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Mars Flier Prototype

Posted by michael on from the add-paperclip-on-nose-for-stability dept.

SEWilco writes "BBC News reports that a full-scale prototype of a Mars flier will be built. The ARES glider will unfold in midair for a mission which may cover 850 km (528 miles). I wonder if its huge wings would allow it to be tossed back in the air by a storm in that thin air, although probably not by "winds of a few m/sec"."

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  1. Draped in the flag! by macdaddy357 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Look, NASA has painted it up to look like the American Flag. What a bunch of jingoistic hoohah. Why don't they call it the screeching eagle, or the freedom flyer? I hope it crashes.

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  2. Re:Can't wait to see the pics... by CausticWindow · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    This isn't funny. It's just antiamerican.

    If that's all it takes to get a +1 funny, then yeah. I'll get a +1 funny, one day.

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