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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. Simulator available :-) by Usquebaugh · · Score: 0, Redundant

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