Flying the Skies of Saturn’s Moon Titan

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

The Planetary Society

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🗓️ 16 January 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Imagine soaring over what may be the solar system’s most Earth-like world, if you ignore the chill. If funded, the nuclear electric-powered Dragonfly will do exactly this. Principal Investigator Elizabeth “Zibi” Turtle shares her enthusiasm. Emily Lakdawalla reports on Chang’e 4, China’s pioneering lander and rover on the far side of the Moon. Bruce and Mat answer a question that had no answer till New Horizons flew by Ultima Thule days ago. That’s part of this week’s What’s Up. Learn more at: http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2019/0116-2019-elizabeth-turtle-dragonfly-clipper.htmlLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	A flying machine for Saturn's Moon Titan this week on planetary radio.
0:07.0	Welcome, I'm at Kaplan of the the Planetary Society, with more of the human adventure across our solar
0:16.0	system and beyond.
0:18.0	They call it Dragonfly, and there has never been anything like it.
0:21.6	Will it get the chance to fly across the frigid yet
0:24.9	surprisingly earth-like surface of Saturn's moon? We'll learn more from the
0:29.7	Project's principal investigator Elizabeth Zibby Turtle.
0:33.8	It was a question no one could answer
0:36.2	when Bruce Betts asked it two weeks ago.
0:38.9	Now we're ready to resolve that space trivia contest quiz
0:42.2	about New Horizons recently visited Target.
0:45.8	The Planetary Society's Jason Davis is keeping up with China's great success on the far
0:50.8	side of the moon.
0:52.2	You can read his work in the Planetary Society blog at
0:55.2	Planetary.org.
0:57.3	Jason's colleague senior editor Emily Lachdwala is also on top of this mission. I talked
1:02.4	with her at Planetary Society
1:04.3	headquarters a few days ago. I passed by your office a little bit earlier today and
1:08.9	there you were working away at Photoshop creating something which is now available to everybody online,
1:16.1	and it's pretty terrific.
1:18.7	We have some really amazing video from China showing the descent of the Lander, Chang'a 4, to the surface
1:25.1	and the lunar far side. And then, even better for me, the deployment of the rover, its
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