Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE

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A new Mars exploration idea seemingly would drop a hornet’s nest of helicopters from high above the Red Planet.

The idea comes from the world of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) concepts here on Earth, but fashioned for Mars.

AeroVironment of Arlington, Virginia and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory today aired Skyfall, a potential concept for next-generation Mars Helicopters to help pave the way for human landing on Mars through autonomous aerial exploration.

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is seen with Jezero Crater in an image captured by the Mastcam-Z instrument aboard the space agency’s Perseverance Mars rover.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS

For more information, go to my new Space.com story – “Wild new ‘Skyfall’ Mars mission would drop 6 scout helicopters onto the Red Planet from the air” – at:

https://www.space.com/astronomy/mars/wild-new-skyfall-mars-mission-would-drop-6-scout-helicopters-onto-the-red-planet-from-the-air