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zitterbewegung
on May 12, 2018
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Nasa will send helicopter to Mars to test otherwor...
The funny thing is that you could almost classify most space missions as drones (or probes).
dullgiulio
on May 12, 2018
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They are usually called rovers, unless they actually fly. I cannot name any single atmospheric flight on another planet, only controlled plunges.
KineticLensman
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The Vega-1 and Vega-2 balloons operated for more than 46 hours in the atmosphere of Venus as part of the Soviet Venera programme [0]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vega_program
roywiggins
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Everyone forgets about that program, and it was incredible stuff.
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