258 - Not a Space Guy (with Daniel Drew)

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 (@offnom@spacey.space) - Spacey Space Follow Jake WeMartians Podcast - Follow Humanity's Journey to Mars WeMartians Podcast (@We_Martians) | Twitter Jake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit) | Twitter Jake Robins (@JakeOnOrbit@spacey.space) - Spacey Space Follow Anthony Main Engine Cut Off Main Engine Cut Off (@WeHaveMECO) | Twitter Main Engine Cut Off (@meco@spacey.space) - Spacey Space Anthony Colangelo (@acolangelo) | Twitter Anthony Colangelo (@acolangelo@jawns.club) - jawns.club 🐘 Off-Nominal Merchandise Off-Nominal Logo Tee WeMartians Shop | MECO Shop