Colonization of Moon Titan: Pros and Cons

[Radrook]

We have much to be thankful for then, yes?

Well, imagine a madman who also coincidentally just happens to be in charge of the universe and has us at his disposal to tweak with as he pleases! That's enough to initiate lack of urinary bladder control.

 

[brinny]

Well, imagine a madman who also coincidentally just happens to be in charge of the universe and has us at his disposal to tweak with as he pleases! That's enough to initiate lack of urinary bladder control.

LOL! Yes it is, to say the least

 

[Radrook]

LOL! Yes it is, to say the least

One of the things that most fascinates me about Titan are its lakes and seas.
Imagined myself sailing or diving as we do on Earth. Then I suddenly realized that the density of Liquid methane is one-tenth that of water and that I would find myself undergoing a completely different experience from the one I expected.

Here is how it is described:
https://www.quora.com/What-would-swimming-in-a-methane-lake-on-Titan-be-like

 

[brinny]

One of the things that most fascinates me about Titan are its lakes and seas.
Imagined myself sailing or diving as we do on Earth. Then I suddenly realized that the density of Liquid methane is one-tenth that of water and that I would find myself undergoing a completely different experience from the one I expected.

Here is how it is described:
https://www.quora.com/What-would-swimming-in-a-methane-lake-on-Titan-be-like

That would require some adjusting

 

[Radrook]

That would require some adjusting

Better look before one enthusiastically leaps. Also, to further minimize unpleasantries, it would be advisable to explore those depths a little with probes beforehand in order to minimize the possibility of confidently jumping into a set of gaping alien jaws. That would definitely spoil the vacation.

 

[brinny]

Better look before one enthusiastically leaps. Also, to further minimize unpleasantries, it would be advisable to explore those depths a little with probes beforehand in order to minimize the possibility of confidently jumping into a set of gaping alien jaws. That would definitely spoil the vacation.

Hahaaaa yes, that's very good advice

 

[Radrook]

Hahaaaa yes, that's very good advice

http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/files/2014/03/CraigAttebery_huygens-660x520.jpg
Craig Attebery JPL

Certainly looks swimmingly inviting on the placid surface doesn't it?

Astrobiologists are studying the reactions and pathways that life might use to gain some traction on Titan—including things like breathing hydrogen and eating acetylene.
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic...est-moon-would-host-really-really-weird-life/

Large bodies of liquid in Titan’s northern hemisphere, mapped by Cassini in 2006. NASA/JPL-Caltech/USGS

Just look at all those shorelines!

Draw some massive tentacles emerging from that lake behind that astronaut and the whole ambience changes.

You never know how alien life will respond to our weapons either:

 

[brinny]

http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/files/2014/03/CraigAttebery_huygens-660x520.jpg
Craig Attebery JPL

Certainly looks swimmingly inviting on the placid surface doesn't it?





Large bodies of liquid in Titan’s northern hemisphere, mapped by Cassini in 2006. NASA/JPL-Caltech/USGS

Just look at all those shorelines!

Draw some massive tentacles emerging from that lake behind that astronaut and the whole ambience changes.

You never know how alien life will respond to our weapons either:

No i don't think i'd wanna go diving into that surface or swim in it

Cute creature, and was he burnin' MAD, mon

 

[Radrook]

No i don't think i'd wanna go diving into that surface or swim in it

Cute creature, and was he burnin' MAD, mon

They are lucky it didn't continue to approach instead of standing there posing and bellowing ad waiting for them to get near so he could swipe them. Actually, he was a monster from the subconscious of the professor shown awakening at the end of the scene and the machine displayed behind him was supplying the needed power to transform his innermost bestial tendencies into a hideous reality. Here is a scene in that took place after that attack and in which he is confronted with that terrible reality of which he is unaware.

I am sure that such a machine-generated creature doesn't exist on Titan. But the danger of what might lurk within those methane seas is still something that cannot be discounted as totally impossible.

 

[brinny]

They are lucky it didn't continue to approach instead of standing there posing and bellowing ad waiting for them to get near so he could swipe them. Actually, he was a monster from the subconscious of the professor shown awakening at the end of the scene and the machine displayed behind him was supplying the needed power to transform his innermost bestial tendencies into a hideous reality. Here is a scene in that took place after that attack and in which he is confronted with that terrible reality of which he is unaware.

I am sure that such a machine-generated creature doesn't exist on Titan. But the danger of what might lurk within those methane seas is still something that cannot be discounted as totally impossible.

Wow. This is like a philosophy course and/or a look into our own beast-li-ness. Great underlying story to this movie.

 

[Radrook]

Wow. This is like a philosophy course and/or a look into our own beast-li-ness. Great underlying story to this movie.

It is a great film and a priceless classic. Other Sci fi films of that time were concentrating on scaring the audience with genetic anomalies such as in the film Tarantula, and Godzilla or the Beast with a Thousand Eyes which didn't have too much intellectual depth added.

BTW
There is this fellow who posted a YouTube video based on a conspiracy theory involving Titan. He is glibly claiming that we are being lied to because Titan is another Earth and that there are people on Titan who are drinking methane instead of water. LOL!

 

[brinny]

It is a great film and a priceless classic. Other Sci fi films of that time were concentrating on scaring the audience with genetic anomalies such as in the film Tarantula, and Godzilla or the Beast with a Thousand Eyes which didn't have too much intellectual depth added.

BTW
There is this fellow who posted a YouTube video based on a conspiracy theory involving Titan. He is glibly claiming that we are being lied to because Titan is another Earth and that there are people on Titan who are drinking methane instead of water. LOL!

LOL! Where does he say he gets this information?

 

[Radrook]

LOL! Where does he say he gets this information?

That was yesterday. After scrolling down and noticing that the people responding were calling him idiot, imbecile and moron I quickly left the site without listening any further. I just tried to relocate him to show you but was unable to find the video for some reason.

 

[brinny]

That was yesterday. After scrolling down and noticing that the people responding were calling him idiot, imbecile and moron I quickly left the site without listening any further. I just tried to relocate him to show you but was unable to find the video for some reason.

That's a shame. There's no need for anyone to ridicule him. Youtube can be kinda' vicious at times.

 

[Radrook]

That's a shame. There's no need for anyone to ridicule him. Youtube can be kinda' vicious at times.

Well, some folks who take the bait of a sensational youtube titles such as there being life on Titan, expect to be at the least provided with feasible reasons to believe the tile claims as compensation for their interest and become extremely distraught when the reasons provided are silly because they feel having been maliciously deceived.

Having the fellow suddenly tongue-in-cheek at the outset that humans were successfully imbibing methane as a substitute for water on Titan might have triggered that irate reaction. Me? I just move along but others don't have the tendency to practice that sort of Christian charity and so they vent.


BTW
Frustrated expectations can easily trigger the same reaction animals as well. For example, there is a YouTube video concerning this deer hunter who rubbed himself all over with the bottled concentrated scent of female deer in estrus during rutting season and then hid himself in the bushes with his rifle ready.

The unfortunate amorous buck who took the bait ad approached the bushes in an extremely excited mood and caught the hunter totally by surprise and was so frustrated and infuriated by what he found instead of finding a doe, that he attempted to murder the hunter by repeatedly pummeling him with his razor-sharp hooves. The hunter was severely beaten but it could have been worse, he could have been killed or paralyzed had the frustrated buck employed its antlers as well.

 

[brinny]

God have mercy!!! He could've been killed, and he doesn't regret it?

He's blessed to be alive after all of that.

 

[Radrook]

God have mercy!!! He could've been killed, and he doesn't regret it?

He's blessed to be alive after all of that.

True, one good kick in the head could have shattered his skull. His wife thought that getting it on film was worth it. She even admitted feeling giddy but kept filming. Not to be trusted!

BTW
He even sprayed that stuff in his mouth!

 

[brinny]

True, one good kick in the head could have shattered his skull. His wife thought that getting it on film was worth it. She even admitted feeling giddy but kept filming. Not to be trusted!

BTW
He even sprayed that stuff in his mouth!

I saw that...ugh!!!!

I can't believe his wife just kept filming

 

[Radrook]

I saw that...ugh!!!!

I can't believe his wife just kept filming

Makes me wonder. I wonder if it made him wonder? Doesn't seem like it on the surface but such things tend to surface given enough time and all get-out will suddenly break loose when least expected. Especially if accompanied by little things like forgetting birthdays, or failing to remind the spouse of a doctors appointed. Or not showing interest in physical examination results. Then what formerly seemed insignificant suddenly begins to loom big as the brain begins to put two plus two together and gets four. That's when the delayed reaction comes in with "

"So that's why you didn't care when that deër was trying to brain me right?"

 

[brinny]

Makes me wonder. I wonder if it made him wonder? Doesn't seem like it on the surface but such things tend to surface given enough time and all get-out will suddenly break loose when least expected. Especially if accompanied by little things like forgetting birthdays, or failing to remind the spouse of a doctors appointed. Or not showing interest in physical examination results. Then what formerly seemed insignificant suddenly begins to loom big as the brain begins to put two plus two together and gets four. That's when the delayed reaction comes in with "

"So that's why you didn't care when that deër was trying to brain me right?"

It's actually kinda' scary when i think about it. They both were so nonchalant about it.