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To: Ezekiel

the helicopter thing is cool, but I would have included a couple helium balloons with a high res cameras and a long antenna, after releasing those you might have a better idea where to fly your helicopter toy


3 posted on 11/22/2021 4:54:46 PM PST by algore ( )
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To: algore; Daffynition; cyn
the helicopter thing is cool, but I would have included a couple helium balloons with a high res cameras and a long antenna, after releasing those you might have a better idea where to fly your helicopter toy

Great idea! :)


4 posted on 11/22/2021 5:03:22 PM PST by Ezekiel ("Come fly with US". Ingenuity-- because the Son of David begins with Mars.)
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To: algore
We’ve been mapping Mars for quite some time.
5 posted on 11/22/2021 5:26:05 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: algore

The Martian atmosphere is just next door to a vacuum. Balloons don’t work well. As it is, the rotor speed is berserk. It’s why the flight times are so short.


6 posted on 11/22/2021 6:29:01 PM PST by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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