Waspie_Dwarf Posted December 20, 2017 #1 Share Posted December 20, 2017 NASA Invests in Concept Development for Missions to Comet, Saturn Moon Titan Quote NASA has selected two finalist concepts for a robotic mission planned to launch in the mid-2020s: a comet sample return mission and a drone-like rotorcraft that would explore potential landing sites on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. The agency announced the concepts Wednesday, following an extensive and competitive peer review process. The concepts were chosen from 12 proposals submitted in April under a New Frontiers program announcement of opportunity. Read More: NASA 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted December 26, 2017 #2 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Now that's a step in the right direction. I have a quad-copter, and they are amazing. Presumably, their particular drone would be a hex style for motor redundancy. In any event great to hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred_mc Posted December 27, 2017 #3 Share Posted December 27, 2017 (edited) I wrote a very long text here explaining that the picture text is wrong (Titan has a thick atmosphere, not thin) but everything except the first part disappeared, probably some issue with using quote marks in the quick post box. Anyway, I don't have the energy to rewrite everything again and there doesn't seem to be an option to delete posts so I have to leave it like this. Edited December 27, 2017 by fred_mc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatgrimlife Posted December 27, 2017 #4 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Ooh, I look forward to more on this! Astronomy fascinates me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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