And the inflatable drone is not the only one that'll be headed to Venus. engineering
All of the selected concepts are still very much in their early stages of development, and not yet considered official NASA missions.Innovative Advanced Concepts program whose purpose is to fund early-stage studies to evaluate technologies that could support future aeronautics and space missions. The current round of funding is set to provide around $5.1 million to 17 research projects from a total of 9 states of the United States.
The current round of funding allows 12 proposed projects, like the inflatable Venus bird-like drone to enter what is termed"Phase I" of study. Five other projects already in this phase, have now been officially moved on to"Phase II". “NASA’s mission to explore the universe requires new technologies and new ways of doing things,” explained Jim Reuter, associate administrator for NASA’s
All of these will be investigated with an eye on making a highly-efficient flyer for the Venusian atmosphere. It will differ dramatically from other concepts that tend to involve the use of lighter-than-air atmospheric balloons or low-weight lift craft based on solar-powered flyers.Advertisement Sara Seager of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her concept would see a large weather balloon parachute into Venus' atmosphere to capture gas and clouds for analysis.
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