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When did we start calling them drones instead of probes?
by actualdc1 8y ago
When did we start calling them drones instead of probes?
- maxxxxx 8y agoBecause it will fly around.
- mrfusion 8y agoThe headline says they’ll land it though.
- TaylorAlexander 8y agoYou’ve got to enter the atmosphere and come to a stop before you can deploy a drone on another world I would think (Venus notwithstanding).
- maxxxxx 8y agoIt's going to land and then fly to a new location from time to time.
- oliveshell 8y agoWe didn’t. This is a multicopter design that would be able to fly and hover in Titan’s thick atmosphere.
- kolinko 8y agoIf it flies like a drone, it's fair to call it a drone.