NASA Could Be Sending A Submarine to Study Titan’s Methane Seas
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http://insideunmannedsystems.com/nasa-sending-submarine-study-titans-methane-seas/
> There is plenty for NASA scientists to explore on Titan, Saturn’s
> largest moon, including lakes and seas made of liquid
> hydrocarbons—making them much different from the lakes and seas we
> know on Earth. And while NASA can’t really send people to explore
> what’s below Titan’s methane seas, they can send an autonomous
> submarine.
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> That’s why NASA’s COMPASS Conceptual Spacecraft Design Team is
> working to design a submarine that would autonomously carry out
> detailed scientific investigations under the surface of Kraken Mare,
> Titan’s largest northern sea.
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> This would not only enable researchers to learn about an
> extraterrestrial sea, team lead and principal investigator Steve
> Oleson said, it would also mark NASA’s first foray into in situ
> nautical operations on other planets.
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