NASA’s Crazy Plan to Send a Space Submarine to Titan
Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is home to the first lakes discovered beyond Earth, and NASA wants to build a submarine to explore them. Read More: Calm Seas ...
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This is Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. Though it’s 800 million miles from our planet, it’s actually one of the most Earth-like places in the solar system with a topography full of oceans and lakes. And NASA has a crazy plan to send a space submarine to explore it. But we’ll come back to that. Titan is larger in size than Mercury and is the only world beyond Earth and Venus with a dense atmosphere, which is why it’s often dubbed Planet Wannabe. Within its atmosphere are a curious assortment of clouds, including some made of noxious compounds like hydrogen cyanide and benzene and monstrous ice clouds that form in its south pole. These help scientists investigate Titan’s weather patterns, which could impact the landing of a futuristic space sub. Unlike Earth, Titan’s incredibly...
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This is Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. Though it’s 800 million miles from our planet, it’s actually one of the most Earth-like places in the solar system with a topography full of oceans and lakes. And NASA has a crazy plan to send a space submarine to explore it. But we’ll come back to that. Titan is larger in size than Mercury and is the only world beyond Earth and Venus with a dense atmosphere, which is why it’s often dubbed Planet Wannabe. Within its atmosphere are a curious assortment of clouds, including some made of noxious compounds like hydrogen cyanide and benzene and monstrous ice clouds that form in its south pole. These help scientists investigate Titan’s weather patterns, which could impact the landing of a futuristic space sub. Unlike Earth, Titan’s incredibly...
