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Why Titan is awesome #11
Titaaaaan! Here we go again. 😄 As has been reported, NASA has been interested in sending a robotic submarine to Saturn’s moon Titan to explore the hydrocarbon lakes near its north pole. Various dates have been mentioned and in all it seems … Continue reading
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Tagged borescope, Cassini, effervescence, ethane, gaseous nitrogen, hydrocarbons, Kraken Mare, Ligeia Mare, methane, NASA, nitrogen, nucleation, Saturn, Titan, Titan Submarine, Washington State University
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Titan’s lakes might be fizzing with nitrogen bubbles
The results are relevant for future lander-probes to Titan – and to understand the surface chemistry of the only other body in the Solar System known to have liquids on its surface. Continue reading
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Tagged bubbles, Cassini, cryogenic, ethane, exsolution, flyby, Grand Finale, Kraken Mare, Ligeia Mare, liquid-liquid-vapour equilibrium, magic islands, methane, Michael Malaska, nitrogen, RADAR, Saturn, ternary system, Titan
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A submarine on Titan in 2040
Nothing bespeaks humankind’s potential more than the following statement: Around 2040, NASA plans to splash down a submarine to explore a liquid hydrocarbon lake on Titan. Fore more than a decade now, Titan has captivated astronomers not simply by being Saturn’s largest moon by … Continue reading
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Tagged Cassini-Huygens spacecraft, ethane, hydrocarbons, Kraken Mare, methane, Saturnian system, Titan Mare Explorer, Titan Submarine, USAF DARPA X-37
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