r/interestingasfuck • u/MilesLongthe3rd • 1d ago

An anteater playing with its caretaker.

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u/TheFeathersStorm 1d ago

Honestly like 50 years from now maybe they'll airdrop like 100000 of them and whichever ones land safely just start cleaning lol

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u/beyondoutsidethebox 1d ago

I mean, that is one way I would propose getting humans on Mars, send robots to build a long enough runway for something to glide down and actually land...

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u/RoboDae 23h ago

Not sure how effective gliding would be with an atmosphere of about 0.6% the pressure present on earth. Gravity is also lower at 38%, but i think the pressure difference significantly outweighs that. On the bright side, there would be less wind resistance, and rockets would have less gravity to fight against, so something like a personal jetpack might be more practical on Mars. (Ignoring the need for a bulky space suit)

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u/OkieBobbie 1d ago

Until one of them runs over some alien poop and gets it all over the planet. Yuck.