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NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover

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[–] red@sopuli.xyz 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Did you read the post? It states the rover is too far to even attempt taking an image of the helicopter, so makes sense that they aren't erring on the side of caution because of proximity.

Edit: sorry, I mistook top comment for post body.