Futurism
NASA Shows Off SUV-Sized “Mars Chopper” With Six Rotor Blades
NASA has shown off an early rendering of an enormous Mars Chopper concept, a proposed follow-up to the space agency’s groundbreaking Ingenuity Mars Helicopter. The six-rotor monstrosity could turn out to be “the size of an SUV,” according to NASA, allowing it to carry science payloads up to 11 pounds across distances of up to 1.9 miles per Mars day. A video render shared by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab shows the massive three-legged drone gliding over a rugged, mountainous landscape. In other words