Ingenuity is grounded, yes. The drone was still alive, however, when Percy was last in contact. It was still gathering onboard engineering data at that time, which would prove useful (even to the scientists) if we can retrieve it at a later date.
We won’t know for certain if “Ginny” has survived until we get proximity and line-of-sight communication between rover and 'copter again. That won’t be possible until the rover returns to the interior of Jezero Crater, which won’t happen for a while.
Until then, I’m allowed to dream about Ingenuity bearing up down there in Neretva Vallis, where a muddy river once flowed.
Ingenuity is grounded, yes. The drone was still alive, however, when Percy was last in contact. It was still gathering onboard engineering data at that time, which would prove useful (even to the scientists) if we can retrieve it at a later date.
We won’t know for certain if “Ginny” has survived until we get proximity and line-of-sight communication between rover and 'copter again. That won’t be possible until the rover returns to the interior of Jezero Crater, which won’t happen for a while.
Until then, I’m allowed to dream about Ingenuity bearing up down there in Neretva Vallis, where a muddy river once flowed.