Talk about out-of-this-world-ideas!!
NASA has plans to send a mini-helicopter to Mars on its next mission, Mars 2020 Rover.
Animation of Mars helicopter and Mars 2020 rover.
Credits: NASA/JPL-CalTech
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NASA's Mars Helicopter, a small, autonomous rotorcraft, will travel with the agency's Mars 2020 rover, currently scheduled to launch in July 2020, to demonstrate the viability and potential of heavier-than-air vehicles on the Red Planet.
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
This addition to the Mars 2020 Rover will be a first in the history of planetary exploration. The hope is that this technology will be proven and then used to further the exploration of Mars.
Looking forward to this....
Sky Guy in VA
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