{"id":22536,"date":"2021-09-07T20:48:41","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T12:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/china-working-on-mars-helicopter-similar-to-nasas-ingenuity\/"},"modified":"2021-09-07T20:48:41","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T12:48:41","slug":"china-working-on-mars-helicopter-similar-to-nasas-ingenuity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/china-working-on-mars-helicopter-similar-to-nasas-ingenuity\/","title":{"rendered":"China working on Mars Helicopter similar to NASA\u2019s Ingenuity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A press release from China\u2019s National Space Science Center provided a first look at a prototype for their new Martian Helicopter.<\/p>\n

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Their \u201cMars patrol drone\u201d bears a striking similarity to NASA\u2019s helicopter Ingenuity that launched on Mars 2020 mission and has since completed 13 successful flights on Mars. Not many details were revealed by the science and technology department about the drone, and only one photo has been released.<\/p>\n

This is also not the first space-related product to come out of China that seems to resemble products from the US. Earlier this year they released a rendering of a rocket that looks very similar to SpaceX\u2019s Starship vehicle. While it is easy to say and is quite possible, that they took design inspiration from US vehicles, in the end, the designs are governed by physics.<\/p>\n

In the same way that rockets have a similar overall shape in order to deal with aerodynamic forces, Mars creates additional design limitations based on the thin atmosphere. Two long counter-rotating propellers are more efficient while keeping the center of mass low helps keep the Mars helicopter stable.<\/p>\n

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