AeroVironment is having a moment, thanks in large part to its drones’ performance in Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s invasion.
At first, officials and engineers hoped Ingenuity would fly as many as five times from the red planet's surface, given the difficult flight conditions. Mars has a thin atmosphere, about 1/100th of Earth's, Nawabi said.
"Fundamentally, this is the beginning of a space robotics business for us," said Nawabi."Now that we can fly on Mars, there's lots and lots of different missions." Flight capability could go a long way in the colonization of Mars, for instance. AeroVironment has also partnered with Softbank on building high-altitude pseudo satellites, or HAPS, for the stratosphere. Think of them as solar-powered airplanes with a wingspan slightly longer than an Airbus A380, but weighing as little as an SUV, which take off from a runway and climb to roughly 65,000 feet above sea level – about two to three times higher than a commercial aircraft.
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