Reply to post: Re: I do have to wonder...

NASA will send tiny helicopter to Mars

John Robson Silver badge

Re: I do have to wonder...

It's not nearly as much further to go to Mars than the Moon as you'd think...

Getting to earth obit is the vast majority of the work...

You can actually get to Mars for less dV than it takes to get to the moon (RRS Kerbal dV map assumed correct):

http://i.imgur.com/AAGJvD1.png

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