudLefty]

Apparently you can build a workable drone with 3D printed parts.

[Controlled Opposition]

What's the point of living?

That is a non sequitur. I mean, for slower folks, what is the point of spending all of the money for a "helicopter" when people are homeless and hungry here on earth.

[AProudLefty]

That is a non sequitur. I mean, for slower folks, what is the point of spending all of the money for a "helicopter" when people are homeless and hungry here on earth.

Ah I thought you were being philosophical. My apologies.

We are already helping the homeless and the hungry people.

[Doc Dutch]

Ah I thought you were being philosophical. My apologies.

We are already helping the homeless and the hungry people.

It was 50/50 IMO. I gave CO the benefit of the doubt for being scientifically oriented and honest enough to stick with the spirit of the thread. In short, I gave him a choice between focusing upon your reply or mine. He chose yours. Any guesses why?

[Doc Dutch]

That is a non sequitur. I mean, for slower folks, what is the point of spending all of the money for a "helicopter" when people are homeless and hungry here on earth.

There will be future hungry. It's important for mankind to expand off-planet since we or our descendents could be wiped out by a natural disaster such as an impact event, supervolcano, plague, idiocracy, etc.

IMO, it's really important that people with the same heart as our pioneer ancestors get off this rock before it goes full-blown liberals full of guitar-strumming, pot-smoking hippies living in government group homes with a small subsidy for their lifestyle "studies".

Seriously; let's open another frontier as fast as we can.

Or you can wimp-out and be a pussified city boy. Your call, sir.