After Three Years on Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Mission Ends ( www.jpl.nasa.gov )

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 5 months ago

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 , 5 months ago

So, we should fly on Jupiter instead, right?

gregorum , 5 months ago

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?

IchNichtenLichten , 5 months ago

What would one even call that?

Fucking awesome.