Manned Landing On Titan, Issues & Answers? |
Manned Landing On Titan, Issues & Answers? |
Oct 19 2006, 09:08 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Just got to thinking about some of the problems that may have to be addressed if & when we ever try to visit Titan in person.
The first thing that comes to mind is what might happen if some Titanian air gets inside an oxygen-rich manned spacecraft, say from minor airlock residue. I imagine that the explosive potential of some of the trace gasses is pretty high, and there's probably also a significant risk of poisonous compounds as well. So, here are some tenative requirements: 1. REALLY efficient air-scavenging airlocks. 2. Surface suits that can't trap external gasses in creases, folds, etc. 3. Spark-proof electrical/electronic everything. 4. Smoking is strictly forbidden (with apologies to the entire 1950s SF movie genre!) Gotta be more...any ideas? -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Nov 29 2007, 01:04 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Good grief... !!! Are you saying that there may be natural minefields on Titan? Do these compounds have an affinity for each other, or do they tend to disperse? (By that I mean in the "wild" state instead of under laboratory conditions, if the possible circumstances for natural formation are at all understood; assuming it doesn't happen naturally on Earth.)
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Nov 29 2007, 12:42 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2785 Joined: 10-November 06 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 1345 |
Good grief... !!! Are you saying that there may be natural minefields on Titan? Do these compounds have an affinity for each other, or do they tend to disperse? (By that I mean in the "wild" state instead of under laboratory conditions, if the possible circumstances for natural formation are at all understood; assuming it doesn't happen naturally on Earth.) IF azides can form on Titan. (I'm not sure if azides can form through photochemical or atmospheric means.) (It is comforting to note that Huygens didn't get blown up when it landed.) Like anything else, concentration could occur through solvents reworking the surface or crust and concentrating compounds in ore deposits. Differential solubilities could cause selective deposition as sparingly soluble species ploop out of solution. ("If your are not part of the solution, you are part of the precipitate.") -Mike -------------------- Some higher resolution images available at my photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31678681@N07/
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