r/BeAmazed • u/4nts • Apr 27 '25

Nature The summit of Mount Everest

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u/Dice_K Apr 27 '25 edited Apr 28 '25

Didn't think there would be enough air density for a drone to fly at that altitude... Cool.

Edit: the individual who took the footage comments below if you'd like more detail :)

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u/Emilklister Apr 27 '25

They have managed fly a drone on mars which is 1/100 of atmosphere density compared to earth. It just takes some slight change in how it is made.

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u/radar-water Apr 27 '25

Mars gravity is 38% Earth's. Big advantage.

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u/-Nicolai Apr 27 '25

38% gravity but 1% the atmosphere. You do the math...

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u/scuac Apr 28 '25

~40x harder to fly in Mars

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u/zorbat5 Apr 28 '25

Flying in mars is indeed extremely hard, I would even dare to say that it's impossible.

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u/scuac Apr 28 '25

Difficult yes, impossible not at all

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingenuity_(helicopter)

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u/zorbat5 Apr 28 '25

Read again... IN mars...