NASA confirmed the revolutionary "Dragonfly" mission.


"Artist’s impression of Dragonfly soaring over the dunes of Saturn’s moon Titan. The mission, managed by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, involves multiple partners and aims to study prebiotic chemical processes using a rotorcraft that will arrive at Titan in 2034. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben" (ScitechDaily, NASA Confirms Revolutionary Dragonfly Mission To Explore Saturn’s Moon, Titan)


The "Dragonfly" drone is a quadcopter, that NASA plans to send the Saturn's largest moon, Titan. The Dragonfly quadcopter is probably a nuclear-powered system that can fly even years in the Titan atmosphere. This system can use a Radioisotope thermoelectric generator(RTG) that can give it an outstanding operation capacity. And that thing makes Dragonfly an even more interesting tool.

The Dragonfly can be the model for larger-size manned robot helicopters. The crew can sit in the cabin, and the AI can operate that system. The AI  allows the pilot or the advanced AI-controlled autopilot can fly that system. The next-generation Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft can be the quadcopter-looking system. 

That equipped with horizontal jet engines. Those systems allow this kind of fundamental aircraft-helicopter combination can fly in the city area with a low-noise option. And then. Outside the city area, the system can turn to use jet engines. 

It's possible. The nuclear-powered versions of that kind of system can make the next-generation space shuttles possible. Those shuttles can make at least the suborbital missions. 

It's possible that "Dragonfly" can act as a model for the nuclear-powered Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) space shuttle. The rotors can lift that system to a high altitude. And there that shuttle can start its rocket engines. The quadcopter structure allows the low-noise lift-off and land, and then the rockets allow the craft can rise at the ballistic jump. 

 If that kind of large-size drone is equipped with rocket engines. It can be the next-generation space shuttle. This kind of space shuttle can make a revolution in space flights. The nuclear propulsion can use the electric arc to make an expansion in the rocket engine chamber. And that electric arc makes the gas. Like methane or hydrogen expands in the expansion chamber. That thing can make it possible for the Dragonfly. That it can make exoatmospheric missions. 


https://scitechdaily.com/nasa-confirms-revolutionary-dragonfly-mission-to-explore-saturns-moon-titan/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator

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