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NASA built a helicopter that can fly on Mars
- petee 6y agoThis got my hopes up that they flew it successfully - title is "A Helicopter Ride Over Mars? NASA's About to Give It a Shot" so they haven't actually done it yet
- ArtWomb 6y agoNASA is an engine for tech transfer. Prove it works in impossible domains at great expense. And re-purpose for civilian terrestrial usage. This seems to be precisely the case here: on-board computer, solar cells, powertrain, sensors all required pain-staking miniaturization. Having done a bit of drone cinematography this summer, these innovations, as well as autonomy, will be welcome additions even in full G, dense atmosphere environments back home ;) https://rotorcraft.arc.nasa.gov/Publications/2020.html https://rotorcraft.arc.nasa.gov/Publications/2020.html