Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Existence of 'Sea of Krakens' on Titan confirmed
The "Sea of Krakens", a 150,000-square-mile lake of liquefied patio gas near the north pole of Titan, ice moon of Saturn. There are already plans to send out a small nuclear-powered robot sailboat to cruise the freezing patio-gas seas of the Titanian arctic. The Titan Mare Explorer (TiME), if approved for funding, might lift off in 2016 and splash down into the Sea of Krakens or the nearby, ice-island-studded Ligeian in 2022.
IMO: Hm, they could find living entities, even intelligent ones. It puts one in mind of Hal Clement's novella "Mission of Gravity", a great novel about a great sailor.
IMO: Hm, they could find living entities, even intelligent ones. It puts one in mind of Hal Clement's novella "Mission of Gravity", a great novel about a great sailor.
# posted by uv : 10:54 PM
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