Robotic lighter-than-air vehicles, or aerobots, could provide a platform for the exploration of planets and moons with an atmosphere, such as Venus, Mars, Titan and the gas giants.
Robotic lighter-than-air vehicles, or aerobots, could provide a platform for the exploration of planets and moons with an atmosphere, such as Venus, Mars, Titan and the gas giants. Aerobots have modest power requirements, extended mission duration and long traverse capabilities. They can execute regional surveys. The vehicles can transport and deploy scientific instruments and in-situ laboratory facilities over vast distances. They also can take wide-area surface samples. > Read More