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The_Flying_Alf t1_j6mt2z9 wrote

Cool, I just assumed since there are dust storms it might have some more strength

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GoForPapaPalpy t1_j6mtx4l wrote

No worries! As did I at some point in my life. So if you watch “The Martian” with Matt Damon - great movie, awesome book - the whole concept of the dust storm pushing the escape vehicle over and blowing a radar dish into Mark Watney is complete BS. Andy Weir tried to keep most things true to the science / believable, but I think I’ve read somewhere that he regretted that whole part because it is just not what Martian Wind is capable of doing.

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mrflippant t1_j6oo1tq wrote

Since the atmospheric pressure on Mars' surface is about 0.6% of the atmospheric pressure at sea level on Earth, standing in a Martian dust storm probably feels a lot like having little styrofoam pellets blown around you by a very mild breeze.

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