The Future of Drones: Landing on a Porch or Planet Near You Soon

Published: Oct. 6, 2021, 7 a.m.

The Buzz 1: Drones are now, literally, out of this world. NASA successfully landed the Perseverance rover on Mars earlier this year, and it carried an important payload: the Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity.\u2026 Similar to Electronic Automobiles, drones offer another important option in fending off greenhouse gasses and becoming carbon neutral. (forbes.com) The Buzz 2: Start a game-changing career working with dynamic drone technology.\u2026One of the first drone degree programs in the United States: Cal U\u2019s associate of science degree in unmanned aircraft systems/drone technology will give you comprehensive training in aviation principles and drone avionics. (calu.edu) The Buzz 3: Google's air delivery service, Wing, will soon begin to deliver library books to kids living in Christianburg, Virginia\u2026A middle school teacher received groceries through the drone delivery service last year and petitioned the company to start also sending books. (popularmechanics.com) We\u2019ll ask Chuck Byers, Ryan Walsh, Pharns Genece and Steven Philpott, Sr. for their take on The Future of Drones: Landing on a Porch or Planet Near You Soon?