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NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover

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Ingenuity images the shadow of its damaged rotor blade - End of great mission. (lemmy.world)
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[–] rodolfo@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

what is it that pale blue dot?

[–] paulhammond5155@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Looks like a piece of the carbon fibre rotor to me

[–] rodolfo@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

i, well , i was trying to exert some emotional experience.

these are machines, nonetheless they are an expression of human existence; they are human, in such a remarkable scenario. they cannot come back; home is lost forever to them, for the very same transience experienced by humans. this page explains it all, btw.