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Proposed Titan Paddle Boat Mission, The Titan Lake In-situ Sampling Propelled Explorer (TALISE) proposes a
Phil Naranjo
post Sep 27 2012, 07:24 PM
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I saw this article today: The Titan Lake In-situ Sampling Propelled Explorer (TALISE) proposes a sending an instrument-laden boat-probe to Saturn’s largest moon.

Read more: http://www.universetoday.com/97611/paddleb.../#ixzz27hR16wOH

I was under the impression that the liquid hydrocarbon lakes of Titan were highly viscous, more tar like? Prior to Cassini, I recall speculation by scientists that Titan might harbor giant waves.

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- Phil Naranjo   Proposed Titan Paddle Boat Mission   Sep 27 2012, 07:24 PM
- - djellison   Everything I've read suggests the lakes are et...   Sep 27 2012, 07:48 PM
- - ngunn   The idea is just too good to give up on. C'mo...   Sep 27 2012, 08:53 PM
- - djellison   Seems like a lot of mass/complexity to do somethin...   Sep 27 2012, 09:16 PM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 27 2012, 10:16 PM)...   Sep 27 2012, 09:23 PM
|- - stevesliva   QUOTE (ngunn @ Sep 27 2012, 05:23 PM) Exa...   Sep 28 2012, 02:18 AM
- - Eyesonmars   The lakes of Titan cover only what ,1-2% of the su...   Sep 27 2012, 09:31 PM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (Eyesonmars @ Sep 27 2012, 02:31 PM...   Sep 28 2012, 04:20 AM
|- - Eyesonmars   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Sep 28 2012, 04:20 AM...   Sep 28 2012, 01:00 PM
|- - nprev   QUOTE (Eyesonmars @ Sep 28 2012, 05:00 AM...   Sep 28 2012, 03:08 PM
|- - JRehling   QUOTE (Eyesonmars @ Sep 28 2012, 06:00 AM...   Sep 28 2012, 05:16 PM
- - ngunn   Earth's oceans are mostly water, but their min...   Sep 27 2012, 10:04 PM
- - Fran Ontanaya   I think I read liquid methane would be half as vis...   Sep 28 2012, 03:10 AM
|- - TheAnt   QUOTE (Fran Ontanaya @ Sep 28 2012, 05:10...   Sep 29 2012, 05:30 PM
|- - rlorenz   QUOTE (TheAnt @ Sep 29 2012, 01:30 PM) So...   Sep 30 2012, 12:45 AM
|- - TheAnt   @rlorenz Yes I said that with a bit of a reserva...   Sep 30 2012, 02:23 PM
- - rlorenz   QUOTE (Phil Naranjo @ Sep 27 2012, 03:24 ...   Sep 28 2012, 07:57 AM
- - Juramike   The idea of a self-propelled lake probe transectin...   Sep 28 2012, 03:31 PM
- - vjkane   I'll echo John Rehling's comments on Titan...   Sep 29 2012, 05:22 AM
- - atomoid   i imagine if a Titan Balloon inflation payload (if...   Dec 13 2012, 02:12 AM
- - vjkane   QUOTE (atomoid @ Dec 12 2012, 06:12 PM) i...   Dec 14 2012, 04:53 PM
- - rlorenz   QUOTE (atomoid @ Dec 12 2012, 09:12 PM) i...   Dec 15 2012, 02:26 PM

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