How did they test the gyro & sensor fusion of Mars magnetic field?

SO question you may be able to get an answer to, why did they choose battery power instead of a small nuclear type power system that could provide its own heat and not need to be recharged?

I bet a couple of our old KH-11 satellites (like the kind _gifted_ to *Google* ) making trips *'round Mars* would provide pretty good resolution.

Why not use a blimp?

🤔When you fly a drone on Mars the signal will not be in real time,. It takes the speed of light 4min to travel to Mars and 4min back!!

thunderf00t

It'll get stuck in the only tree on Mars.

This dinky little copter costs more than a full size one.

Only a true aeronautical engineer calls transonic flow "funky"! My kinda guy!

lol 90 seconds in flight.

Maybe I would add some charged spring mechanism to launch it for easier takeoff. As another concept I would consider pneumatical rocket as "bouncer"... but retractable helicopter blades as autogiro landing(as maple seeds).

i have exam today at 9:45 am yet i am here watching this at 1:10 Am because its so interesting than what i study man i wish studying can be interesting ;)

This little toy will never actually see flight in mars, but enjoy the trickery. Oh and before you say, so these engineers are in on it, no they are not and that is the beauty of the deception. Now on to the more interesting part, your ineffective insults or Ad hominem's towards me.

How is it going to land and change direction ?

They made their own wind tunnel using computer fans... both wonderful and scary how they hack things together like this with of the shelf parts, determination and a generous sprinkling of genius

first powered flight on another planet is the MSL Skycrane on Mars. It hovered in place, dropped the rover, then flew up and to the side in a controlled way before it crashed. That has to count. need another term to cover what you mean- maybe "aerodynamic flight" or "wingborne flight"

Is it possible to get a low altitude orbit satellite on Mars?

Pior e um cara desse acreditar que fomos a outro planeta.

some info. in case you cannot see it for YOURSELF, this is another sillyass idea, foisted on us, by Big Science. (it ranks up there with the, 'water on mars' LIE.) why is this true. the atmospheric density on mars is estimated to be .06% of earth's. in other words, .0006 times 101,325 pascals; = 608 pascals. there is almost NOTHING for rotors to push around, in order to make THRUST. a rotor speed of 2500 rpm will NOT do ANYTHING; 200,000 rpm MIGHT work. the weaker martian gravity does NOT make the atmosphere any more dense. maybe someone should tell the fools, at JPL. googletranslate water on mars lmao https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UcQuHYmTrE

All they need to do now is to research how to put food in the bellies of millions of starving people out there, and how to spread around, more equitably and productively, some of the squillions hoarded by the gangster élites that control this planet.

You went to JPL or fantasy land, this is what happens in the fanatical world of the globe society. CGI, doctored photos and no tangible proof they even left low earth orbit, what a fantasy,

such a good video. well done.

They don't want the propellers to break the speed of sound, but isn't that harder on Mars since the speed of sound would be slower than that on Earth because of the lower pressure?

I understood seventy percent of this but loved a hundred percent of it

Plz get off all your blue shirts We are sick of seeing them

https://youtu.be/9l25VAJmFiA

Somebody's playing around with the flashdrive at 0:41 lol

There are some things I don't like in the model. First, why spending so much power on heating? They could use the radioactive decay of some elements for heating, also the battery can be charged with some atomic battery. They didn't resolve one recurring problem that is shared with the rovers too, the cleaning of the sun panels. When it get dusty, is no longer efficient as before. I bet there is a way to clean the panels. Anyway , that's is one step in the right direction for future exploration.

Elon Musk: I need to organize a drone race there.

Yeah right. We dont have proof nor actual video of leaving earth behind. Full video. Missing :)) its to be or not now!! People think that small clip or shuttle going to the sky high up is space. Its not. THEY CANT get higher :))

This is such an inspiring video to future aircraft designer, that my blood starts to boil thinking about solving these challenges and seeing this vehicle flying on Mars! Thank you very much Veritasium, please keep motivating and enlightening future generations to explore the unknowns!

Craters that would be inaccessible to the rover, or that deep hole near the south pole, would be great places to fly. One of those deep trenches May yet have traces of water, frozen just beneath the surface. Where there is water, there is life.

NASA has the budget of 27 mil a day! And this is what they came up with? Lol

Hmm... sure seems like the $10 BILLION they spent on this project is worth it... meanwhile you can buy a drone at wal mart for under $100. I will tell ya what, if NASA cuts me a check for $5 billion I will tell them right now what they will find on that planet, spoiler... its red, rocky, dusty... and no life on it whatsoever... make the check payable to cash...ty.

This mission is going to be a mess

Attached two small Zeppelin shape balloon to provide lift for the device. Go figure it out.

Wasting my tax money on this stupid thing when it could be going to real projects like going back to the moon.

I'm thinking short flights/hops, recharge solar, repeat.

U can visit mars with google earth (erath, moon, mars) - I found a place which was hand blurred with typical tools like photoshop or fireworks. It looks so strange, because it as not a quadrat, you have seen the brush tool circle here and there. I got interested in this space and zommed the max in. Near the hand blured line you can clearly see buildings. 90° angles, like "our" human buildings, near by near, some in the same size some a bit more complex.Since I found this place - I "know" we are already on mars and we have also build already buildings which are important enought to blur them by hand. I think its Tesla - or military - or both. But I guess its tesla. This is why I say to myself in that moment I have some dollars to spend for, I will buy as many tesla stocks as I can because I already know they only "try" to reach mars for public in 2020 and it will, oh wonder, be a success, and in 5 years it will go official and the stocks will raise hard.

Are you sure coaxial rotors are more efficient??

---a story by a child who lost his desire to become a scientist - I WAS ONLY 10 IN THE 80'S, MY PARENTS BOUGHT ME A ROBOT, THAT JUST HAD A NUMBER PAD. THE ROBOT WOULD GO WHATEVER FEET I SPECIFIED, TURN A SPECIFIED DEGREE AND SEARCH AREAS BASED ON MY INSTRUCTIONS. IT WAS SO COOL TO WATCH. BUT AS A TEN YEAR OLD, THEY HAD NO CAMERAS OR AVOIDANCE SENSORS and, of course, no GPS.. I WAS IMPRESSED WITH IT. BUT ONE DAY WE WENT ON VACATION FOR ONE OR 2 WEEKS. WHILE WE WERE GONE , SOMEHOW, THE PILOT LIGHT IN OUR OIL HEATER FLAMED OUT. THE HOUSE , THE OIL, AND THE WATER IN THE PIPES FROZE. THE WATER EXPANDED, CRACKING THE PIPES, THUS, FLOODING THE HOUSE. THE UNFROZEN WATER FLOWED EVERYWHERE, TURNING THE HOUSE INTO A DISNEY MOVIE, "ICE QUEEN" OR "FROZEN" . MY LITTLE ROBOT WAS IN THE BASEMENT ON THE POOL TABLE, THE WATER PIPES EXPLODED ONTO IT AND FROZE EVERTHING IN ICE. EVERYTHING CRACKED , RIPPED APART, OR SHATTERED. IT WAS ONE OF THE WORST DAYS OF MY FAMILIE'S LIFE. I TRIED TO FIND ANOTHER ROBOT LIKE THAT ONE, BUT THEY DISCONTINUED MAKING THEM. SADDEST DAY OF MY LIFE. IT WAS LIKE HAVING MY OWN NASA ROBOT, ONLY I KNEW THE CODES TO ENTER INSTRUCTIONS. I CRIED FOR MONTHS (REMEMBER I WAS ONLY 9 OR 10).

Hey there ! My dear friend. Awesome coverage on this mars helicopter. One thing I would like to know though, is 1.) what material has been used in the manufacture of propeller blades? 2.) Considered it would be flying at Mach 0.7, how would the aerodynamic parameters be concerned, with reference to the square shaped fuselage?

GRAVITY OFFLOAD !? Because the atmosphere is much thinner on mars, this helicopter, tethered to a helium blimp or a gas blimp lighter than the air on mars would succeed in creating a longer flight time. ?. On earth many helicopter drone enthusiasts do not tether their heli drones to helium blimps, because they say it will cause too much drag. BUT ON MARS, WITH THE ATMOSPHERE THINNER, The drag wouldn't be as much of an issue and the Mars Heli drone could stay airborne much longer. I may be wrong. If NASA could explain why they can't float the heli drone for a minute or two, then release it; , it would be greatly appreciated. Heli , hell, shell, spinning, planet, hurricane, watch the poles of the helli. Trademark-- Need to heal, seel, shelly, helli, spinny, whiny. Space hurricane anyone?

VE (veritas) .In Roman mythology, Veritas, meaning truth, is the goddess of truth, a daughter of Chronos, the Titan of Time. THEY CALL THEMSELVES VERITASIUM LIKE A CHEMICAL. FUNNY.

Awesome

It's super cool that they didn't use aerogel if it wasn't necessary because of weight. Those guys meant every word when they said every part was considered for weight. I can't wait to see what this thing can accomplish when it gets to Mars. edit: And it's just a tech demo? Maybe, but I think that's underestimating the potential of what 90s of flight with a color camera can uncover. :O

The most important question: How long until we can fly it over Opportunity to blow the dust off her solar panels and revive her?

I wonder if that 20 minutes latency problem can be fixed via a simulation with a memory buffer. We have pretty good cameras, I assume it is possible for an elite team of programmers to create a sort of 90 second simulation to be used for each hop. The pilot would have the option to discard the sequence of commands or send it to the drone to execute. I mean we know all these variables as air pressure and gravity in mars, I guess they should be able to work something out if they really want to be able to fly it manually on occasion.

This topic would be perfect for a SmarterEveryDay collab... Destin did a whole series on the mechanics of helicopter flight.

I would love to be on a Veritasium Airline ^_^

You should send a Dirigible too

in your face! Thunderf00t!

*the last day of final*

I have one question, can He ballon fly on Mars?

2:59 I don't get it. What's so funny?

the martians gonna be spooked af

5:43 imagine if you were an alien on Mars and you just hear that coming over the hill.

Good'ol Jack Parsons Laboratories.

You're overeastimating smartphone batteries. Around 4 Wh is the average nowadays, so that would be more like 10 batteries, not 3.

Tax money is wasted😥

I really feel bad that such a great informative video gets barely a million views and a minecraft video get 10 million... says more about us as people than about the content creators

Thanks! Wow! Between this & the Titan Dragonfly, NASA's getting bold! Way to go, folks! I'm lovin' it! The possibilities are endless. I can't wait until these missions get first flight. Keep up the great work. Thanks again. 𝓡𝓲𝓴𝓴𝓲 𝓣𝓲𝓴𝓴𝓲.

I rather see a fleet of weather balloons and/or quad-copters.

See Bob Balaram is an INDIAN he should be in ISRO

it would be great if they could find the Beagle 2 on Mars.

A Mars a day, Helps you work, rest & play.

3:00 my fake friend laugh be like😂✌️

Funky Aerodynamics should be the name of a band

Anybody notice that Derek has a cameraman?

Another amazing and educational video from my boi!

Seeing this helicopter, I wonder what has happened to that Mars plane. I heard about it years ago, yet it never took flight.

and which other planetary and lunar surfaces are potential candidates for this sort of drone craft?

The martian soil is about 15% iron. Imagine the amount of iron those magnets in those electronic drone would collect around them props.

so fascinating, i love how these scientists keep pretending we dont know how to create levatating planes or that mars is not full of life just like the moon, the same life that causes us to not visit the moon anymore...

Bruh what are you talking about

The most amazing fact about this thing is the price efficiency! I imagine a rover is quite a lot more expensive .

why don't they just use atomic batteries in the drone o.o' i mean its not like its gonna be around humans on mars o.o' probably wont ever have to recharge the thing in its lifetime

hehe 11 o clock mars time

I could make it lighter. (Could also carry more sensors and equipment, with longer flight time) Terrible design really. Why!?!

Cydonia Mensa flight ha ha

Balaram knows his stuff!