Posted on Apr 5, 2018
NASA wants to send flying swarms of robot 'bees' to explore Mars
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It’s crazy how much we are advancing in technology. Do you think NASA will beat SpaceX to it?
NASA wants to send flying swarms of robot 'bees' to explore Mars
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If they are really interested in sending people to Mars later on they should build a space based launch platform, this way the craft would not have to be built to survive the rigors of being launched thru Earth's atmosphere.
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Way back in the 1970s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_program
(Point of the Viking link being that NASA's been going there for longer than many people today consciously remember.)
Anyway, swarms of simple machines operating in cooperation >>>> complex, larger machines trying to do it all.
(Point of the Viking link being that NASA's been going there for longer than many people today consciously remember.)
Anyway, swarms of simple machines operating in cooperation >>>> complex, larger machines trying to do it all.
The Viking program consisted of a pair of American space probes sent to Mars, Viking 1 and Viking 2.[1] Each spacecraft was composed of two main parts: an orbiter designed to photograph the surface of Mars from orbit, and a lander designed to study the planet from the surface. The orbiters also served as communication relays for the landers once they touched down.
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