this post was submitted on 27 Aug 2024
44 points (100.0% liked)
NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover
1385 readers
1 users here now
On the plains of Jezero, the secrets of Mars' past await us! Follow for the latest news, updates, pretty pics, and community discussion on NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's most ambitious mission to Mars!
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I think both of them are still on Mars. /s
Actual question: it's hard to guess the scale of this image, what is the distance between them? How high is the crater rim?
The point-to-point distance between the helicopter and the rover at the locations shown on this image is 1419.7 meters (4657.7 feet)
The crater rim rises to a max of 590 meters from the floor of Neretva Vallis that carves through the rim. But the rover has options to cross the rim at a little less than that depending on conditions encountered on the traverse. It's a steep climb with sections around 23% slope angel.