Planet Mars. NASA has published an incredible video clip that presents the new robot that will explore the celestial body to reveal its secrets to us, and what the Americans have achieved is impressive. The video clip above was published in May, when NASA was still working on the robot that will arrive on the planet Mars in 2020, the plan then being to transform it into a helicopter that will move much easier on the surface between very long distances.
Planet Mars. According to those from NASA, after the robot reaches the surface of the cosmic body, in February 2021, it would be the first aircraft to actually fly over the surface there. The Americans want to see, first of all, how easily it is possible to fly to the planet Mars with the devices used on earth, and secondly, the robot will be able to explore more easily and quickly a larger surface than the current one.
Planet Mars. INCREDIBLE Video with the Amazing Full New Robot
Planet Mars. It is known that the atmosphere there is much thinner, so the aircraft must also weigh much less than those on Earth, and NASA wants to see what happens to them. Drones should be able to fly without problems on the planet Mars thanks to their very small size and weight, but a large robot could have quite big problems in getting off the ground.
"Our job is to demonstrate that autonomous, controlled flight can be performed in the extremely thin Martian atmosphere. If we prove that powered flight to Mars can work, we look forward to the day when Mars helicopters can play an important role in future explorations of the Red Planet."
Planet Mars. Of course, this robot-helicopter will be autonomous, so it will have to fly alone when it cannot be controlled from Earth, a special software being created for this. Of course, there is also a big problem here in terms of mapping the locations there, and this is because NASA does not know very well all the surfaces on the planet Mars, so the robot should know by itself where to land.
Planet Mars. Having said that, NASA is surprising with a world premiere with what it wants to do with this robot, but it remains to be seen if it will succeed in carrying out its plans.
