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Wind on Mars
I wonder how much wind there is on Mars?May be time for a spacetrip.
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It would be different there with the air being 70% as dense as earth's. 1/3 the gravity would make lift an issue though.
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Wow, look at all that space. Who's up for a trip? Makes Ivanpah look small in comparison. Just think of the air and float you could get from one
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I'm up for it. When we going ? I'm thinking quad bikes
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oxygen for the motor too! 95% CO2 there.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BeamerBob
It would be different there with the air being 70% as dense as earth's. 1/3 the gravity would make lift an issue though. |
Atmospheric pressure on at its highest is 0.2PSI, or about 1 % of earths. On the brightside, the wind speeds can reach 400 mph. The bad side,
without a pressure suit, your blood boils at less body temperature.
Is it possible to design for strength, if the designer doesn't really understand what strength is?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Scudley
Atmospheric pressure on at its highest is 0.2PSI, or about 1 % of earths. On the brightside, the wind speeds can reach 400 mph. The bad side, without
a pressure suit, your blood boils at less body temperature. |
Why sweat the little stuff, just think, your quiver would fit in your pocket. 
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Scudley
| Quote: | Originally posted by BeamerBob
It would be different there with the air being 70% as dense as earth's. 1/3 the gravity would make lift an issue though. |
Atmospheric pressure on at its highest is 0.2PSI, or about 1 % of earths. On the brightside, the wind speeds can reach 400 mph. The bad side,
without a pressure suit, your blood boils at less body temperature. |
So help me reconcile 70% density of the atmosphere but 1% atmospheric pressure? I like to understand things and that went beyond my grasp.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BeamerBob
So help me reconcile 70% density of the atmosphere but 1% atmospheric pressure? I like to understand things and that went beyond my grasp.
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The actual number for pressure is 0.007 Atm, I rounded up. I am going to suggest the article you were quoting was written by someone with very poor
math and/or physics skills. Where did you get your number?
Earth atmosphere is about 70 times denser than Mars's.
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Is it possible to design for strength, if the designer doesn't really understand what strength is?
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not sure. did a quick search. probably qwikipedia. So 70 times thinner and 400 mph winds. What size kites do we need?
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No worries about getting your kite stuck in a tree.
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By thinner do you mean less viscous or less dense?
A 400 mph wind on mars would have about the same kinetic energy as about an 90 mph wind on earth.
Is it possible to design for strength, if the designer doesn't really understand what strength is?
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Wouldn't it be weird if Curiosity came across an empty can of Coke.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Scudley
By thinner do you mean less viscous or less dense?
A 400 mph wind on mars would have about the same kinetic energy as about an 90 mph wind on earth. |
I guess density is what makes up the concentration of air molecules that power a kite.
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didnt I say your quiver would fit in your pocket? Maybe not. 
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