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I kind of wish it had an airship counterpart. Inflating a dirigible there would take advantage of the same atmosphere + gravity benefits with the added bonus o
by mdorazio 7y ago
I kind of wish it had an airship counterpart. Inflating a dirigible there would take advantage of the same atmosphere + gravity benefits with the added bonus of not needing constant power to move around.
- EForEndeavour 7y agoGood point: I seriously wonder if they considered a dirigible design. Buoyancy + directional propulsion does seem simpler in my space-novice opinion compared to a quadcopter. A blimp would be slower than a quadcopter, but nobody's going to be piloting the thing in real time, so that shouldn't matter.
- jvanderbot 7y agoYes, that was a mission proposal years ago, a blimp and quads. It was not selected then or rehashed this time. In addition, a blimp only concept has been floated (ha!) as well.
- deeth_starr_v 7y agoBlimp only wouldn't be able to take ground samples easily