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To: Red Badger

There’s a weather risk as well. The bird may check out, but it could become windy.


3 posted on 04/12/2021 11:17:39 AM PDT by cicero2k
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Mars’ atmosphere is extremely thin. And the highest wind speeds are around 60mph. With the air as thin as it is that would barely lift a kite. The main worry is that grit gets in everything and covers solar panels.


21 posted on 04/12/2021 11:48:21 AM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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