yes, but it's very hard to ACCURATELY estimate the size of the oven in the quite large temperature variations on Mars.. Don't forget the oven does expand and contract every day/night, and every time it warms itself up.
One more thing to add to my list why humans should be involved in space exploration, not just robots..
Perhaps this could be fixed if there was a human there?!
but you need to draw the line somewhere. If adding 'just a flag' is allowed, then why not adding 'just a gun' or 'just a document'. You have to draw the line somewhere. Plus, once an image is edited, it is no longer a photograph as it does no longer simply capture a moment in time.
2m is enough to come up with a conceptual design that 'works'. They'll use this money to work on technologies that will make such an aircraft feasible. For the actual manufacture, you'd need a budget in excess of 40 million USD.
As for 'silent', it is a relative term, and does in fact mean 'quieter'. This can be done by simply steering the noise into a direction where no one can hear it (up?) and by improving the aerodynamic performance of the aircraft.
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yes, but it's very hard to ACCURATELY estimate the size of the oven in the quite large temperature variations on Mars.. Don't forget the oven does expand and contract every day/night, and every time it warms itself up.
One more thing to add to my list why humans should be involved in space exploration, not just robots.. Perhaps this could be fixed if there was a human there?!
but you need to draw the line somewhere. If adding 'just a flag' is allowed, then why not adding 'just a gun' or 'just a document'. You have to draw the line somewhere. Plus, once an image is edited, it is no longer a photograph as it does no longer simply capture a moment in time.
2m is enough to come up with a conceptual design that 'works'. They'll use this money to work on technologies that will make such an aircraft feasible. For the actual manufacture, you'd need a budget in excess of 40 million USD. As for 'silent', it is a relative term, and does in fact mean 'quieter'. This can be done by simply steering the noise into a direction where no one can hear it (up?) and by improving the aerodynamic performance of the aircraft.