Wednesday, March 14

Solar Plane to Fly Continuously Around Mars

Engineer André Noth with Sky-Sailor. Image credit: Alain Herzog – EPFL.


Solar Plane to Fly Continuously Around Mars from PhysOrg.com

Sky-Sailor, the working dream of a solar-powered, autonomously-controlled microairplane, has exciting implications in two areas: one on the technological advances of unmanned air vehicles (UAVs); and another on exploring the lower atmosphere of Mars. Scientists André Noth, Walter Engel and Roland Siegwart of the Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems in Switzerland believe that Sky-Sailor will reach the inner orbit of Mars within a decade or two, depending on advancements in technology.[...]

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