Several research investigations have examined the challenges and opportunities in the use of small robotic rotorcraft for the exploration of Mars. To date, only vehicles smaller than 150 kg have been studied. This paper proposes to examine the question of maximum Mars rotorcraft size, range, and payload/cargo capacity. Implications for the issue of whether or not (from an extreme design standpoint) a manned Mars rotorcraft is viable are also discussed.


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    Title :

    Mars rotorcraft: possibilities, limitations, and implications for human/robotic exploration


    Contributors:
    Young, L.A. (author) / Aiken, E. (author) / Lee, P. (author) / Briggs, G. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2005-01-01


    Size :

    17965787 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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