Ping for the Ginny the Mars Hovercraft..
Put Eight Miles High by the Byrds on the digital sound system and it will go higher.
Followed by Sly and the Family Stone I Want to Take You Higher.
Is there an altitude equivalent to Earth for Mars? I assume that the Mar’s atmosphere Density is different than on Earth.
I wonder if a hydrogen blimp would work in that thin atmosphere?
Geologically, this tiny chopper is so valuable.
Instead of just picking up rocks or drilling holes, we have a complete panoramic view of the horizon and hundreds of square meters of land around every geology sample.
Anyone here remember 1957 TV shows...
Re: Matt Damon - The Martian
A very good movie, and I thought Damon was excellent.
However, the basic premise of that movie appears to be completely wrong.
The atmosphere of Mars is less than 1% of the density of the atmosphere on Earth.
Clearly, high winds on Mars can cause dust storms.
However, in the movie, the first Martian explorers have to abandon Matt Damon (who they think is dead) because their Mars Lander Vehicle is about to be blown over by a huge dust storm.
In my opinion, you would need wind gusts that were thousands of MPH to blow over that Lander.
Perhaps the added mass of the dust - and substantially less gravity on Mars - would increase the risk of blowing over the Lander?
But, I still find that risk level very hard to believe. As far as I know, wind speed on Mars during huge dust storms is always below 100 mph.