• @nucleative
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    3210 months ago

    The combination of technologies that made this possible is really mind bending.

    Without a human ever setting foot on Mars, we can identify and solve the physics of flight in a new atmosphere on the first try.

    The idea of a drone that can swim below the ice in the oceans of Europa doesn’t seem that far fetched any more.

    • AmIConcious
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      610 months ago

      Except that radio communications below water don’t propagate very well.

      • @Metans
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        1010 months ago

        Well, just used a wired connection then

        • @Jimmyeatsausage
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          10 months ago

          “Leave a little slack in the line to account for the different orbital periods. Yeah, about 300,000,000 miles ahould do it…”

          • @Batman
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            810 months ago

            I had a really long Lan cable that let us play in different rooms. It’s buried in a closet, but if nasa really needs it I could dig that out