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NASA is sending a nuclear-powered car-sized drone to a moon of Saturn where it rains liquid methane, and the hardest part of the mission is ___________.
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Dragonfly.
A nuclear-powered, car-sized drone. Flying on a moon of Saturn. Where it rains liquid methane. Arriving 2034. This is a real thing that real engineers are building right now.
§ 1 — Outer Solar System Rotorcraft (Not a Joke)
A Nuclear-Powered Drone. Flying on Saturn's Moon. Where It Rains Methane.
Dragonfly is a nuclear-powered, car-sized octocopter that will fly across the surface of Titan — Saturn's largest moon — after launching in 2028 and arriving in 2034.
Titan is the only place in the solar system besides Earth with stable liquids on its surface — except they are liquid methane and ethane. Titan has lakes, rivers, and rain — all of hydrocarbons. Its atmosphere is 1.5× as thick as Earth's.
Titan's atmosphere is so thick that a human standing on the surface could fly with a pair of wings attached to their arms. Dragonfly will do this with nuclear power and eight rotors.
Titan has lakes of liquid methane, complex organic chemistry, and permanent overcast skies. It's basically Earth if Earth never figured out fire.
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Tap a white card to fill the blank. Click a filled blank to clear it.
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“Justifying the nuclear octocopter line item to Congress.”
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“Building a battery that works at –179°C.”
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“Waiting until 2034 to find out if any of this worked.”
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