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farcaster@lemmy.world to [Dormant] moved to !space@mander.xyz@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

NASA Authorizes Dragonfly Mission to Proceed With Estimated 2028 Launch Readiness Date

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NASA Authorizes Dragonfly Mission to Proceed With Estimated 2028 Launch Readiness Date

www.jhuapl.edu

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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.
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    NASA website says it’s a dual-quadcopter

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

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

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

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