[mlsu]

Ingenuity is running Python?

[foobarbecue]

We did recently (2 months ago...?) add a couple of Python scripts to the heli for the first time.

[Rebelgecko]

The vehicle itself is mostly C++ but there's lots of python in the ground station and data processing

[jeffparsons]

Wow, I somehow never imagined that even NASA's technology choices would be influenced by "all the data stuff being for Python". But I guess if it's all sandboxed and any errors are reversible... then why not?

It all makes rational sense. It just feels weird to think about Python running on Mars before there's even people there.

[zelphirkalt]

GP stated, that there is a lot of Python based stuff on the ground though, as I read it. Not necessarily on Mars.

[jeffparsons]

Ah, I see. I read "ground station" as hardware on the ground on Mars, as opposed to on the helicopter itself.