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Ingenuity has already fulfilled its mission with overwhelming success, and anything extra now is just a bonus.

Perseverance is still early in its mission. There's no way they would ever have it attempt to push Ingenuity upright, simply from a risk perspective. Why risk any complications with the primary mission, just so you can squeeze out a little more science from the expendable secondary experiment?




Technically, both are expendable.

But I think it is not possible for Ingenuity to survive tipping over. Even if the rotors somehow survive 500km/h strike onto ground (which I find extremely unlikely) they are constructed to be perfectly balanced which is extremely important at that speed. Even slightly bent they are completely useless.

It is obvious the team understand this and will not waste time on fruitless rescue mission.




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