[Alaskah]

Almost a year ago, Oppy (or Opportunity), the Mars Rover, ceased contact with NASA. It exceeded it's operating plan by nearly just over 14 years. Knowing that Oppy has completed its mission, I was curious about the next Mars trip that NASA would take and what their goal would be. Well, "The Verge" posted today that NASA will be launching a helicopter to Mars in July of 2020, however, the landing wont occur until 2021. The helicopter will be very similar to a drone.

The goal of the helicopter is similar to the other missions: to find signs of current or past life on Mars.

You can also send your name to Mars via the helicopter if you submit it by September 30th, 2019.
https://mars.nasa.gov/participate/send- ... /mars2020/


Source: https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/6/18655 ... atmosphere

[mrki444]

Isn't Mars atmosphere to rare for buoyancy?

[Lushh]

Sending my name is probably the closest I'll get to Mars and the helicopter so I'll consider it. These kind of missions always sound exciting.

[mrki444]

We need few more this mission so we can make space missions more interested for audience.

[ptrikha21]

Almost a year ago, Oppy (or Opportunity), the Mars Rover, ceased contact with NASA. It exceeded it's operating plan by nearly just over 14 years. Knowing that Oppy has completed its mission, I was curious about the next Mars trip that NASA would take and what their goal would be. Well, "The Verge" posted today that NASA will be launching a helicopter to Mars in July of 2020, however, the landing wont occur until 2021. The helicopter will be very similar to a drone.

The goal of the helicopter is similar to the other missions: to find signs of current or past life on Mars.

You can also send your name to Mars via the helicopter if you submit it by September 30th, 2019.
https://mars.nasa.gov/participate/send- ... /mars2020/


Source: https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/6/18655 ... atmosphere

The concept of Helicopter sounds quite interesting. Let us see what they achieve.