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Is a Titan rover feasible?
Vultur
post Sep 13 2008, 01:22 AM
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I was just thinking -- Titan has a very dense atmosphere and lower gravity than Earth, so it seems like parachutes could be very useful, and the Martian airbag/skycrane tricks wouldn't be necessary. Why aren't there plans for a Titan version of MER?
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- Vultur   Is a Titan rover feasible?   Sep 13 2008, 01:22 AM
- - djellison   QUOTE (Vultur @ Sep 13 2008, 02:22 AM) Wh...   Sep 13 2008, 07:08 AM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 13 2008, 12:08 AM)...   Sep 14 2008, 03:46 PM
|- - lyford   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Sep 14 2008, 07:46 A...   Sep 15 2008, 04:01 AM
|- - David   QUOTE (lyford @ Sep 15 2008, 04:01 AM) Th...   Sep 16 2008, 03:00 AM
|- - lyford   QUOTE (David @ Sep 15 2008, 07:00 PM) ......   Sep 16 2008, 02:40 PM
- - PhilCo126   Even if You could operate a rover on Titan, the vi...   Sep 13 2008, 11:45 AM
|- - ugordan   There is no definitive cloud deck on Titan, the ha...   Sep 13 2008, 11:52 AM
||- - angel1801   Another thing too. Mars takes just over 24 hours (...   Sep 13 2008, 12:13 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Sep 13 2008, 06:45 AM)...   Sep 13 2008, 05:18 PM
- - Harkeppler   Some ideas for introducing a Titan Rover: Interes...   Sep 13 2008, 03:14 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (Harkeppler @ Sep 13 2008, 05:14 PM...   Sep 13 2008, 03:53 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (ugordan @ Sep 13 2008, 10:53 AM) U...   Sep 13 2008, 05:25 PM
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|- - Harkeppler   QUOTE I wasn't "strange", it's w...   Sep 14 2008, 09:51 AM
|- - ugordan   Fascinating. You have just proven my point from th...   Sep 14 2008, 10:08 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (Harkeppler @ Sep 14 2008, 10:51 AM...   Sep 14 2008, 04:55 PM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (djellison @ Sep 14 2008, 09:55 AM)...   Sep 14 2008, 05:29 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Sep 14 2008, 07:29 PM...   Sep 14 2008, 05:37 PM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (ugordan @ Sep 14 2008, 10:37 AM) H...   Sep 14 2008, 08:17 PM
|- - JRehling   One seemingly zero-cost way to improve the DISR re...   Sep 15 2008, 03:53 AM
|- - Greg Hullender   QUOTE (JRehling @ Sep 14 2008, 08:53 PM) ...   Sep 16 2008, 02:58 PM
- - TheChemist   Designing missions in retrospective, using other p...   Sep 14 2008, 10:32 AM
- - ilbasso   I'm not 100% sure about it being a popular tou...   Sep 14 2008, 01:02 PM

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