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THE Titan Thread (merged)
Re: Titan's surface organics surpass oil reserves on Earth
by nobodypanic » Wed 09 Jul 2008, 15:01:50
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MonsieurX', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('nobodypanic', 'h')ydrocarbons are a renewable resource on titan.
On Earth too.
excellent point.
now if they would only rain from the sky like on titan.
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Re: Titan's surface organics surpass oil reserves on Earth
by Jenab6 » Wed 09 Jul 2008, 17:45:45
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Serial_Worrier', 'N')o I am addicted to hydrocarbons and I say let's suck every last drop out of TITAN. Might as well face it, we're addicted to oil!
If you were part of a colony orbiting Titan, those hydrocarbons would probably make a dandy energy resource in combination with oxygen extracted from nearby ice. Assuming that the colony never, for reasons of other habitat limitations, exceeded 10,000 people, the Titan resource might last a billion years.
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CRUDE OIL FOUND ON SATURN'S MOON TITAN
by KevO » Thu 31 Jul 2008, 15:41:04
You couldn't make this up.
An announcement the very same day that they confirm water on Mars - so the oil space race is on. what a pipeline this'll be. Go China!
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'R')esearchers have spotted a liquid lake on Saturn's moon Titan, making that moon the first celestial body shown to have fluid on its surface. But this isn't a lake you'd want to swim in -- it's made up of ethane, one of the components of crude oil.
Scientists identified the ethane lake, which is about the size of Lake Ontario on Earth, using instruments onboard the Cassini spacecraft, NASA announced Wednesday. The orbiter has been studying Saturn and its moons since 2004.
"This is the first observation that really pins down that Titan has a surface lake filled with liquid," lead researcher Robert Brown, a professor of planetary science at The University of Arizona, said in a statement.
Scientists had long theorized that hydrocarbons like ethane might rain down on Titan's surface, creating bodies of water. Cassini spotted the lake in December, NASA said, and scientists confirmed that it was liquid ethane by studying the way it absorbed and reflected infrared light.
An announcement the very same day that they confirm water on Mars - so the oil space race is on. what a pipeline this'll be. Go China!
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'R')esearchers have spotted a liquid lake on Saturn's moon Titan, making that moon the first celestial body shown to have fluid on its surface. But this isn't a lake you'd want to swim in -- it's made up of ethane, one of the components of crude oil.
Scientists identified the ethane lake, which is about the size of Lake Ontario on Earth, using instruments onboard the Cassini spacecraft, NASA announced Wednesday. The orbiter has been studying Saturn and its moons since 2004.
"This is the first observation that really pins down that Titan has a surface lake filled with liquid," lead researcher Robert Brown, a professor of planetary science at The University of Arizona, said in a statement.
Scientists had long theorized that hydrocarbons like ethane might rain down on Titan's surface, creating bodies of water. Cassini spotted the lake in December, NASA said, and scientists confirmed that it was liquid ethane by studying the way it absorbed and reflected infrared light.
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