NASA's Ares UAV To Explore the Surface Of Mars From the Air
Posted on March 30th, 2009 in Science
NASA is working on an UAV to fly above the surface of mars and take high resolution video of the landscape below. The ARES mission will involve a 6.5 meter wingspan UAV that will cruise along 1 mile above the martian surface. The cameras on board are very high resolution, such that, “if there was a candy wrapper on the surface, we could read the name and ingrediants off of it.”
Once the plane reaches the surface of Mars, NASA plans on live streaming the video feed from the plane. That will definitely be something to watch for. No word on how long the plane will remain airborne.
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March 31st, 2009 at 12:30
[...] NASA’s Ares UAV To Explore the Surface Of Mars From the Air "NASA is working on an UAV to fly above the surface of mars and take high resolution video of the landscape below. The ARES mission will involve a 6.5 meter wingspan UAV that will cruise along 1 mile above the martian surface. The cameras on board are very high resolution, such that, “if there was a candy wrapper on the surface, we could read the name and ingrediants off of it.â€" (Tags: via:mento.info nasa mars robots polkarobot) [...]
December 16th, 2011 at 06:02
could anybody tell me what type of propulsion is used by ARES?Thanks
December 16th, 2011 at 06:06
Also I’d like to know the weight of the engine, the wings, etc. Thanks
March 31st, 2012 at 20:41
And yet another rendition of Texas born Vincent Burnelli’s Lifting Fuselage design. Check out his designs from 1921 to 1964. From the lifting body to the twin boom tail, this is where these designs originated. Compare Burnelli’s last design before his death in ’64, a 400 passenger, supersonic airliner, to NASA’s X-43B. A NASA engineer used the word “Remarkable” to describe the similarities.