July 2, 2008: Mars Plane

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07-02-2008, 07:56 AM

Phage0070

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Originally Posted by spudcon

I've seen this speculated about years ago, but NASA must have not pursued it. It probably would fly, with significantly less gravity on mars. I think wind shear would destroy it though.

Wind shear would probably be significantly less of a problem on Mars considering the 0.6 kPa density of the atmosphere, compared to Earth's 101.3 kPa.

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