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.
  • @BitswapM
    7•10 months ago

    Honestly, I’m not upto date on the goals of this mission, but I really like thinking about a quadcopter (or dual quad) flying around on 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.