Winston
Lorenzo von Matterhorn
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Only ONE can be funded. I'm absolutely for the Titan drone and I hope that's the one chosen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfly_(spacecraft)
Preliminary studies and modeling contemplate a baseline 450 kg (990 lb) mass for the rotorcraft packed in a 3.7 m diameter heatshield.[1] Samples would be obtained by two sample acquisition drills and hoses, one on each landing skid, for delivery to the mass spectrometer instrument.[1]
The craft would remain on the ground during the Titan nights, which last about 8 Earth days or 192 hours.[1] Activities during the night would include sample collection and analysis, seismological studies, meteorological monitoring, and local microscopic imaging using LED illuminators as flown on Phoenix lander and Curiosity rover.[1] The craft will communicate directly to Earth with a high-gain antenna.[1]
Proposed scientific payload[edit]
DraMS (Dragonfly Mass Spectrometer) is a mass spectrometer to identify chemical components, especially those relevant to biological processes, in surface samples
DraGNS (Dragonfly Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer), is a set of a Gamma-ray spectrometer and a neutron spectrometer to identify the composition of surface and air samples
DraGMet (Dragonfly Geophysics and Meteorology Package) is a suite of meteorological and geophysical sensors to document atmospheric conditions and probe subsurface structure and activity
DragonCam (Dragonfly Camera Suite) are a set of microscopic and panoramic cameras to image Titan's terrain and scout for scientifically interesting landing sites.
https://dragonfly.jhuapl.edu/
[video=youtube;JkS2dP7eiEU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkS2dP7eiEU[/video]
[video=youtube;mk1zVxwq7O4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk1zVxwq7O4[/video]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfly_(spacecraft)
Preliminary studies and modeling contemplate a baseline 450 kg (990 lb) mass for the rotorcraft packed in a 3.7 m diameter heatshield.[1] Samples would be obtained by two sample acquisition drills and hoses, one on each landing skid, for delivery to the mass spectrometer instrument.[1]
The craft would remain on the ground during the Titan nights, which last about 8 Earth days or 192 hours.[1] Activities during the night would include sample collection and analysis, seismological studies, meteorological monitoring, and local microscopic imaging using LED illuminators as flown on Phoenix lander and Curiosity rover.[1] The craft will communicate directly to Earth with a high-gain antenna.[1]
Proposed scientific payload[edit]
DraMS (Dragonfly Mass Spectrometer) is a mass spectrometer to identify chemical components, especially those relevant to biological processes, in surface samples
DraGNS (Dragonfly Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer), is a set of a Gamma-ray spectrometer and a neutron spectrometer to identify the composition of surface and air samples
DraGMet (Dragonfly Geophysics and Meteorology Package) is a suite of meteorological and geophysical sensors to document atmospheric conditions and probe subsurface structure and activity
DragonCam (Dragonfly Camera Suite) are a set of microscopic and panoramic cameras to image Titan's terrain and scout for scientifically interesting landing sites.
https://dragonfly.jhuapl.edu/
[video=youtube;JkS2dP7eiEU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkS2dP7eiEU[/video]
[video=youtube;mk1zVxwq7O4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk1zVxwq7O4[/video]
