About damn time. I realized that the ardupilot and a scaled up quadcopter would basically do the trick with entirely off-the shelf gear a few years ago.
RIP. Darn tootin' there ain't nothing wrong with wanting to be with your own. We can all be different and embrace it and that's OK! We have lived (mostly) in peace despite it all this time, and will continue to do so with all our diverse cultures.
The drawback: only works on new lifeforms. Still, that could be a marvelous gift to our children; A methuselah-like lifespan would be a tremendous gift to give your child.