NASA’s Dragonfly mission team is moving on to the next stage of development on the revolutionary, car-sized nuclear-powered drone it plans to fly over and land on the organic-rich sands of Saturn’s large moon Titan.
  • @reattach
    10•10 months ago

    NASA website says it’s a dual-quadcopter

    • @Zunon
      4•10 months ago

      what’s the difference between a dual-quadcopter and an octocopter?

      • FaceDeer
        6•10 months ago

        The arrangement of the propellers. In this case there are four supports and there’s two propellers on each support (one above, one below).

    • @JubBurnsRed53
      2•10 months ago

      You know, I just made a dumb comment about Dune, but I’m happy I learned things about helicopters too.