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Unmanned Spaceflight.com _ Titan _ Ben Bova's Titan

Posted by: ljk4-1 Mar 28 2006, 02:57 PM

Quotes from the novel review:

"Eduoard Urbain, in charge of all science on the ship, is focused on his baby, a semi-intelligent probe, Titan Alpha, dropped to the surface of the moon Titan. He expects this mission to make or break his career. Unfortunately, the mission is shaping up as a massive failure, as the probe, while visibly active through satellite monitoring, refuses to communicate with its human handlers."

"Meanwhile, scientist Nadia Wunderly is convinced that Saturn's rings harbor actual living organisms that are historically responsible for maintaining these unlikely constructions. She needs a sample from the rings to prove her thesis, but Eberly is against her plans, since if it's proven the rings harbor living organisms, he won't be able to mine the structures for valuable water ice."

Full review here:

http://www.scifi.com/sfw/books/sfw12394.html

Posted by: MahFL Mar 28 2006, 07:14 PM

I am curently reading "Saturn".

Posted by: SFJCody Mar 28 2006, 07:42 PM

I remember reading in 'Mars' (1990) that the scarps of Valles Marineris are made of undifferentiated basalt all the way down