In colder, denser air it would have been suspended even higher.
And she'll handle more easily in denser air.
Though his fall had slowed somewhat as he'd descended through increasingly denser air, he was still only about two minutes from touchdown.
With the denser air he now had even better control over his attitude.
"Queeklrle," the thing repeated; sending the sound up through the denser air in his suit.
This cooler and denser air sinks toward the desert surface.
So the volume rate of convected air will increase in denser air.
"Even with the battery and the denser air, this is plenty," she panted.
It may be able to take advantage over of the denser air to fly, but high gravity can lead to a bumpy landing.
The pilot told them later that he had descended to denser air because of a loss of cabin pressure.