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originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: Vector99
Low pressure aerodynamics are not difficult to model. That sort of thing is part of NASA's name, after all.
originally posted by: wildespace
LOL at people questioning whethere NASA know what they're doing. The OP's video has footage of them testing the 'copter at Mars-like atmosphere pressure in a vacuum chamber.
Discussed in detail here: space.stackexchange.com...
Test footage: www.youtube.com...
The video is from 2015, by the way. They've been working on the helicopter for years.
Solar? Gonna be some problems.
I'm sorry, you people actually buy this hogwash?
The one thing I want NASA to do is send a microphone to Mars. I want to hear what that place sounds like.
This thing must be highly autonomic considering the bad latency you would get via direct remote control.