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Re:Nasa will send helicopter to Mars to test otherworldly fl... by caconym_ on Saturday May 12, 2018 @02:57PM (#17055462)
It might not be realistic to fly a pressure vessel large enough to simulate the low atmospheric pressure as well as the low gravity. There are probably also safety concerns; the rotors on serious R/C helicopters store enough energy to basically decapitate a human and these are probably somewhere in that neighborhood given the requirement to generate lift in Mars' atmosphere.

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