Yeah, I saw them mention that but they said the code was improved to handle the landing so it was less likely to crash or something. The instruments on it are quite interesting. Should be cool if/when the little helicopter takes off. I know it's not going to do anything other than to see if it can fly but still kind of cool since it will be the first time they've done this.
Planetfest '21 put on by the Planetary Society was last weekend and it was very good. It was only about $22 USD. My wife watched it with me and enjoyed even the more technical talks. There were lots of good presentations that will be uploaded in a week or two. I'm not sure if they'll be available just to members or to the general public but likely the latter. Their
website has a lot of good material concerning astronomy and space exploration including the exo-planets they've discovered. It's very well-designed, too as well as having an easy address to remember.
Hope and Tiawen-1 arrived around the same time as Perseverance (in orbit, that is) but Tiawen-1's rover won't land until May or June but I'm sure you already know this. Most of this information is for anyone else that is interested.
What I find really exciting is that Perseverance will collect samples, deposit into tubes and a fetch rover will take them to a rocket. That rocket will launch to an orbiter which will return to Earth dropping the canister off at Earth. Of course, the fetch rover, rocket, and special orbit will arrive much later (2028/the 2030s?). That's a lot of stuff to get right but they're definitely having a lot more success at successful
missions to Mars than in the early years.
Are you a member of the Planetary Society, Bill? And if not, why not? And here's the
link to join.

I shouldn't talk though; I only became a member again recently. I was a member originally in the 80s when I was a teenager. I'm a big fan of Carl Sagan so once I found it he had co-founded this organization, I had to join. The membership has really re-invigorated my interest in astronomy. They have an
e-newsletter that gives you the top stories in space exploration for that week. You don't have to be a member to join it.