Sunday, October 9, 2011

Mars Rover Curiosity Sealed Up For Launch

A Titan exploration craft wouldn't likely be a "rover" (although it could be). Anything more elaborate than the Huygens probe will, of course, be nuclear powered, but that's about all we can say for sure. Many different options have been explored, including, but not limited, to:

* Hydrogen-filled balloon (hydrogen doesn't burn on Titan, and all lifting gasses would work exceedingly well in the low gravity/dense atmosphere)

* Nuclear RTG hot air balloon (actually, the math suggests it'd work

Source: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~3/lI2HabcubBY/Mars-Rover-Curiosity-Sealed-Up-For-Launch

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