Should NASA Send An ‘Albatross’ To Mars? How A New Bird-Like Sailplane Could Reveal The Red Planet’s Secrets

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Engineers have designed a motor-less sailplane that could soar over the Martian surface for days at a time like an Albatross, using only wind energy for propulsion.

... [+]NASA’s little Ingenuity Mars Helicopter drone on Mars has been a complete success. Sent to the red planet strapped to the Perseverance rover in 2020, it’s now flown 27 times on short reconnaissance missions.

So engineers have come up with something even better for future trips to Mars that can get much higher for longer—an albatross-style glider. It means that planetary scientists lack data on the Martian climate as well as geological features like volcanoes and canyons. It all happens in the first few kilometers above the surface.

 

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maybe NASA needs to spend its time and money to figure out why so many Americans shoot so many of their fellow Americans

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