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Lieutenant Pak's proposal to use a lightweight, aerobatic flyer named Dragonfly to navigate Rama's airless environment leverages advanced aerodynamic principles adapted to low or zero gravity.
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Rendezvous with Rama (1973)Arthur C Clarke
Chapter 4
In this chapter, the crew explores the silent, geometrically complex city within Rama, noting the absence of active machinery and the imposing natural barrier of a five-hundred-meter cliff separating the city from the southern continent. Lieutenant James Pak proposes using a specially designed lightweight flyer, the 'Dragonfly,' to traverse the airless environment of Rama and reach the southern continent, a plan that is risky but offers a unique opportunity to explore previously inaccessible areas.