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Sep 25, 2026 1 hr 9 min

258 - Not a Space Guy (with Daniel Drew)

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Jake and Anthony are joined by Daniel Drew of the University of Hawaiʻi to talk about SPARK, his concept for exploring Titan’s caves with aerobots powered by solid-state atmospheric ion thrusters. Seriously. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 258 - Not a Space Guy (with Daniel Drew) - YouTube SPARK This Crazy Robot Could Explore the CAVES of Titan [NIAC 2026] - YouTube Huygens's descent to Titan's surface - YouTube Oryctes rhinoceros - Wikipedia Spotted lanternfly - Wikipedia Spotted Lanternfly Alert | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Here’s Why You Should Kill Spotted Lanternflies - The New York Times Follow Dan Daniel S. Drew - University of Hawaii The Drew Research Lab Follow Off-Nominal Subscribe to the show! - Off-Nominal Support the show, join the Discord Off-Nominal (@offnom) / Twitter Off-Nominal (@[email protected]) - Spacey Space Follow Jake WeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity's Journey to Mars WeMartians Podcast (@We_Martians) | Twitter Jake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit) | Twitter Jake Robins (@[email protected]) - Spacey Space Follow Anthony Main Engine Cut Off Main Engine Cut Off (@WeHaveMECO) | Twitter Main Engine Cut Off (@[email protected]) - Spacey Space Anthony Colangelo (@acolangelo) | Twitter Anthony Colangelo (@[email protected]) - jawns.club 🐘 Off-Nominal Merchandise Off-Nominal Logo Tee WeMartians Shop | MECO Shop

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Jake and Anthony are joined by Daniel Drew of the University of Hawaiʻi to talk about SPARK, his concept for exploring Titan’s caves with aerobots powered by solid-state atmospheric ion thrusters. Seriously.

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