Mars Helicopter (before it went to Mars)

[@johncoppock2999]

Now that ingenuity's mission has ended and we have seen its amazing capabilities, it was great to come back here and be reminded of all the hopes we had for this little craft. It's kinda like seeing baby pictures. It was truly an amazing machine. I feel like I lost some kind of friend. Thank you, Derek, for being there to show us the early days.

[@hahaha9076]

Thanks for bringing us this. I've been watching the JPL channel. Loads of content on their history from the first rockets to the present day. Ingenious people in a hub of optimism. Love it.

[@gePanzerTe]

Totally ! It was amazing : let's do it again ! 🚀

[@spooders8424]

This is useless machine

[@nicoyou11]

You know what was amazing, is to see such excitement of every person interviewed in this video, including you Derek! Truly amazing, what a great future!

[@benbrice9343]

I think passion can be underestimated. When you are doing something on a higher level like this you will fail without passion that is as strong as a will to live.

[@Baigle1]

sometimes "just barely doable" is extremely stressful and yet exhilarating.

[@FredPlanatia]

Interesting, i thought i made a comment here identifying the people Derek interviewed because I didn't see their names mentioned. Either I overlooked it and he did have text blurbs with their name and role included in the video (I have been known to be blind), or my comment was deleted and the text blurbs were added. Either way, I'm happy to see them there. Well all of them except Mimi Aung, the enthusiastic lead engineer at JPL who didn't get too many words in on this video. But you can see her talk about it in many other videos. Anyway congrats to the Ingenuity team for making it to Mars, you definitely live up to the Marscopters name , Let's Fly!

[@onthelvl8291]

You mean fake future. Youre welcome...oh,DON'T forget to GET YOUR SHOTS. That goes for all of you indoctrinated. And the conformed. Weed yourselves out. Finally I agree with something they are doing. Lmao!

[@aerospacenews]

Derek, great job. How wonderful that you had a chance to see the actual flight hardware before it was buttoned up and installed on the rover.

[@johnyervelli9282]

Be careful other nations might try to steal this kind of technology.

[@dandanthedandan7558]

@@johnyervelli9282 I'd like to think that we're progressing as a humanity as a whole rather than separate, tiny nations competing against each other.

[@BestHakase]

@@johnyervelli9282 then it will be a win-win situation.

[@Sterlinxvii]

I love u

[@dandanthedandan7558]

@@Gubers Considering that I have 15 likes and the other guy has none, looks like you have the unpopular opinion.

[@conanichigawa]

Time to edit the title again Derek! Mission was a success!

[@danceswithdirt7197]

The title is now "This Helicopter Just Flew On Mars!" so apparently he did update between your comment and this one.

[@marcel151]

I've done that for you.

[@earumamaadu]

Mediocr mission

[@Corn0nTheCobb]

I don't think he should've edited it. I was confused when I saw this video because it makes it seem like this helicopter actually flew on Mars in mid-2020 when it didn't happen until early this year.

[@murugesankarthikeyan7821]

Ye

[@Toraxa]

You know you're dealing with some razor-thin margins when aerogel is a weight concern.

[@iwantitpaintedblack]

but they didnt decap all those heavy ICs and used the silicon die directly on the pcb

[@Qwerty48121]

@@iwantitpaintedblack Vibe and reliability concerns.

[@thebigitchy]

@@iwantitpaintedblack don't forget that all the electronics need to survive being in lower temperatures, and higher radiation levels than on Earth. I'm sure that the engineers made the decision that they couldn't make weight savings in the ICs without compromising something more important than weight.

[@bobbalaram]

It's not the aerogel mass itself, but the mass required for encapsulation into usable pieces that adds up. Also ends up impacting ease of vehicle assembly. Must also be tested for launch and flight vibrations. We didn't need it so it was not used.

[@iwantitpaintedblack]

@@thebigitchy i thought about it, but then again, hows a small plastic case going to save ICs from radiation? temperature im not sure if bare silicon can survive that

[@R2D2internet]

I love the concept "11:00 AM Local Time on Mars"

[@gordonrichardson2972]

The length of a day on Mars is very close to 24 hours, so that statement makes a lot of sense.

[@DANGJOS]

I wonder if he's including daylight savings time. Seems like a silly point, but it does get confusing because the highest point of the sun here is around 1 pm instead of the usual 12 pm.

[@danieljensen2626]

@@DANGJOS Probably non-daylight savings time, i.e. noon=highest point of the sun in the sky. I'm sure they actually use UTC on Earth when they're doing things, but what he's talking about only makes sense as a local time on Mars.

[@alandouglas2789]

ASG_8 ridiculous concept. Just think about it

[@mehill00]

People use 24 “hour” local time clocks on other planets even when the day is not close to 24 hours (i.e., local day not equal to 86400 s). So 12:00 LT would be directly between the planet and the sun and 00:00 would be directly behind. Often when discussing Jupiter, for example, you’ll hear folks say that such and such phenomenon is seen at local noon, or in the dawn-dusk plane, etc. Sometimes we align this clock with the magnetic axis rather than the rotation axis and this is called magnetic local time, MLT.

[@natdrat00]

I never thought I would hear of Aerogel being to heavy for an application.

[@hardino0311]

Haha right!

[@Tyler_0_]

Yeah, that seems odd to me; could they not cut the battery requirements for heating with a comparably small weight of aerogel? Seems counter-intuitive, but they probably have their reasons...

[@kleanbeatzsupreme3569]

He is so smart too, he knew right away :P. I would of been like uhhhh.... idk 😐

[@TheJttv]

The shell has weight and since aerogel increases size of the shell... the shell weighs more.

[@Olsfen1]

well, convective heat transfer is probably not that important with 1% earth atmosphere. Maybe they mostly care about heat radiation.

[@mobius_one]

Time to change the title to "This helicopter has flown on Mars!"

[@Valery0p5]

Done :^'

[@Indeterminite]

I find your title better than what they put on there

[@NewNicator]

What was the title beforehand?

[@zforczek8653]

Really? How come there was no dust??

[@proagepro6501]

@@NewNicator idk

[@WhileTrueCode]

these intellectual interviews are FASCINATING. thank you for sharing

[@gennik7966]

They let this guy go everywhere. He should ask to go to Area 51. He will be our inside man.

[@omjagdeesh8731]

Yeah!

[@SimpleLangSolution]

We need to upvote this as much as we can.

[@notflanders4967]

i dunno, id want him to go in but id also want him to come out

[@smefour]

Just get Bernie in as the next President and he will tell us what's at area 51 ;)

[@iam_a_sad_khan]

At least someone is talking about the real business here !

[@Sami.curiouslab]

this is the most underrated thing right now, it made me speechless, autonomous flying on mars, are you kidding ! we live in the future

[@simonriley7750]

No my friend, we are living right now

[@ok4412]

It hasn't happened yet. I'm skeptical af.

[@ocambam2166]

Sami Ghammat Even more crazy when you think this will be Stone Age tech in a hundred years...

[@iazulkarnain]

And we also die in the future.

[@Yosser70]

It's amazing but I was born a year after the first moon landing so growing up the possibilities for the future seemed so exciting. Sadly for many reasons things haven't progressed like we thought they would, so to me it's almost like living in the past as these things should have happened years ago :( Still freaking cool though :)

[@AnthonyHigham6414001080]

Originally designed to make five flights over a thirty day period. As of its 51st flight on April 23, 2023, the helicopter has been flightworthy for 734 days. Now that's impressive.

[@amalsk666]

'Ingenuity helicopter completes 56th flight on Mars, flies 410 meters on Red Planet.' (News. 1-September-2023)

[@lilDaveist]

Because it’s better to overdeliver than overpromise and underdeliver. The first gets you funding, the second gets cuts in the budget cause you don’t deliver. 😅

[@raptorwhite6468]

And now, it'll finally get to rest after 72 flights

[@Matt100space]

Great video Derek! It was nice to meet you at JPL when you were filming this, keep making great videos!

[@Admiral642]

Yal at nasa and JPL are amazing man, hey how close is kilopower to implementation?? whats the next gen nuclear propulsion look like? If thats a completely different department and you have no idea i understand lol

[@ZinedinePrime]

Good job Noyes, keep up the good work

[@AbhijeetKumarThakur1729]

Nice! Flex on us muggles. 😂😂😂

[@abhigyanrastogi1662]

noice noyes

[@Ramix09]

@@abhigyanrastogi1662 nooooyes

[@TheMurmuringGolem]

How to tell if a video will be interesting: "I'm at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory..."

[@acyllia5311]

Novella I predict sometime in the future, you will be popular, so remember me! You are also underrated

[@nobscooking]

Subscribed

[@funnytoaster3256]

@UC0THylt4vBwUTsf3bwCW7gA valve's janitor are awesome tho, so i don't think the janitor in this one would be as bad (jokes)

[@Novella1]

@DMoney Industry What makes you think they are all terrible? Is it the editing or voice? Just tell me and I will keep that in mind for my next videos

[@unbelver]

Although technically the "in Pasadena" part was wrong. He was physically standing in La Cañada-Flintridge when he said that.

[@Nick-tl7ts]

Seeing the passion in the eyes of theese people is so heartwarming is one of the best feelings you can get.

[@theonlysjc]

And here we are 3 years later and it's still going. On Mars. Flying missions. What an absolute marvel.

[@hapskie]

Let's hope so! It hasn't flown for over a month at this moment because of presumably radio contact issues.

[@theonlysjc]

@@hapskie I thought I had read that the communication issues were kind of expected because of how they're having to sort of 'tag team it' per se, working their way up the path that the rover has to take. Either way, the fact that it's lasted this long is absolutely incredible and well past It's original expected use.

[@gomezgomezian3236]

@@theonlysjc Well, it phoned home the other day! About 2 months since they had heard from it, but all is still good. And not only has it already lasted several times as long as originally planned, it has already started doing the sort of 'future tasks' as discussed in this video. All in all, a stunning success.

[@theonlysjc]

@@gomezgomezian3236 I saw! Thought about this post but forgot to come back to my own comment lol pretty exciting stuff!

[@namansharma6561]

@@gomezgomezian3236 JPL people are super genious, they carefully over engineer everything

[@Jake10454]

The most important question: How long until we can fly it over Opportunity to blow the dust off her solar panels and revive her?

[@shashankdesai8650]

they might not do that. a great idea though!

[@leahparsuidualc666]

Great thought!!!

[@jannegrey]

As much as I would love that, Opportunity's components are probably frozen - and the longer it waits the less chance of working it has. It is already de facto 0%.

[@leahparsuidualc666]

@@jannegrey So what about carrying a small solid rocket and perform a burn cheerleader-pyramid-high from above to give it a wakey-wakey-call? Although it doesn't sound like to be taken serious ... What if? Regarding the technical- and safety- requirements, weight, packaging- type and size, the costs are on the contrary of "high". What do you think?

[@remliqa]

DID YOU JUST ASSUME ITS GENDER!!?

[@DERlpschauer]

playing with a joystick with 20 min lag? just like home.

[@RonaiHenrik]

Yeah, I too have a ping of 1200000

[@aathreyashenoy]

So relatable

[@lifeisneverthesame910]

hopefully but the law of physics forbid us for instantaneous communication like we have on earth..

[@DERlpschauer]

@@lifeisneverthesame910 ????

[@Free_Krazy]

@@DERlpschauer on Earth we can receive signals almost instantly since signals can travel at the speed of light, but with Mars being so far away even at our closest points a simple command or message can take a few mins to reach it.

[@purplecircle7413]

“Hi do you guys sell rigid fishing line” “Yea what’s it for” “Oh uhhhh? M A R S C O P T E R”

[@SnorryHobo]

Braid fishing line doesn't stretch

[@aboriani]

I hate when they ask "what's it for"... I always spend like 15 minutes trying to explain what I do and they generally give up and give me the entire catalog of their products

[@mytech6779]

@@aboriani Me too. "I want a product with approximately this set of properties." "What's it for?", "Something that needs these properties." "oh well we only sell it by brand fitment for original equipment replacement, we don't actually have any real information about our own products."

[@mytech6779]

Found it odd that he jumped to needing high modulus line, seem pretty obvious that a lightly dampened elastic would provide a more uniform lift force than a non elastic. material. i could tell the guy didn't want to directly correct him on camera, only mentioned well yes we tried a few different spring rates.

[@StrangeTerror]

@@mytech6779 As someone who works in a parts store and sells parts to a lot of car builders, this is all too true. Depresses me everytime I have a customer come in and ask an intelligent question. If only companies provided specifications to the average consumer in usable manner.

[@Jeff-jg7jh]

I always like to see interviews of very smart people who are in very important positions. They are always so cool and down to Earth. You know what I mean.

[@aliteralpieceofbread3373]

@Bob bob

[@JoseEduardo-fn1ni]

"Eleven O' Clock in the Morning, local time on Mars" That's the coolest way to tell the time I've ever heard

[@ahgflyguy]

Most pilots whose success in aviating is highly sensitive to atmospheric conditions work in terms of "local time", but do so more implicitly than explicitly. Hot air ballooning on the east side of the central time zone may occur at 6 AM, while hot air ballooning on the west side of the central time zone would happen more than an hour later, for example, due to lighting and possibly solar heating. For soaring pilots, such as sailplane pilots, one of the times to be concerned with is the time of peak solar heating, which is effectively an expression of local time.

[@Fred13Mr]

What else would you call it?

[@ahgflyguy]

Frederik N if you were trying to be accurate, you'd refer to it either by "mean solar time" or just "solar time"

[@Fred13Mr]

ahgflyguy no, the other way let’s you know it’s Mars, which is pretty important...

[@Furiends]

"Your thrust vector now has a component that's horizontal in the direction that you pitched. Right. So then you start translating in that direction." Confirmed, this guy is definitely an engineer.

[@siddharthagrawal8300]

penguins forall tbh even veratasium looked clueless

[@Mii.2.0]

Frocking nerds...

[@jeffvader811]

Fancy way of saying that if you tilt a bit, you're also thrusting sideways a little, so you move sideways.

[@Furiends]

@@jeffvader811 It's actually not as much fancy as it is precise. The helicopter has two main thrust "components" the lift provided by the collective and the tilt provided by the cyclical. So its important to differentiate the two. Because the cyclic is balanced in one dimension the helicopter moves only horizontal. He could have been slightly more precise by saying that while gravity pulls the aircraft down the deflection of the lift due to the tilt provides forward thrust. Further geometric translation has a definition. It means that all point of a shape are moving in the same direction. (not deforming or rotating). The only bit he left out is that you need the counter rotating blades to keep the fuselage from rotating.

[@tobinator999]

penguins forall I’m probably wrong but would it be more correct to say parallel and not horizontal? I’m a little confused by the use of “horizontal to a direction.”

[@patrick247two]

This is an excellent thing to spend money on. Less war, more science.

[@thealtruistmc5020]

hell no war, and invest everything in science

[@thealtruistmc5020]

@DOE John What is that supposed to mean?

[@TySoVm]

@@thealtruistmc5020 If someone wants to kill you and steal your science, how do you defend yourself without war?

[@cosmo1659]

Ty Vm maybe work on educating the world with that military funding so that ppl won’t resort to war in the future

[@TySoVm]

@@cosmo1659 Utopias do not exist in reality, I wish they did.

[@Micha3lHinrichs]

Ingenuity and Perseverance have surpassed my wildest dreams. At its 17th flight (keep in mind it’s designed mission was for 5 flights) it has flown upwards of 40+ feet, 2.2 miles of ground surface, and 30.48 minutes of continuous flight time. Absolutely AMAZING and one of the best techs to come out of NASA in decades.

[@danixjoy5350]

Recently on it's 47th flight... Just Amazing!!!!

[@angelsackson]

50!

[@niyaalo]

51!

[@imEden0]

@@niyaalo 52

[@Ryukyus80]

Jan 18th, 2024. Final Flight. 72 flights total!!!!

[@vamsisanapathi7420]

Top Speed - 11 m/s Maximum Flight Duration - 90 seconds Total Distance Covered in 90 seconds = 11 * 90 = 990 metres This HELICOPTER can cover 45.16 km in 45 DAYS. OPPORTUNITY took 14 YEARS to cover that distance.

[@UntakenNick]

Or you could just say one km per day..

[@Swarm509]

When thinking of this mission like this I really hope they can keep this vehicle going for that long. It would be amazing to see this bouncing around Mars for a few years!

[@Al13n1nV8D3R]

Correct, assuming no system failures and or battery defects all should be good.

[@mytech6779]

Half of that is probably the practical limit. Not every flight can be at full speed or for the full time, mainly for reasons of terrain and maneuvering.

[@patstaysuckafreeboss8006]

@@mytech6779 Was just about to say, it won't be going full speed for the full 90 seconds lol but maybe it'll cover a Km every few days or a week

[@thezarreport]

Is the speed of sound (Mach 1) the same for both Earth and Mars with different atmospheres?

[@Douglas24121995]

Good question

[@SF-li9kh]

Good questions like this are too low in the order of comments in it's section

[@gordonrichardson2972]

@@adityadas8219 Wrong! The speed of sound in a gas has nothing to do with density, it depends on temperature (and to a lesser extent on atomic composition).

[@gordonrichardson2972]

@@my3dviews The speed of sound in a gas depends on temperature (and to a lesser extent on atomic composition), but not directly to do with pressure.

[@hackman-hackman]

Yup. you raise an interesting point. Over there, its is about 60% the speed over here.

[@bojackhorsingaround]

1:11 7:37 13:11 14:47 15:11 when the creator takes efforts to put things into perspective to help viewers understand, is what makes a great video.

[@omariomariomario1194]

U r God-sent

[@gePanzerTe]

Thank him very much 😄

[@quintonwilson8565]

I don't know how I missed this video. Phenomenal.

[@DesignedbyWill2084]

Engineering when aerogel is too heavy.

[@cashkaval]

Nice pointing this out

[@DeclanMBrennan]

Not just too heavy but too heavy in Mars gravity - welcome to the edge of the possible. :-)

[@dollarking9641]

Mate this is where ur old granny micro gauges fail. Only ultra precise fitment here

[@ewthmatth]

Aerogel isn't lighter than whatever foam they have inside the rotor blades?

[@dandanthedandan7558]

Matthew H They use carbon dioxide as insulation. Did you missed that part?

[@KeithStrang]

Glad I just watched this now so I didn’t have to wait a year for the results.

[@alucard0712]

lol

[@moclarkmusic]

@. no the same results but hopefully better CGI

[@ZitesNW]

@@moclarkmusic what are you trying to say?

[@redwinedrummer]

Open cross-section wind tunnel = a wall of fans Gotta love science!

[@peppeddu]

Quote from Space Shuttle (woman) engineer: I was going to bake a cake for the flight but the oven had a malfunction.

[@gymnosplat]

I wish youtube tells you when title’s been edited cause I freaked out and thought the actual first helicopter flight on mars was a year ago and I missed it

[@adrianthoroughgood1191]

For a minute I thought maybe the video was uploaded over a year ago and only just now made public!

[@Backtrack3332]

@@adrianthoroughgood1191 Exactly what i thought. Would have been pretty cool

[@kreut5299]

For a few seconds i was quite shocked and thought my perception of time is totally screwed...

[@atlehassum1492]

Man Covid has smashed my perception of time so badly that I just accepted that the first flight happened 2 years ago, even though it's just a couple of months since the flight actually happened!

[@tiikoni8742]

10:25 So it is like a human body. Most of the energy goes to keep things warm and running, not to actual work :-)

[@archerfn8665]

Tiikoni Pretty much ye

[@panaderofilms]

you just described every cat ever..

[@DackxJaniels]

@@panaderofilms .... and as he said: The human body. Basically all warm blooded animals.

[@panaderofilms]

@@DackxJaniels YEEEET

[@TSideWes805]

@@DackxJaniels what about tortoises?

[@Full_Throttle_Axolotl]

Missed the opportunity to call it the Mars Hover

[@rgerber]

*yawn*

[@AirNeat]

Hoe ver

[@christophercain7343]

Air-N yeah I don’t think that would fly

[@g.v.m7935]

@@AirNeat Dat snappen alleen wij. xD

[@alexeytrofym5475]

First Name Last Name Universal motor! www.magnetarplus.com kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqS4n4mnipVklZY

[@battery_wattage]

Let’s hope the FAA won’t make drone restrictions on Mars.

[@michaelsommers2356]

No, but the MAA does.

[@darrenkastl8160]

@@michaelsommers2356 lol!

[@DiyEcoProjects]

lol

[@TheStockwell]

They might create restrictions for drones on Mars, but enforcing them would be a nightmare. ;)

[@DiyEcoProjects]

Lol, stockwell

[@herrlito-hv]

RIP Ingenuity

[@songsmadeforyou]

them: we needed to lower the gravity me: here we go, antigravity time! them: fishing line

[@riccardoorlando2262]

Makes you think. They did the simplest thing possible. And flying on mars in the simplest way possible resulted in that. Puts into perspective how hard a task it is.

[@ihato8535]

I thought it's still some sophisticated nano-engineered fishing line. Nope, he said they literally do business with various actual fishing companies.

[@Gedas_Ke]

goes to show that more often than not the simplest solution is actually the most practical aswell.

[@Pionike]

I don't think antigravity is possible :/ it requires too much force to fight upon the earth gravity

[@demonsluger]

@@Pionike nah its a thing we just havent gotten there yet.

[@Benzy670]

Wow. This is truly awesome. I wish their mission nothing but success! I really hope it makes it to Mars 100% ok and gets to have a successful flight.

[@Vikotnick]

Man... im still soooooo happy when they use the metric system. I know all science is done in metric now, but bloody feet, pounds and yards is just confusing. Thank you guys!!

[@linecraftman3907]

This is nasa after all

[@BigBoy-bh1qp]

Metric is easily the best unit of measurement

[@ThanatoselNyx]

They still refered to altitude in feet. :(

[@agarceran]

@Saxamusprime Thanatos elNyx, seems like "because of the proliferation of American and British aircraft during the early years of aviation, and the explosion in aviation in the United States after World War II, the imperial foot became the international standard for altitude measurement. China (PRC), North Korea, and, until 2017, Russia (they’ve completed the transition to feet I have read; I haven’t actually been there and witnessed it, my firm has a private jet, and in 2013, they were metric still), however, use meters for altitude measurement." Got that from a quora answer but very interesting nonetheless. www.quora.com/In-aviation-why-is-altitude-always-measured-in-feet

[@michaelsommers2356]

@@ThanatoselNyx Just like every other aircraft on Earth.

[@cadencooper1828]

Glad that you mentioned the forgotten Vega missions.

[@paulb4334]

Me: Using a string to pull stuff up. Nasa: We employ gravity-offload.

[@mohamedibrahimnagi4213]

It is not full pull . It takes part of the weight off constantly as it moves up on its own

[@paulb4334]

@@L.C.Sweeney 😂

[@gusbisbal9803]

@@L.C.Sweeney I don't get this?

[@hihtitmamnan]

@@gusbisbal9803 me neither, pls halp

[@MoRo1333]

gus bisbal a meme joke. Its a retarded “font”.

[@hansnorleaf]

I liked particularly that aerogel was mentioned. I was sitting and thinking about it as insulator just before it was brought up... :)

[@fordtechchris]

And thats why you're not JPL engineering material! You should have already known Aerogel is too heavy! ;-P

[@mmmvegas]

I really enjoy when the engineers get to tell us how these things work. Hearing their thought process is so interesting, I love listening to these smart people who get to build these amazing machines.

[@mervynsands3501]

Yes the appliance of science and thinking, comes up with some interesting products.

[@AlasdairGR]

*67 more flights* than originally planned and an invaluable tool to the success of Perseverance's mission. Thank you for your service, Ginny. We'll reunite with you on the surface one day. ❤

[@gePanzerTe]

The adventure was amazing indeed ! ✌

[@adeadgirl13]

The Martians will now be talking about UFOs.

[@ElectricGun100]

Lmao so true

[@matthewtheniceguy1159]

maybe thats what aliens are doing to earthlings. maybe...

[@davidschmidt6013]

LOL yep

[@mopsbackupaccount5128]

1. @@ElectricGun100 I expected the Spanish inquisition more than you. 2. We are alians to Mars.

[@craigbailey79]

This cracked me up 😂

[@tristanb.3470]

The Wright's first flight was 12 seconds. We're starting on another planet at 90 seconds. Where will we be in 20 years?

[@moveaxebx]

Nowhere. You're comparing apples to oranges. We walked on the moon. Where we are 40 years later?

[@Fume1337]

moveaxebx or did we?!?!? 🤯😳

[@abdullahmohammedali192]

@@moveaxebx the act of 'walking on the moon' is already perfect because you can't improve on it. Machines, on the other hand, have the potential to be improved.

[@rfldss89]

@@moveaxebx yes, but the race to the moon was mainly motivated by the cold war. This helicopter is motivated by research and innovation.

[@rofl22rofl22]

@@moveaxebx Fair, but NASA's current budget isn't what it used to be 40 years ago. We've improved a lot, but it's not easy to notice because there isn't the same kind of political interest now.

[@dcu21]

Note to Self: Don't die until Feb 2021 Edit: Made it! That 2020 tho... 😵 Edit2: IT FLEW few hours ago!!

[@dextermorgan2353]

*slowly keeps aside the rope and stool*

[@wollowa]

Dude its gonna be my birthday present

[@Neo2266.]

Dexter Morgan My stool is currently all over the place... don’t ask

[@rootabeta9015]

@@dextermorgan2353 Not today, old friend

[@panaderofilms]

..quietly backs out of DcU's house while putting the knife away...

[@tobikellner8708]

Am I the only one who'd gladly watch a much longer documentary on this, with a lot of details on the design and testing process as well as info about the actual operation on Mars? I'd totally watch 30-90 mins of that!

[@oskjan1]

Aerogel: lightest solid on earth NASA: that's too heavy for us

[@LeBoThBu]

I mean it's going to Mars sooo Bad joke Bob, bad joke

[@benmac1977]

Just to expensive. If they say its to heavy it means its to expensive.

[@archockencanto1645]

@@benmac1977 Are u stupid? Our man Derek here used about 10cm³ of the material in his earlier videos, and you're saying NASA can't afford it. The only reason they didn't use it is because CO2 which IS a gas therefore lighter than ANY possible solid which aerogel is, is sufficient for the mission, there's no point in them adding extra 50grams when they can just skip it. Especially in such a weight sensitive mission.

[@normalhumanbeing6066]

@@archockencanto1645 chill yo bitchass

[@GabrielKozsar]

The best part is no part. Rings a bell ?

[@ronelbercasio7411]

the title is edited. he's freaking updated. Salute buddy

[@TicWasHere]

Mans is committed asf

[@l-sev3n22]

I was like wtf?

[@jantschierschky3461]

Date still states Aug 19

[@TheCamaro5]

@@jantschierschky3461 yes the today that drone in the video is on mars

[@jantschierschky3461]

@@TheCamaro5 true, but original video states aug 19

[@Koutabuike]

Martians will be telling their children about the time they spotted ufo in the skies.

[@sontapaa11jokulainen94]

Including the Mars rovers.

[@anthonyaristo9482]

Lol!!!

[@dna5585]

yes, saying, oh look at that shitty piece of primitive tech humans sent our way...they polluted their planet, then their atmosphere, then their lower orbit, now their tossing their primitive junk our way...kill it! ....

[@whirly_birb3630]

@@dna5585 yea hopefully humans fix earth and martians don't have to deal with low orbit fancy boxes

[@ExploreLearnEnglishWithGeorge]

a primitive UFO with prepelers that could only fly for 1.5 minutes

[@Theharshbardhan]

Who has come here after this helicopter lands successfully on the mars.

[@marcel151]

I came here after it lifted up.

[@earumamaadu]

Mission garbage

[@theomegaman218]

I came for the CGI affect videos

[@jeolitovaleriorebello3621]

After it flew the 10th flight

[@crimsonsnow2469]

​@@theomegaman218 *effect, and the videos are CGI in this video, as this was before they flew there.

[@TheTurtleOfGods]

I wanna know what fishing line nasa decided was the best

[@dandanthedandan7558]

Imagine being a fishing line company and have NASA use your product. "Buy our lines, it's NASA-approved!!"

[@jameshuckle1568]

Braid most likely, as it doesn't stretch anywhere near as much as traditional monofilament :)

[@KougaJ7]

@@jameshuckle1568 What kind of fishing is braid good for?

[@12supermatty]

@@KougaJ7 drone fishing

[@Ezzell_]

@@KougaJ7 catching mars drones

[@joshuajaydan]

Touchdown, Perseverance is safe on Mars!

[@krakenbyte7377]

The original is: "Touchdown confirmed. We are safe on mars."

[@marcelloberry6829]

HELL YEAH

[@austinjim9082]

Tango delta

[@arhamandaghar]

@@krakenbyte7377 Touchdown confirmed. WE ARE SAFE ON MARS.

[@Rockercaruthonyoutube]

Yes, but is Mars safe?!

[@sammyspaniel6054]

It's mind boggling to think about everything that must go right for this mission to be a success.

[@kingnarothept6917]

That's space. Everything must be perfect for it to work. At least with current technology anyway, but in the future we will probably make more sturdier machines to take a lot more punishment.

[@Baigle1]

wonder if it can right itself if it tips over. they will probably go slow and steady for a long time and never rip it like the animation.

[@leahparsuidualc666]

@Sammy Spaniel - And yet, we weren't able to hear even an idea of dought from their mouths; I was boggled by that, too. It's not even sounding optimistically, they just don't leave room for error. Pretty intriguing way of going at a project.

[@RetroTechX]

Mars crane assist landing.... anythings possible.

[@danielr5637]

Yea, like it must be able to get through the firmament ! Please guys, all space is cgi, never been to space, it impossible

[@stevelowe3525]

40 years ago at the age of 19 ish, I was building complex radio controlled model helicopters. Many people told me to grow up ,and stop playing with toys! like a pratt I listened; What an amazing achievement in tec

[@festiveFurry]

what monster could tell that to a teen

[@electromorphous]

Him: so no aerogel Her: no. No aerogel *Sad veritasium noises*

[@demonsluger]

which seem stupid as his new video show how its the new material of the century

[@rodschmidt8952]

Maybe they will replace the blades with new improved aerogel-core blades

[@sorensouthard927]

@@rodschmidt8952 it to brittle sadly, personally I wish everything was made of aerogel.

[@rodschmidt8952]

@@sorensouthard927 I wonder if it can be treated like pre-stressed concrete, with stretched fibers in it or bands around it

[@Funny9689]

When they make aerogel not brittle, then it will become the material of the century.

[@scroopynoopers2892]

Who's watching the rover landing today? update: congrats nasa!

[@lizardlegend42]

Yeah should be fun

[@unionmen2312]

Yeah should be fun

[@meowskisenpai4427]

meeeeeeeee

[@roshansell1804]

I am

[@larrywhite6298]

Yep. I wouldn't miss it.

[@yatinyash94]

If soviet union was still there we would have so much space exploration just because of the competition between USSR and US.

[@danieljensen2626]

Yup. The Soviet Union was crushing the US in terms of planetary exploration. First soft landing on Mars, first and still only country to soft land on Venus. But I'm sure the people who lived in former Soviet countries are better off now.

[@Killatomate85]

imagine all of the fake landings we would have had. oh wait.

[@dreambokek]

@@vinaynk even if my enemy is making other people suffer?

[@nocturnal7345]

Killatomate85 Just kidding, man.

[@_Andrew2002]

The competition between the two of them had kinda died out by the mid 70's and didn't come back at all, and it didn't help the Soviets could never seem to get a successful Mars lander

[@sobreruedasmtb2135]

Plot twist: Ingenuity was deployed yesterday and has survived its first night on the martian surface!!! Exciting times!!

[@vyombafna9773]

The 5 th day

[@almostcertainlynotapotato6528]

Plot twist twist: ingenuity failed its teest spin and now the flight has been pushed back

[@br1ngtheacti0n46]

@@almostcertainlynotapotato6528 any updates?

[@Aceb_k]

Sol 55 still looking good

[@luke.nls.]

and today... it's first flight! incredible

[@zarodgaming1844]

lol scientist:"wth, what's this 20 min PING!?"

[@charliechua1877]

slither.io on mars 😂😂😂😂😂

[@S_t_even]

1200000ms ping, ouch

[@JHS270694]

Rofl

[@partlyblue]

@Richard Clutterbuck ~10-45 mins dependent on the position of Mars relative to Earth

[@durpswagjr3962]

gAmers rise up

[@kissmiasse2118]

New title in a few months time “This Helicopter Is Now Flying On Mars!”

[@ezboi5768]

Yes

[@c31979839]

New title in a few months: this is the first helicopter to crash on mars.

[@ezboi5768]

@@c31979839 that'd be very dark

[@venomousstrikerz8220]

This Helicopter Has Now Crashed On Mars!

[@TheSanco26]

New title in a few weeks: Alien race destroyed this helicopter after intruding their home.

[@evansiegel1732]

It does my heart good seeing that a video like this gets 4 million hits.

[@CanadianB.O.W]

Compared to his other videos + the age of this one, it's actually kind of low? But at least its not 100K views or something

[@Rockercaruthonyoutube]

Lets hope zMars, knows what its letting itself in for, with a bunch of savages heading its way.

[@basmeyer22]

@. Would you agree with this if this is still 1 on every 2000 people on earth? That is still a lot. And what also is still a lot is that of the viewers 1/2000 did not like this video, which in my turn I canNOT understand. Not at all! Perhaps it is a complain that it is in English 🤔

[@ThisIsDavesGarage]

As someone that has flown RC vehicles for over 20 years I find this fascinating! I hope the Helicopter is successful on Mars!

[@AltraNewb]

guess what?

[@shreyameshram]

​@@AltraNewbwhat?

[@crimsonsnow2469]

​@@shreyameshram 💀Guy made a guess what and didn't want to respond. I think he wanted to say it was fake

[@rahmouniabdel3298]

I laughed so hard at the part :no aerogel 😂

[@__-pl3jg]

Engineer... Polyurethane foam - Too heavy Mylar sheeting - Too heavy Aero gel - THATS TOO DAMN HEAVY!

[@iwantitpaintedblack]

why is everything so heavy from LP playing in the background

[@Saakk129]

I can't be the only one who dislikes all of these types of comments... jesus guys lol

[@iwantitpaintedblack]

@@Saakk129 y?

[@AlbertaGeek]

@@Saakk129 Vacuous whinges like you just graced the comment section with are even worse.

[@Saakk129]

@@AlbertaGeek Hi pot, meet kettle. Shut up lol

[@total_kayhem5193]

This thing: starts flying Alien farmers: why is fortunate son playing?

[@Fred_the_1996]

MARS-ETNAM

[@digitalnomad9985]

We can take it for granted that Martians are CCR fans. According to my survey, however, they don't care for disco.

[@5Puff]

What's that?

[@total_kayhem5193]

@@5Puff a song usually associated with he Vietnam war

[@Koutabuike]

wtf is fortunate

[@AlbertoSegoviaL]

And that thing just had its first flight on Mars. It's just amazing.

[@joshuaallen707]

u believe this?

[@dbyspae122]

​@@joshuaallen707dunning kreuger huh

[@rockwithyou2006]

@@joshuaallen707 Yes we all do.

[@PhysicsPolice]

2:59 "This is how humans laugh, right?"

[@owlofminerva1397]

Ok awesome. But now i wanna know more about thoose soviet venus ballons :O

[@vintageyamahasquid]

Yes please!

[@hellogoodbye.]

Communist, Any collusion?

[@scottsharples7442]

why does that sound overly sexual

[@montigobear]

Most informative. I had no idea NASA was so far along with this project.

[@davenz000]

mars.nasa.gov/participate/send-your-name/mars2020/

[@pluto8404]

@@davenz000 First name: The Earth Last name: Is Flat Is now going to be on mars.

[@budgiebreder]

Its sad the blades broke. Thanks for making this genius device

[@janklosowski]

The most surprising thing I've learned is that a cubic meter of air is about a kilogram.

[@chrislantos]

The most surprising thing I've learned is that NASA can claim to control the flight of drones at a distance of 40,000,000 miles....and not one comment reacts with something along the lines of "ARE YOU F__KING NUTS?!"

[@janklosowski]

​@@chrislantos Why? The drone doesn't need to be steered manually. We have self-driving cars on Earth, and traffic in the Mars atmosphere is significantly less challenging.

[@aditya-ml6km]

@@chrislantos You seem to be uneducated or lacking cognitive ability. It has been mentioned in this video that this drone is going to be autonomous. They have literally explained about the control loop that how this drone will navigate on mars. Are you seriously that stupid???

[@lokeshbajracharya5190]

Same

[@ProfezorSnayp]

@@chrislantos "and not one comment reacts with something along the lines of "ARE YOU F__KING NUTS?!"" Because except for you everyone else understands that nobody is gong to guide it remotely in REAL TIME. You think you found a fatal flaw but in reality you're just too dumb to understand what level of self-guidance this drone has. You think all the previous rovers like Spirit, Opportunity or Curiosity are remotely controlled in real time too? Go and educate yourself on their autonomy systems, you're making a fool of yourself.

[@spodefollower]

this comment is just for engagement so veritasium gets a boost in the youtube algorithm

[@danwigodsky2612]

Like this?

[@SaladFingers_]

replies to other comments probably boost a little more too

[@AwesomeXavy]

@@SaladFingers_ Interesting

[@coalitionofrob436]

I often do this for some of my favourite content creators

[@pranavlimaye]

*agrees with you, and compliments you and your choice in KZbinrs* 👏👏👏

[@LARAUJO_0]

2020: Mars Helicopter 2050: Manned Mars Helicopter 2100: Mars Plane 2150: Martian Airlines

[@marbleman52]

LARAU....I certainly hope that your 2050 prediction is much sooner.

[@somename842]

I hope all of that happens before 2100

[@alan69r]

2025 is gonna (hopefully) be the first manned mission to Mars

[@Neo2266.]

Also ~2100 All of is here dead

[@Neo2266.]

Lucas Ferreira I’ll be 99, maybe we’ll both still be alive Welp see you in a hundred years i guess

[@TobiKellner]

What I actually like most about the whole project is that it uses totally off-the-shelf batteries, standard Sony 18650s, at around $5 a piece. This is an important message - sometimes tried and tested commercial components are actually the best choice!

[@PapaFoote]

"...The MARS HELICOPTER (that's NOW on MARS)..."

[@Alex-tu5vu]

he edited the title (I hope you know that)

[@fumesolo6709]

@@Alex-tu5vu he edit it 2 time's

[@robertgrey1377]

I was so confused!

[@supersonictumbleweed]

I was ready to get MAAD

[@tanan8116]

13:28 "11 o'clock in the morning, local time on mars" what a time to be alive

[@bishal_k_roy]

On Earth Engineers are trying hard keep the electronics cool and on Mars they are using 2/3 of the battery power keep the electronics warm.

[@lifeisneverthesame910]

this dude has very funny indian accent...

[@Sunny-Gupta1]

@@lifeisneverthesame910 which dude?

[@llll-lk2mm]

So we should shift to Mars and put the rovers on earth

[@oliveiraphc]

They will be using Intel.

[@killerqueen4681]

@@oliveiraphc underrated comment LMAOOO

[@Guillermoq5]

My 8-Year-old Nephew is learning about space and loves the idea of exploring Mars. I told him about the rovers and the helicopter. When he heard "helicopter" he was like "WHAT?! No way! You are making that up" I showed him this and videos of the helicopter FLYING ON MARS (his little mind was blown.)

[@ekojar3047]

I cant wait to see how this little guys Mars journey goes.

[@ekojar3047]

Also I really hope they use the microphone to record how the helicopter blades sound in the Martian atmosphere as it takes off.

[@followthegrow108]

Better sentence structure would be to say " I can't wait to see how this little guys journey on Mars goes".

[@user-yh9sk7sm9e]

@@followthegrow108 ok grammar police 👮 hope ur joking because there is nothing wrong with his sentence Edit: he/she missed an apostrophe

[@glennroberts971]

That piece of worthless junk cost 80 million.

[@followthegrow108]

@@user-yh9sk7sm9e There is actually. That just goes to show what you know. Good try tho.

[@eliasheinze6160]

„Every part had to be considered because of the weight“ Let us not talk about the NASA sticker

[@PixiiGER]

Value of Sticker > weight They need funding :P

[@Native_Creation]

Could it be laser etched?

[@prismalglue]

@@Native_Creation the sticker is made out of aerogel

[@therealjammit]

*model

[@wavyleafthistle1830]

Underneath the sticker are the official corporate claims to any resources/wealth on the planet. The hidden claims will be staked, It's already owned by corporate America.

[@hans8905]

I wish that helicopter will rescue Opportunity rover, blowing the dust off of the solar panels and making it run again.

[@canadianbutt275]

Inn90 secs

[@manikrn007]

OMG dude thats such a great idea. Would be perfect for an end of life mission.

[@sonny19931]

That sounds like the start of a love story

[@manikrn007]

@@sonny19931 EVA!! Eva?!

[@brycering5989]

Blowjob to resuscitate, Sounds like a joke I heard once...

[@Druid_Plow]

Part of what makes it so loud is the straight blades, as they pass each other if opposite directions they create massive turbulence. That is why fans in things like your computer, your car engine and even the $10 desk fans at target have swept blades. and in the case of PC fans, the frame supports are curved in the opposite direction to reduce the noise even further.

[@abvmoose87]

For there to be turbulence tvete have to be air, it would not sound like that with 1% air.

[@Druid_Plow]

@@abvmoose87 turbulence is not a sound, but it creates sounds.

[@fep_ptcp883]

JET PROPULSION Lab Making a rotor propelled aircraft Close enough

[@erentr7167]

rotor propulsion lab

[@SurjeetSingh-sw1jp]

they should be developing and testing a rocket engine like spacex instead of rovers and copter Ur right What an underrated comment

[@johnlouiea.penaflor5742]

3:00 my fake friend laugh be like😂✌️

[@revanoke]

ah ah AH AH AH AH AH

[@abdaleali609]

😂😂😂😂

[@C21H30O2]

I was gonna comment on the creepy fake laugh, glad I'm not the only one to see that! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[@johnlouiea.penaflor5742]

c21h30o2 nice HAHAHAHA

[@CosWeLL23]

xD

[@CaesarBro]

The news of a helicopter flying on Mars any day now has me elevated.

[@nimbusregular]

about a week

[@TannerRawlings]

March 19th, sol 30

[@OhNoNotFrank]

I'm spinning.

[@tam2237]

@@OhNoNotFrank that’s a good trick

[@peterandersson3812]

Congratulations to MiMi Aung and her team at JPL: such a fantastic achievement!

[@HARRY001]

1:05 Indians are ROCKING everywhere. proud to be an indian

[@bigman489]

Derek looks like a schoolboy getting to see his dream, I wish I was in his place lol.

[@inTruthbyGrace]

why? is your real life so bad that you wish you were wandering through some stupid office, with guys in lab coats telling you their remote control toy, sitting on a fold up banquet table has a 140,000,000 mile range? Why don't you just _read_ a book? There are far more interesting fantasies than _this_ nonsense!

[@aleksanderginter]

inTruthbyGrace Excuse me.... what? I think you didn't get the gist of the comment above...

[@1brigalow]

He looks totally infatuated with that Asian chick.... or maybe it's just me.

[@bigman489]

1brigalow Lmao, no I believe he’s infatuated by the concept of the place he’s been allowed to visit. He acts like that whenever he gets explained the topics of the video.

[@bigman489]

inTruthbyGrace Yes read a book, because that’ll help me see the insides of A SPACE LAB.

[@ಠ_ಠ-ಷ8ಪ]

Finally Amazon can deliver to me.

[@cloudproduction420]

Love from Czech republic 🇨🇿

[@FormulaJuan75]

2:59 lmao that laugh came out of nowhere.

[@solderbuff]

Geeks are geeked out.

[@erichbachman7363]

Lol. true xD

[@deeps3218]

just watching them repeat laughing is funny ngl

[@akashdhanwani6638]

I really liked that part!

[@awesome1ru]

I read ur comment exactly when it happened

[@Svenmpa]

God I am jealous of the team working on this. It would be so awesome. As a programmer, it would be so cool working on something like this.

[@prexp9026]

Who's coming back here after it has launched.

[@mathlegendno12]

Not me

[@cursed7424]

Me cause only 60 something more minutes till it starts I think

[@LinusDropTips]

Time only moves forward so everyone

[@ashtonhartley2662]

@Berzerk So true

[@lollylemur5041]

Can’t wait for people to come back to this comment after the rover has landed. I hope it goes well!

[@JamespkVr]

Thank you for spreading your love and enthusiasm for STEM!!!

[@pats_seidl]

"11 o'clock local time on mars." Didn't know that was a thing

[@butlerproman]

Since time is measured by geometry, the planet is divided into 24 15 degree meridians. When the planet rotates 15 degrees, that equals one Martian hour. But, yeah, it's kinda strange to think about at first.

[@jasonthehuman]

@@butlerproman that's actually quite interesting. Good to know!

[@jordanbradford7729]

​@@butlerproman A consequence of this is that the local time units on Mars are a bit longer than they are on Earth, because Mars rotates more slowly. One Martian day is about 25 Earth hours, and one hour on Mars is about 61 minutes 37 seconds on Earth. (Also, I'm pretty sure that for calculations such as the distance between Earth and Mars, or the transit time of a spacecraft from Earth to Mars, you have to account for relativistic time dilation due to the differences in gravity and velocity among Earth, Mars, the spacecraft, and maybe even the sun. I suppose it depends on how precise you need to be.)

[@butlerproman]

@@jordanbradford7729 Right. Every planet's "hour" would be longer or shorter depending on speed of rotation.

[@blackkissi]

formally known as lunchtime at Mars

[@rubyneo9674]

just wait till you get alien hair in the propellers

[@alexcarter8807]

Working for/with JPL is something of a family tradition in my family ... I will gladly sacrifice some pubies.

[@RyanLeanardoe]

wtf

[@PixelBoyMiner]

carter pause

[@TechyBen]

"This Helicopter is Now On Mars!" Wait, did you change the title??? Cos... this video was made a year ago! XD Also, they interviews were great, they explained their work very well. :)

[@genericusername9849]

What? He changed the title because it has landed.

[@rednemo9634]

@@genericusername9849 to be honest, it seems a pretty valid reason to me.

[@genericusername9849]

@@rednemo9634 I know, that’s why I said it haha. I was just telling the other guy the reason it was changed.

[@rednemo9634]

@@genericusername9849 and I was just adding that it is a really good reason. Now seriously let's just hope the sound of that heli is not going to terrorise the martians (ok maybe not that seriously)

[@genericusername9849]

@Far East Creative Media There is air. There is wind. And there is an atmosphere.

[@themeandrousengineer]

I know this is old but I love it.