Mars does indeed have an atmosphere, which would be a requirement to generate lift with the propeller blades.
My point is that delivering something as delicate as a helicopter drone intact and functional on another planet is rather impressive, as far as space exploration goes.
After watching several video clips of a helicopter taking flight on Mars, I’m far more bullish on manned missions than you are.
Isn’t it because Mars have an atmosphere?
Still think we can pull anything off if we want to. Also the Indian lander did its job and it wasn’t expected that it would last longer IIRC.
Mars does indeed have an atmosphere, which would be a requirement to generate lift with the propeller blades.
My point is that delivering something as delicate as a helicopter drone intact and functional on another planet is rather impressive, as far as space exploration goes.
How many Mars probes have we lost though? I’m really excited about the current rover and helicopter, but we’ve had a lot of misses along with hits.
Roughly half of them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mars_landers
Success rate is a lot better this century than it was last century though.