Soaring Above Mars. Airplanes, Helicopters and Balloons on the Red Planet

Aircraft make some of the best platforms for science here on Earth. From weather balloons to study the high atmosphere to aircraft that fly into the hearts of hurricanes. From surveys of Antarctic ice sheets to drones. So it makes sense to consider missions to any world in the Solar System with an atmosphere. Balloons to Venus and helicopters to Titan. But one world that’s been the most seriously considered for exploration by air is Mars. Mars Project Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVPcRUUlov0&list=PLbJ42wpShvml6Eg22WjWAR-6QUufHFh2v&index=74&t=0s Audio Podcast version: ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/universe-today-guide-to-space-audio/id794058155?mt=2 RSS: https://www.universetoday.com/audio What Fraser s Watching Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmkjd428BcHcCEVWOjv7cJ1G Weekly email newsletter: https://www.universetoday.com/newsletter Support us at: http://www.patreon.com/universetoday More stories at: http://www.universetoday.com/ Twitch: https://twitch.tv/fcain Follow us on Twitter: @universetoday Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/universetoday Instagram - http://instagram.com/universetoday Team: Fraser Cain - @fcain / frasercain@gmail.com Karla Thompson - @karlaii / https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEItkORQYd4Wf0TpgYI_1fw Chad Weber - weber.chad@gmail.com References: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20030068129.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Mini-Sniffer https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266228801_Slow_flight_in_the_lower_Mars_Atmosphere_in_support_of_NASA_science_missions https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/research/technology-onepagers/mars-airplane.html https://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/X-Press/stories/2005/xtra_072005_PlanetaryFlightVehicle.html https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20040034201.pdf https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/features/mars_airplane.html http://www.niac.usra.edu/files/studies/final_report/522Colozza.pdf https://marsmobile.jpl.nasa.gov/programmissions/missions/missiontypes/balloons/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234368375_The_Mars_Aerial_Platform_mission_-_A_global_reconnaissance_of_the_Red_Planet_using_super-pressure_balloons https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/mars-helicopter-to-fly-on-nasa-s-next-red-planet-rover-mission/