NASA Will Explore <br />Other Worlds Using Drones The space agency announced <br />its plans to explore the Saturn <br />moon Titan using a life-hunting <br />rotorcraft called Dragonfly. The craft is intended to <br />land on Titan by 2034 and <br />spend years gathering data <br />and photos of the frozen moon. NASA will also send a <br />helicopter drone to Mars <br />during the 2020 rover mission. Håvard Grip, NASA, via Space.com The helicopter scout is a <br />small craft that weighs about 4 lbs<br />and carries no scientific equipment. The Dragonfly craft is larger,<br />spanning 10 feet, carries a suite <br />of scientific equipment and <br />a $1 billion price tag. If the crafts perform well, <br />NASA anticipates using such <br />drones extensively in the future.
