REAL LIFE NEWS: TO SAIL THE SEAS OF TITAN
by Hazed
I may have to add another recreational activity to Titan, to go with the skiing down the methane mountains, because scientists have come up with a really nice idea: sending a probe to Titan that will sail across its seas.
A planetary geologist called Ellen Stofan, who used to work at NASA's Jet Propulsion lab, and who has studied the various features of Mars, Venus and titan as well as Earth, has come up with the plan. Unlike landers which sit where they are and only examine their immediate surroundings, or those with wheels that can trundle around, she wants to send an exploration robot that can float, and which would be propelled by the wind.
What a lovely idea! You can read more about it here.
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