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Astronomy current events question: Dragonfly quadcopter mission to Titan

Astronomy 210L, fall semester 2019
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

Students are assigned to read online articles on current astronomy events, and take a short current events quiz during the first 10 minutes of lab. (This motivates students to show up promptly to lab, as the time cut-off for the quiz is strictly enforced!)
Alan Fischer, Catherine Neish, and R. Aileen Yingst, "NASA Dragonfly Mission to Study Titan For Origins, Signs of Life" (July 1, 2019)
psi.edu/news/dragonflyfunded
NASA announced funding for the Dragonfly mission to explore Saturn's moon, Titan with a __________ rover.
(A) floating.
(B) tunneling.
(C) submarine.
(D) quadcopter.
(E) balloon-borne.

Correct answer: (D)

Student responses
Sections 70178, 70186
(A) : 6 students
(B) : 7 students
(C) : 0 students
(D) : 20 students
(E) : 0 students

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