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Titan's Drone Boat Could Be Joined By a Nuclear Hot-Air Balloon
A Nuclear-Powered Boat Could Sail The Great Lakes Of Titan
Methane Cloudburst on Titan
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Bootknife-Jackson
11/15/09

In reply to Titan's Drone Boat Could Be Joined By a Nuclear Hot-Air Balloon
I am so excited about this mission! This and Europa! Oh man! I might need new space pants here, seriously! The only thing that would be cooler is a manned mission to Titan! But I don't think that's currently feasible.

Also, has anyone made an Ethan Hawke joke yet? #saturn
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Dr Emilio Lizardo
11/14/09

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So when the native Titanians (Titanites?) see it, will the UFO be dismissed as a weather balloon? #saturn
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Post-Nuked
11/15/09

@Dr Emilio Lizardo:
Perhaps swamp gas? #saturn
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Alasdair5000
11/14/09

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A nuclear powered hot air balloon and a robotic boat. On another planet. That's AWESOME:) #saturn
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mosquitosBuzzz
11/14/09

@Alasdair5000: Agreed.
But its gonna take soooo long.
A solid 19 years to be ready to send a balloon to another planet, damn that makes it seem like we're even further behind than I've hoped. sigh #saturn
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GreyHammer
11/14/09

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a balloon makes sense but am i the only one who finds it amusing that a rocket will deliver a device to a far off moon that was developed in the 1800s? #saturn
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Ghost_in_the_Machine
11/14/09

@GreyHammer: Well it is a nuclear powered hot air balloon. But the retro factor is pretty cool. #saturn
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CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
11/14/09

@Ghost_in_the_Machine: I whole heartedly expect that the crew will be wearing Top Hats whilst stroking their huge beards. Mwhahh. What-o. #saturn
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Darklighter
10/16/09

In reply to A Nuclear-Powered Boat Could Sail The Great Lakes Of Titan
Well, it's about damn time we saw something like this. We can't let the wheeled robots have all the fun, can we? #space
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lazyeight
10/16/09

In reply to A Nuclear-Powered Boat Could Sail The Great Lakes Of Titan
I'd like to hear more about the Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generator.
Is this a 'true' Stirling engine (external combustion)? #space
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icelight
10/16/09

In reply to A Nuclear-Powered Boat Could Sail The Great Lakes Of Titan
Nuclear Windjammer would be an awesome name for just about anything. My new band, of course, but it also sounds like a fantastic novel, a really good name for a pet, and of course a spacecraft.

Maybe that's just because the word windjammer is fantastic, and adding nuclear as an adjective only makes anything better. #space
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burlybax
10/16/09

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Did she outline a reason for doing this in her plan? Or is it the obvious, were establishing a robot navy on Jupiter? #space
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The_Sporean_Bob
10/16/09

@burlybax: Titan is a Saturnian moon, so the plan is probably to invade Saturn. #space
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J_Frank_Parnell
10/16/09

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We do not sow. #space
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ManchuCandidate
10/16/09

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We will sail the Titan sea,
And our nukey ship's a beauty;
We've got lots of memory free,
And attentive to our duty.
When the ship orbits free
O'er the methane sea,
We stand in our shield all day;
When from space we drop
In our nuclear boat,
We have plenty of time to, er, float. #space
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ParryLost
10/16/09

@ManchuCandidate:
You are the captain of the Internet
With your witty rhyming post!
Your parody's quite good,
Though be it understood,
I, for one, like Penzance most.
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groovista
10/16/09

Though mighty Saturn's far aways
With four four-way tabs of orange haze
a mighty moon, crowned with lakes
of liquid flatulence, partakes
of seascapes trippy and mighty chilly;

So up to the sea in ships
Repair the dreamers willy-nilly
With a cockle-shell of science
A-sail in a cooking-gas tank of giants. #space
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whormongr
10/16/09

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I have to wonder that if there is a leak or a meltdown to you risk igniting a giant methane or propane sea? #space
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ManchuCandidate
10/16/09

@whormongr:
Methane and propane need oxygen to ignite. No oxygen, no boom. #space
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Hamslicer
08/13/09

In reply to Methane Cloudburst on Titan
I just sprained my brain thinking about life based in that environment instead of ours. Methane=Water, Ice=Magma, etc.
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r0cketman22
08/12/09

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Titanian. haha
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gorehound
08/12/09

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Man if you ever lit up a joint there you really would be baked.
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CanisPugnax
08/12/09

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As you sit and enjoy the view from your condo overlooking our beautiful methane lakes, spare a thought for other Titanians less fortunate than you.
Did you know that some latitudes of our beautiful moon rarely see rainfall? That massive drought has left many struggling to survive?
But there is something you can do! The Titanian Omnipresent Deity Believers Larva Fund urges you to consider sponsoring a larva, pod or small collective in a drought struck region.
For Just $2.50 (Titan) a day, less than the cost of a cup of coffee you can make a moon's worth of difference to the nymphal offspring of Titanian's less fortunate than you! Please consider donating today.
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