<![CDATA[Why Titan is the Awesomest Moon in the Solar System - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[Why Titan is the Awesomest Moon in the Solar System - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[Why Titan is the Awesomest Moon in the Solar System]]> @deckard97: I call shotgun!

Guizzy

]]> <![CDATA[Why Titan is the Awesomest Moon in the Solar System]]> You'd think there'd be more Io fans on this site. It's got volcanoes!

rikchik

]]> <![CDATA[Why Titan is the Awesomest Moon in the Solar System]]> That's no moon...

Ed Grabianowski

]]> <![CDATA[Why Titan is the Awesomest Moon in the Solar System]]> @Ed Grabianowski: Oh yeah, it's on!

for all you moon-lovers out there, we're dropping an "illest moon of all time" checklist on you next week. Stay tuned!

Michael Reilly

]]> <![CDATA[Why Titan is the Awesomest Moon in the Solar System]]> @MagnusRobotFighter: I guess we could wear suits that are very warm on the outside, like a heated shell. I don't know of any flexable materials that could work in those low temperatures. Nor do I know of any metabolic process that can occur. The chemistry would be so slow on this moon to nearly dismiss the idea of life. What complex organic molecules do we know of that can interact at those temperatures to great amino acids, or their analogs?

Jeff-Minor

]]> <![CDATA[Why Titan is the Awesomest Moon in the Solar System]]> @B: When I was reading the article, I started thinking about what a human astronaut would look like there. Even with a spacesuit, we'd be like walking ovens compared to the local environment. And we'd probably move and think far faster than any (possible) indigenous life, thanks to our faster chemical reactions. We'd be "fire demons"... :-)

MagnusRobotFighter

]]> <![CDATA[Why Titan is the Awesomest Moon in the Solar System]]> @Belabras: Actually, how has no one made a big blockbuster movie about Titan. It's just begging for one.

92BuickLeSabre

]]> <![CDATA[Why Titan is the Awesomest Moon in the Solar System]]> @Illyr: Agreed - I'm more of a Europa person. Or maybe Enceladus. There might be liquid water lurkin under that ice!

phoenix

]]> <![CDATA[Why Titan is the Awesomest Moon in the Solar System]]> Stupid question: the image caption says "Image by Steven Hobbs via NASA" - does NASA now employ 3D artists who use Bryce/Vue d'Esprit to produce their spacey imagery?

SharonG

]]> <![CDATA[Why Titan is the Awesomest Moon in the Solar System]]> Moon fight!

Ed Grabianowski

]]> <![CDATA[Why Titan is the Awesomest Moon in the Solar System]]> Oh HELL NO, Grabianowski. Europa is the most excellent moon in da ENTIRE solar system!!!

Michael Reilly

]]> <![CDATA[Why Titan is the Awesomest Moon in the Solar System]]> I prefer our moon, for it doesn't smell of farts.

Priam

]]> <![CDATA[Why Titan is the Awesomest Moon in the Solar System]]> Ok forget Mars. Let's go to Titan. Who's driving?

deckard97

]]> <![CDATA[Why Titan is the Awesomest Moon in the Solar System]]> I'm pretty sure that Caliban is a better name than Titan (Its one of Uranus' moons). However, I'm pretty sure Titan is a cooler moon anyway (on a scale of interestingness, not temperature).

Bob_of_Mars

]]> <![CDATA[Why Titan is the Awesomest Moon in the Solar System]]> I think Europa's seas would have a better chance of harboring life.

Illyr

]]> <![CDATA[Why Titan is the Awesomest Moon in the Solar System]]> "has dune seas like Arrakis (or Tatooine)" <- Fixed!

Anyway, SOLD! When do we leave?

Shiryu

]]> <![CDATA[Why Titan is the Awesomest Moon in the Solar System]]> Also, Prometheus is a Titan, and he stole fire from the gods and gave it to Mankind, the birth of technology.

B

]]> <![CDATA[Why Titan is the Awesomest Moon in the Solar System]]> space porn sounds awesome. Anyone remember the idea for the nuclear heated rod that could penetrate the ice and then release an undersea sub? That sounds vaguely sexual...

PVIII

]]> <![CDATA[Why Titan is the Awesomest Moon in the Solar System]]> mmmmm space porn.

stryker1800

]]> <![CDATA[Why Titan is the Awesomest Moon in the Solar System]]> Well, I'm excited.

drukus

]]> <![CDATA[Why Titan is the Awesomest Moon in the Solar System]]> If they ever revive Seaquest DSV, it would be cool to have the sub trolling around the oceans of Titan instead of Earth.

Thanks for the Space Porn IO9, it's always welcome.

Belabras

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