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
@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
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
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
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
@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.
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
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.
11/15/09
Also, has anyone made an Ethan Hawke joke yet? #saturn
11/14/09
11/15/09
Perhaps swamp gas? #saturn
11/14/09
11/14/09
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
11/14/09
11/14/09
11/14/09
10/16/09
10/16/09
Is this a 'true' Stirling engine (external combustion)? #space
10/16/09
Maybe that's just because the word windjammer is fantastic, and adding nuclear as an adjective only makes anything better. #space
10/16/09
10/16/09
10/16/09
10/16/09
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
10/16/09
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.
10/16/09
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
10/16/09
10/16/09
Methane and propane need oxygen to ignite. No oxygen, no boom. #space
08/13/09
08/12/09
08/12/09
08/12/09
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.