Wind power issues

[Orion314]

I have very serious doubts about the efficacy of wind powered anything on Mars. For all practical purposes , as far as humans are concerned,The surface of Mars is outer space.The average surface pressure on Mars is .087 psi. Around an earth altitude of 24 miles or so. If you see the videos of Felix Baumgartner leaving his balloon gondola ~128,000 feet , you'll notice no wind resistance of any kind on his SPACE suit. Not even the slightest flutter.. see for yourself1

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[Keizer Harm]

Watch this:

tl;dr: wind turbines are of comparable efficiency to solar panels on Mars due to a whole bunch of circumstances, and they have the advantage of working in the night.

 

[Orion314]

Nasa no longer has the credibilty it once had long ago. Remember, this is the agency that has spent ~$30 Billion USD on the SLS. A system that drowns in pork.By 2025 we will have paid close to $50 billion for SLS and Orion, and the best we can hope for is a single manned mission. And that one mission will have taken 21 years to go from concept to launch. Windmills on Mars cause Nasa says so? If SpaceX was talking about this , it would be a reason to take it serious .Sorry Scott, Hope ya at least got a T-shirt from Nasa for being such a good cheerleader.
with a hat tip to BeyondtheBlack.com

 

[keynes2.0]

Nasa no longer has the credibilty it once had long ago. Remember, this is the agency that has spent ~$30 Billion USD on the SLS.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem

Wind speed and air density numbers dont particularly care how much the SLS is over budget.

 

[Fmello]

Nasa no longer has the credibilty it once had long ago. Remember, this is the agency that has spent ~$30 Billion USD on the SLS. A system that drowns in pork.By 2025 we will have paid close to $50 billion for SLS and Orion, and the best we can hope for is a single manned mission. And that one mission will have taken 21 years to go from concept to launch. Windmills on Mars cause Nasa says so? If SpaceX was talking about this , it would be a reason to take it serious .Sorry Scott, Hope ya at least got a T-shirt from Nasa for being such a good cheerleader.
with a hat tip to BeyondtheBlack.com

For every dollar NASA receives from the American public, it returns between 7 and 21 dollars through the Technology Transfer Program.

 

[panda_Express12]

NASA is much more qualified to determine what is possible on Mars than you, seeing as how they put a rover on it while you sit in your armchair.

 

[Orion314]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem

Wind speed and air density numbers dont particularly care how much the SLS is over budget.

exactly correct, Nasa says windmills in essentially outerspace is a fine idea , because , after all , they are NASA...follow the money , it will lead you to the truth.

 

[Keizer Harm]

exactly correct, Nasa says windmills in essentially outerspace is a fine idea , because , after all , they are NASA...follow the money , it will lead you to the truth.

Are you going to trust any source in this over your own feelings?