Colonization of Moon Titan: Pros and Cons

[Radrook]

Thanks...i'll see if Youtube has a video of it.

This is the introduction.
The rest is provided a segment at time on the upper right your computer screen.
Other places offer it in blurry images or demand payment.

 

[Radrook]

Thanks...i'll see if Youtube has a video of it.

This is the introduction.
The rest is provided a segment at time on the upper right your computer screen.
Other places offer it in blurry images or demand payment.

I hesitate to post more because content restrictions might apply.

 

[brinny]

This is the introduction.
The rest is provided a segment at time on the upper right your computer screen.
Other places offer it in blurry images or demand payment.

I hesitate to post more because content restrictions might apply.

Thank you

 

[Radrook]

Longitudinal dunes, up to 330 ft (100 m) high[122] about a kilometer wide, and tens to hundreds of kilometers long straddle Titan's equator. these were formed by Titans, steady zonal (eastward) winds combine with variable tidal winds. Tidal winds are those caused by Saturn’s gravitational tidal influence which is 400 times stronger than the tidal forces of the Moon on Earth and tend to drive wind toward the equator.

This wind pattern, it was theorized, causes granular material on the surface to gradually build up in long parallel dunes aligned west-to-east.

Recent computer simulations indicate that the dunes might qalso be the result of rare storm winds that happen only every fifteen years when Titan is in equinox. These storms produce strong downdrafts, flowing eastward at up to 10 meters per second approx 30 feet per second when they reach the surface. Calculations indicate the sand on Titan has a density of one-third that of terrestrial sand and is very likely not composed if silicate material as Earth’s sand dunes are.
Titan (moon) - Wikipedia

Sand dunes in the Namib Desert on Earth (top), compared with dunes in Belet on Titan

By NASA/JSC - uppper photo; NASA/JPL - lower photo - File:Titan dunes.jpg, Public Domain, File:Titan dunes crop.png - Wikimedia Commons

BTW
Those sand dunes on Titan are approx. the height of a 33 floor building.
Not bad for dune buggy freaks!

 

[Radrook]

Thank you

The main world that the action takes place in the film is called Dune because it is a desert planet where supposedly rain has never fallen. Titan has dunes as well but they aren't as extensive and are localized to sections of Titan's equator.

 

[Radrook]

Thank you

The main world that the action takes place in the film is called Dune because it is a desert planet where supposedly rain has never fallen. Titan has dunes as well but they aren't as extensive and are localized to sections of Titan's equator.

 

[brinny]

The main world that the action takes place in the film is called Dune because it is a desert planet where supposedly rain has never fallen. Titan has dunes as well but they aren't as extensive and are localized to sections of Titan's equator.

Wow, a desert planet.......thank God for H2O

 

[Radrook]

Wow, a desert planet.......thank God for H2O

In that film the Planet Arrakis better known as Dune, or desert planet produces a spice which allows humans who have mutated under its influence to bend space and makes quick space travel possible. Now if we could get to Titan that quickly it would be a piece of cake.

 

[brinny]

Wow, that's a mind-bender, isn't it?

 

[Radrook]

Wow, that's a mind-bender, isn't it?

They paid a pretty heavy price for that mind-boggling ability. They look like over-sized slugs.

 

[brinny]

They paid a pretty heavy price for that mind-boggling ability. They look like slugs.

LOL! Is that THEM???

I didn't know WHAT that was

 

[Radrook]

LOL! Is that THEM???

I didn't know WHAT that was

Those are supposed to have been humans who were expose to the spice found on Arrakis or Dune. The effect is that hideous transformation accompanied by the mind-boggling ability to bend space. Without a steady supply of the spice production on Arrakis all space travel would be impossible. That's why they keep saying that the spice must flow.

 

[brinny]

Those are supposed to have been humans who were expose to the spice found on Arrakis or Dune. The effect is that hideous transformation accompanied by the mind-boggling ability to bend space. Without a steady supply of the spice production on Arrakis all space travel would be impossible. That's why they keep saying that the spice must flow.

Ugh! But then they turn into those creatures?

 

[Radrook]

Ugh! But then they turn into those creatures?

I wouldn't volunteer for it. Life is freakish enough as it is. No need to add more.

 

[brinny]

I wouldn't volunteer for it. Life is freakish enough as it is. No need to add more.

I agree.....

Being and keeping my humanity and my human form and whatever distinguishes me as a human is of the utmost importance....

can you imagine being stuck like that whatever it was?

 

[Radrook]

I agree.....

Being and keeping my humanity and my human form and whatever distinguishes me as a human is of the utmost importance....

can you imagine being stuck like that whatever it was?

Well, they are supposed to have been very politically influential. Notice how one visits the emperor at the opening scene and the emperor feels obligated to explain his plans in relation to Dune in detail to it.

 

[brinny]

Well, they are supposed to have been very politically influential. Notice how one visits the emperor at the opening scene and the emperor feels obligated to explain his plans in relation to Dune in detail to it.

Hmmmmm......is it worth it?

 

[Radrook]

Hmmmmm......is it worth it?

Well, there are fringe benefits. No legs? No problemo! Those partially deformed fanatically dedicated dudes dressed in patent leather black jumpsuits will caringly carry him every-wire he so chooses to be rolled.

Spice induced itchy epidermis but no limbs to escaratch? Heh! Heh! Well....
Sluglike green Antarean beauties, the exact same lovelies who tended to Jabba the Hut, will provide alleviation via therapeutically entire body massage employing aromatic salves garnered from the odorous swamps of their native worlds.

A veritable olfactory feast fit for a king!

Bouts of intense depression followed by a persistent urge to self-destruct whenever it chances to catch a glimpse of its ridiculous mug in a mirror? Easy fix! A cleverly attached device will instantly project the face of Rudolph Valentino to replace it.

So you see? There we go!

Jabba the Hutt - Wikipedia
Rudolph Valentino - Wikipedia

 

[Radrook]

Differences and similarities with Earth.

The drops of precipitation on Titan are a thousand times smaller than raindrops on Earth

Instead of spewing molten rock, volcanoes are thought to erupt with water and ammonia.

One similarity with Earth is that its atmosphere is predominantly of nitrogen 95% in the case of Titan as compared to 78% on Earth. The remaining 5% is made up of methane (3%) and hydrogen (2%).

Facts about Titan - the Largest Moon of Saturn

http://www.solarsystemquick.com/titan.htm

BTW

We will have to wait until 2020 for a mission with the purpose of a detailed examination of the lakes to be launched.

Launch: 2020
Agency: NASA/ESA (Europe)
Summary: TSSM is an ambitious joint venture between NASA and the ESA to explore Titan. The mission consists of an orbiter, a hot air balloon (pictured left) which will float in Titan's clouds and a lake lander which will study the bodies of liquid methane found on the surface.
http://www.solarsystemquick.com/titan.htm

 

[brinny]

Differences and similarities with Earth.

The drops of precipitation on Titan are a thousand times smaller than raindrops on Earth

Instead of spewing molten rock, volcanoes are thought to erupt with water and ammonia.

One similarity with Earth is that its atmosphere is predominantly of nitrogen 95% in the case of Titan as compared to 78% on Earth. The remaining 5% is made up of methane (3%) and hydrogen (2%).

Facts about Titan - the Largest Moon of Saturn

http://www.solarsystemquick.com/titan.htm

BTW

We will have to wait until 2020 for a mission with the purpose of a detailed examination of the lakes to be launched.

Whoever goes there must be reeeeeeeally dedicated to that mission

 

[Radrook]

Differences and similarities with Earth.

The drops of precipitation on Titan are a thousand times smaller than raindrops on Earth

Instead of spewing molten rock, volcanoes are thought to erupt with water and ammonia.

One similarity with Earth is that its atmosphere is predominantly of nitrogen 95% in the case of Titan as compared to 78% on Earth. The remaining 5% is made up of methane (3%) and hydrogen (2%).

Facts about Titan - the Largest Moon of Saturn

http://www.solarsystemquick.com/titan.htm

BTW

We will have to wait until 2020 for a mission with the purpose of a detailed examination of the lakes to be launched.

Please point out the comical part so I can laugh as well.
Ah I get it. It's the hell-hole aspect of it all. LOL!