We Need Better Mars Photos Before We Leave Earth
A camera-equipped helicopter could overcome the limitations of the Curiosity rover.
by Jessica Wapner
Jun 16, 2017
1 minute
A team of European astronomers has a new proposal for exploring Mars: a helicopter drone.
Efforts to survey the Martian landscape have delivered some pretty stunning results. Just last week, the U.S. Geological Survey three maps and accompanying last December (although it did recently up a handful of sand for analysis).
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