Fact Check: 'Perseverance' Landing Craft And 'Ingenuity' Helicopter Are NOT Rendered Flightless 'Fairy Tale' By Mars' Atmosphere
Fact Check
Is the atmosphere on Mars too thin for the Ingenuity helicopter to fly and does it lack enough oxygen for combustion to brake any ship on landing? No, that's not true: Mars' atmospheric volume is less than 1% of that on Earth and the Red Planet has less than the 16% oxygen found on Earth, but scientists have found ways…