Easy Gone, Easy Come
Feb. 18th, 2022 08:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
krpalmerA few months ago, I noticed the “followers” count on my Tumblr reaching a hundred, and as little weight I have to give to that it did make for something to post here. After that, though, I noticed the count drop below a hundred. That might be an intimation not all of the followers were “bots” latching on to random accounts for enigmatic yet nefarious purposes, but it might not too.
After a while, the count started creeping up again, and ticked over a hundred again. I told myself I had other things to post here all but ready to hand and surely didn’t have to make a pathetic boast again for the sake of inking in another date on the calendar here. Then, I double-checked the count, and just happened to notice someone I follow passing along that it’s been a year since Perseverance landed on Mars. More than that, the rover’s mini-helicopter is still working too. I’d had the impression the little solar panel above Ingenuity’s rotors was only good for stretching out its initial battery charge from Perseverance’s radioisotope thermal generator, so all in all I’m both surprised and impressed.
After a while, the count started creeping up again, and ticked over a hundred again. I told myself I had other things to post here all but ready to hand and surely didn’t have to make a pathetic boast again for the sake of inking in another date on the calendar here. Then, I double-checked the count, and just happened to notice someone I follow passing along that it’s been a year since Perseverance landed on Mars. More than that, the rover’s mini-helicopter is still working too. I’d had the impression the little solar panel above Ingenuity’s rotors was only good for stretching out its initial battery charge from Perseverance’s radioisotope thermal generator, so all in all I’m both surprised and impressed.