pwhole
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NASA did it - first-ever powered flight on another planet - yeehah!:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-56799755
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-56799755
Rob said:I'm really into the current space tech industry, but i'm kinda with SamT on this one. Ingenuity is a proof of concept device. It actually is not set to do anything usefully scientific itself. And drone tech is very well proven on Earth, so it's not really reinventing much.
wormster said:It has been fun knowing that something I have personally been involved in building may go to Mars and back.
And drone tech is very well proven on Earth, so it's not really reinventing much.
ChrisJC said:And flying autonomously. You can't use your RC Controller when it takes 5 minutes to get to the other end.
You also don't have the luxury of the Van-Allen belts shielding your fangled 'lectrics from cosmic rays. And temperature variations of 100 degrees C.
I think it is an exceptional demonstration of technology.
Chris.
PeteHall said:wormster said:It has been fun knowing that something I have personally been involved in building may go to Mars and back.
But did you get a BEC sticker onto it?
wormster said:PeteHall said:wormster said:It has been fun knowing that something I have personally been involved in building may go to Mars and back.
But did you get a BEC sticker onto it?
I might have managed that 😎
ChrisJC said:
Yer, if only all that money was spent here on Earth, expanding human's technological capabilities, creating new industries, providing jobs, and helping to foster peaceful connections between nations. Oh wait...SamT said:Just think the money (and f*** me, its a veritable f*** ton of money) and effort could be much better spent a little closer to home.
And if all goes well with the test-flights, it can begin remotely-surveying the landscape.
Rob said:Space exploration is one of the most important areas of science that we as humans are fortunate enough to be able to study. It provides answers about the fundamental questions of the universe and our history within it.SamT said:Just think the money (and f*** me, its a veritable f*** ton of money) and effort could be much better spent a little closer to home.