Mars is not a mission to the planet Mars. Mars is a futuristic vessel and short for the Mayflower Autonomous Research Ship, which is poised to become the first vessel to cross the Atlantic Ocean unmanned. This is supposed to happen in 2020, when 400 years will pass since the Mayflower ship, full of English separatists (puritans), sailed to the New World (Plymouth Massachusetts) from Plymouth, England. Mars will also develop knots with the help of sails, and the trimaran, which has discarded its oars and crew in exchange for drones, will also be assisted by solar energy.
A futuristic vessel Mars hopes to become the first life-size vessel to be crossed the Atlantic Ocean without the help of a crew. There will be a "drone" among watercraft equipped with many drones, which will be used for research purposes, and is about to embark on its mission along the historic route across the Atlantic Ocean in 2020.
32.5 meters long and 16.8 meters wide triamaran (the most efficient form for low-speed exploration) will utilize renewable energy in addition to wind (solar energy) and this in a way that is supposed to provide him unlimited navigation. Without the help of an electric motor, it will be able to cut the surface at speed 37 kilometers per hour, and with the help of the engine 22 km/h. A quick calculation and we are at the numbers 7 to 10 days, in order to reach a destination that is about 5,000 thousand kilometers away. But that's on paper. If the sea and the weather show their teeth, however, the matter may be delayed considerably.
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The research vessel Mars, which is a force on the ground (only the sails stick out) as it does not need space for crew members, is being created in collaboration of Plymouth University, an expert in autonomous navigation MSubs and renowned ship designers Shuttleworth Design, and should taste water for the first time in three and a half years.
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