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Re:Tesla Cybertruck by NickNameNick on Thursday November 21, 2019 @11:48PM (#21602633)
You don't even need that. Mars' atmosphere is very thin. Windspeeds can be extreme but there is so little mass being moved that the generated forces are pretty minimal.
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Re:Tesla Cybertruck by newnewpdro on Thursday November 21, 2019 @11:55PM (#21602696)
Are you saying the wind storm that stranded Whatney in The Martian was inaccurate?

So much for that book being well researched...

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Re:Tesla Cybertruck by ygra on Friday November 22, 2019 @04:58AM (#21604272)
It's been noted again and again. The author also has stated multiple times that this was a deliberate inaccuracy for story purposes.
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Re:Tesla Cybertruck by CamperBob2 on Friday November 22, 2019 @12:35AM (#21603019)
Supposedly that's about the only technical liberty they took. The rest is said to be pretty realistic.
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Re:Tesla Cybertruck by iamcreasy on Thursday November 21, 2019 @11:50PM (#21602647)
I meant extreme temperature.
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