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“Earth is the only planet in the solar system with aircraft capable of sustained flight.”

Ralph Creweuniversetoday.com ↗

Ingenuity has to fly in air so thin that the summit of Everest is pea soup by comparison. Its rotors spin five times faster than any helicopter on Earth just to get lift. The first status report says the batteries are fine. NASA calls it a technology demo, which means nobody gets blamed if it crashes.