NASA’s Mars helicopter has a problem. This clever software trick could fix it
Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSSNASA is preparing to "patch" the flight computer software on its Ingenuity Mars helicopter to prepare it for flight again after its winter hibernation. The software patch, which essentially hacks Ingenuity's flight computer software, will make the flight computer believe readings from one working sensor are coming from another sensor that recently stopped functioning. Ingenuity, which started flying on Mars in April 2021, has been in a reduced operation mode during Mars winter.!-->-->!-->>…