NASA Might Be Sending a Balloon to Mars' Biggest Moon
 

NASA Might Be Sending a Balloon to Mars' Biggest Moon
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NASA is looking into the possibility of sending a quadcopter to explore Titan, the largest of Mars' moons, according to the space agency.

NASA agreed to put $100,000 toward a preliminary study of the aircraft. The quadcopter, also k**wn as a quadrotor helicopter, would be carried by a giant balloon in order to travel quickly and u**btrusively to Titan's surface to study it. Larry Matthies, a senior research scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, submitted the proposal for funding in March. The study is expected to start in July, and wrap up by April 2015.

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