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2021-04-22 Science & Technology

The First Flight On Another World Wasn't on Mars. It Was on Venus, 36 Years Ago

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Posted by Skidmark 2021-04-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Ingenuity is reusable, and will be making multiple flights.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2021-04-22 07:47|| 2021-04-22 07:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Venus was lighter than air, while Mars is heavier than air.

Not the same thing at all.

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2021-04-22 15:30|| 2021-04-22 15:30|| Front Page Top

#3 I deplore Terra-centrism. How do you know Martians weren't flying a million years ago?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-04-22 15:37|| 2021-04-22 15:37|| Front Page Top

#4 ^ Couldn't have. They had only tripedal tanks by our late 1800s if I remember correctly.

Posted by Dron66046 2021-04-22 15:54|| 2021-04-22 15:54|| Front Page Top

#5 ^Burroughs' Mars not Wells'.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-04-22 16:04|| 2021-04-22 16:04|| Front Page Top

#6 ^ Barsoom not Mars ;)

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-04-22 17:25|| 2021-04-22 17:25|| Front Page Top

#7 ^Just a Native name old chap.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-04-22 17:33|| 2021-04-22 17:33|| Front Page Top

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