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gaifux ,

But it was so real 😥

bamboo ,

Somewhere in Hollywood, a studio exec is already pitching a sequel to The Martian, with the plot that Matt Daemon finds himself stranded on Mars again and needs to fix the helicopter to fly him back to Earth.

Blum0108 ,

I would pay money to see that in theaters

shortwavesurfer ,

Sad. Hopefully a little helicopter like this becomes standard equipment on missions.

sunbeam60 ,

I can’t read this sentence without hearing Trump. Sad.

Astrealix ,
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NOOOOOOOOOOOO :(

Usernameblankface ,
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Yeah, but they launched it just last year, right?

Cries in old

billwashere ,

2020 was only last year right? … right?!?

squiblet ,
@squiblet@kbin.social avatar

I'm still confused about when there was ever a helicopter vs. just a rover

Nighed ,
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To test the concept, now they know that it works they can come up with a dedicated mission that can cover a lot more ground - the rovers are slllloooowwwwwwww.

HerbalGamer ,
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Sure but can helicopters draw dicks in the sand?

AA5B ,

Even just for finding the best path for a rover, interesting places for a rover to go, you can make much better use of the extremely limited speed of a rover

btaf45 ,

It was really just a drone.

ExcursionInversion ,
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Sadge

TWeaK ,

Noooooooooooo

Semi-Hemi-Demigod ,
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Flying on Mars is a lot harder than flying on Earth. If you don't believe me, listen to this developer of the flight sim X-Plane. The fact that they were able to get it to work at all is astounding.

match ,
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So, we should fly on Jupiter instead, right?

Semi-Hemi-Demigod ,
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Next flight is scheduled for Titan, which is a lot easier. The gravity is lower, but there's a lot more atmosphere, which means our helicopter can be nuclear powered!

Wogi ,

I mean flying on Titan would be so easily theoretically a guy with really big wings could reasonably flap himself around

rob_t_firefly ,
@rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world avatar

Run out and find me a guy with really big wings, I’ve got a job for him.

captain_aggravated ,
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Or leg powered. The gravity is so low and the atmosphere so thick a pilot could pedal power a Cessna Skyhawk. Until he froze to death.

pastermil ,

That can be solved with some good leg warmer.

gregorum ,

Is that even possible? I mean… with how volatile and exotic the atmosphere is, wouldn’t what a craft would be doing be more akin to how a submarine travels under water? Would “flying” even be the correct term? Wouldn’t it be more like navigating violent torrents of differently-dense gaseous layers? Some of which are (sometimes) liquid?

What would one even call that?

Semi-Hemi-Demigod ,
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Atmospheric pressure changes based on altitude, so there's probably some point where Jupiter's atmosphere that's a similar pressure and temperature to earth.

midnight ,
@midnight@kbin.social avatar

I looked it up, and the region of Jupiter's atmosphere at 1 bar is -100C. So you theoretically you could fly a modified Earth plane, it would just be a bit chilly.

Interestingly, though, Venus does have a zone with Earth-like temperature and pressure.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod ,
@Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social avatar

Thanks! I did a quick search and couldn’t find it but I know that with this crowd I’ll get an answer!

wewbull ,

What makes cold temperatures a problem on earth is ice forming frombwater wapour in the atmosphere. No idea what you’re likely to get on titan, but probably not that.

IchNichtenLichten ,
@IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world avatar

What would one even call that?

Fucking awesome.

chiliedogg ,

Supermarine?

palitu ,

That was really interest.

You could hear the excitement in their post!

DogWater ,

I think Veritasium has a video about this as well

squiblet ,
@squiblet@kbin.social avatar

Interesting. I was wondering how it would work at all with such a thin atmosphere. The author could chill out a bit though.

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