Testing shows rotor blades won't disintegrate when they spin at supersonic speed.
  • burble@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    10 days ago

    That’s awesome. More range and speed, no need to stay close to a rover, more sensors. Let’s go prospecting!

    I hope SkyFall is able to launch in one of the next few Mars transfer windows, but the helicopters might unfortunately be the “easy” part.