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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhen does the drone start buzzing around mars??
All I can picture is Ryan gosling in blade runner 2049 snapping his finger at the drone
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When does the drone start buzzing around mars?? (Original Post)
Watchfoxheadexplodes
Feb 2021
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lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)1. In a couple of months, at the earliest.
Lots of complicated setup and testing to do first.
Brother Buzz
(36,410 posts)2. I heard one month
There's a lot of buzz about the helicopter, but it's sole purpose is to prove it's viability. If it's five schedules flights are successful, we can expect to see really cool ones, with all the bells and whistles, sent up in a few years.
Watchfoxheadexplodes
(3,496 posts)3. Awww man
That's what I really want to see.
Another movie
Notice similarities in the mars ship landing to that of prometheus?
We should have warp speed in a few months
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)4. Online info at Nasa
captain queeg
(10,154 posts)5. I don't think this drone has a camera
atmosphere is too thin, so this is just a test. I think I read that somewhere.
brush
(53,764 posts)6. Aeronautics DUers: Is it just a simple adjustment for a helicopter to work...
in the thin Martian atmosphere?