Drone Airplane Could Scout Saturn's Moon

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From Space.Com today - Soaring on Titan: Drone Airplane Could Scout Saturn's Moon

...it could fly through Titan's skies far more easily than those of Earth — the Saturn moon has seven times less gravity and more than three times denser atmosphere to give wings extra lift. That would allow the drone to stay airborne almost forever on nuclear batteries with two-light bulbs-worth of power as it scouts the surface of Titan.

Oh man, if it weren't so cold...
Soaring with imagination, KF 8)
 
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