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| = Beyond Earth = == Our Path to a New Home in the Planets == . Charles Wohlforth and Amanda R. Hendrix, PhD . 2016 Beaverton Library 629.455 WOH ----- . Charles Wohlforth is an Alaskan reporter and travel book author . Dr. Hendrix analyzes UV instrument data on Galileo and Cassini A permanent colony on Titan as a refuge from the destruction of the Earth. Silly, poorly thought out, too much magic thinking . Use nuclear reactors to split water to make oxygen to burn methane . Massive colonization fleet paid for by "the rich" so they can escape . Magic "Q Drive" "gathers up quantum particles and expels them" . Harold White "Sonny" works for Mark McDonald's Advanced Mission Development Group at Johnson Space Center . no notes or references Titan: 1.2M km semimajor axis, 16 day period, orbital speed 5.6 km/s, tide locked to Saturn . 2.64 km/s escape, 94K, density 1.88 g/cm³, 1.35 m/s² gravity . Atmosphere: Stratosphere 98% nitrogen, 1.4% methane, Trpposphere 95% nitrogen, 5% methane . Huygens lander 2005 . Surface 1000 times dimmer than earth . Wikipedia: Atmosphere holds 10 meters of methane, "Titan's weather is expected to feature torrential downpours causing flash floods, interspersed by decades or centuries of drought" Saturn: 9.5 AU, 29.5 yr |
