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		djmips on March 1, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Mars Helicopter Is Online and Getting Ready to... I wonder how they considered dust (dust storms) in their design of the mars helicopter.

smoe on March 1, 2021 [–]

They briefly talk about it in this Veritasium Video at around the 9 minute mark https://youtu.be/GhsZUZmJvaM

He says, unlike in the movies, it is not really an issue. With 1% earth’s atmosphere there is very little matter actually hitting you.

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