This might not be a big deal. Then again, it might be a Wright Brothers moment.
Either way, there was a helicopter flight on Mars, even it for a short period of time.
It is actually harder than we think.
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I watched how the helicopter thingy was developed before it got to mars, it's very cool but I don't think we will see lots of drones flying around on Mars any time soon given how difficult flying is on that planet
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Couple that with the fact as to why we need stuff flying around Mars.
If we do eventually live this, which I highly question, it is not going to be for a while now. There is plenty of time to figure how to fly stuff up there.
The breakthrough from a scientific and knowledge standpoint is great but the practicality of it, I don't see it.
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Drones could help survey the planet but that would mean more weight, and that helicopter thingy is super duper light
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Yea because every planet is different. I think its a great first step and maybe we can start building vehicles for transportation on other planets using this knowledge.
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I just wish they would work on getting my car to go 100 miles on a gallon of gasoline.
You would think that would be a greater priority since the impact could be immediately felt.
Imagine every new car in 2023 that had a MPG of 100 or more. That would change things.
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Lol. That would be amazing but I think I would prefer an electric car that fills up in 10 minutes and has a battery life of 1,000 miles. I think that would be far better than a gas car. Say goodbye to gas stations.
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That is true although I think the other idea would be a closer reality if it was sought. The 1,000 mile battery with 10 minute recharge times do not seem like they could happen anytime soon. A car that gets 100 MPG, if the car companies were pushed, I bet they could do it.
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They probably could but the trend I see is that they are focusing on the EV trade and they don't see a future for gas cars.
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That would be quite an accomplishment! The efficiency on combustion engines is really bad so it would take a lot of optimization to achieve that.
It would be amazing though
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That was a very interesting article.
The physics of it is not really new to me but when I first saw the news about the flight I never stopped to think about all these implications. It must have been very hard to get a stable amount of lift on those conditions. Definitely an engineering milestone!
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