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Now I am imagining a mars rover that works like one of these. Stampeding over the rocky landscape, powered by martian wind.
by tpurves 2y ago
Now I am imagining a mars rover that works like one of these. Stampeding over the rocky landscape, powered by martian wind.
- layer8 2y agoGiven that Mars’ atmosphere density is only about one percent of Earth’s, that seems unlikely.
- rtkwe 2y agoLots of ways to deal with that in theory. You could have the windmill store the energy in a spring and release it in a more powerful burst when it reaches a certain level. Another way would just be gearing it waaay down so the windmill can spin with very little force and the strandbeest just moves very very slowly.