[Eric Berger] has a thoughtful and detailed article explaining why Ingenuity, NASA’s small helicopter on Mars, was probably far more revolutionary than many realize, and has a legacy to grant the future of off-world exploration that is already being felt.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://hackaday.com/2024/01/30/ingenuity-may-be-grounded-but-its-legacy-will-be-grand/