Mars helicopter Ingenuity’s historic 1st flights shed light on Martian dust dynamics

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Scientists analyzing videos of Ingenuity’s historic first flights on Mars are learning more about dust behavior on the Red Planet.

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[xler8rdoug]

Doubt I'm the first with this idea but knowing that dust on solar panels on our rovers are bad why can't the helicopter of the future be used to blow off the solar panels when needed. Could the helicopter have a function that it can vary the pitch of the blades to create a burst of air specifically for that and also the rover have a small heliport for the chopper to land on and recharge it's battery.

 

[Buckman]

If they can design a vacuum cleaner to go to a recharging dock . I would think they could do for space rovers also.

 

[xler8rdoug]

If they can design a vacuum cleaner to go to a recharging dock . I would think they could do for space rovers also.

Just common sense. Easy to do.