Why Did The Mars Helicopter Disappear?

[BOP]

Who knew we have a helicopter on Mars? Apparently, I wasn't paying attention.

Taking COTS items to the extreme of not turning them into GOTS.

The price tag? A mere $70M...cheap at half the price. Or something.

How a helicopter built of phone parts survived Mars for 3 years.

 

[BOP]

PS: it didn't disappear so much as it was out of contact for a while. They know exactly where it is.