Dragonfly: In Situ Exploration of Titan's Prebiotic Chemistry and Habitability

Abstract:
	Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is an ocean world with a dense
atmosphere, abundant complex organic material on its icy surface, and a
liquid-water ocean in its interior.  The joint NASA-ESA Cassini- Huygens
mission revealed Titan to be surprisingly Earth-like, with active
geological processes and opportunities for organic material to have mixed
with liquid water on the surface in the past.  These attributes make Titan
a singular destination to seek answers to fundamental questions about what
makes a planet or moon habitable and about the pre-biotic chemical
processes that led to the development of life here on Earth.  
	NASA's Dragonfly New Frontiers mission is a rotorcraft lander
designed to perform wide-ranging in situ investigation of the chemistry and
habitability of this fascinating extraterrestrial environment.	Taking
advantage of Titan's dense atmosphere and low gravity, Dragonfly can fly
from place to place, exploring diverse geological settings to measure the
compositions of surface materials and observe Titan's geology and
meteorology.  Dragonfly will make multidisciplinary science measurements at
dozens of sites, traveling up to ~180 km during a 3.3-year mission to
characterize Titan's habitability and determine how far organic chemistry
has progressed in environments that provide key ingredients for life. 

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Recordings available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIFu3mbxqiw&list=PLupSU3PE5is1fkio36JA9DaYHyTJ9X6Jt