March 31, 2021
#2444: Ingenuity explain
![Plot twist: Thanks to [mumble mumble] second-order [mumble] Rayleigh-Taylor [mumble] turbulent [mumble] shear, it turns out powered flight is way EASIER on Mars! Ingenuity](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/ingenuity.png)
[Ingenuity/Perseverance is on the surface of Mars.]
Perseverance: Ingenuity helicopter has been lowered.
Perseverance: Preparing to release it onto the surface.
[A cut to mission control on Earth. Cueball trips and clicks on a key on his workstation, while Ponytail stands nearby.]
Cueball: Oops
Control panel: Click
Trip
[Back on Mars, Ingenuity’s rotor blades start spinning.]
Ingenuity: Bzzzzzz
[Perseverance is being lifted into the air atop Ingenuity.]
Perseverance: Wheeee!
Ingenuity: Bzzzzzz