Re: send humans to Titan, it isn't a question of physics, it's a question of time, technology and commitment
R Kym Horsell <[email protected]>
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In alt.astronomy Jim Wilkins <[email protected]> wrote: > "Daniel" wrote in message news:874ih0numc.fsf@rpi3... > a425couple <[email protected]> writes: >> from >> https://spacedaily.com/t-a-real-group-of-scientists-and-engineers-spent-two-days-in-boulder-this-june-asking-what-it-would-actually-take-to-send-humans-to-titan-and-their-honest-answer-was-that-it-isnt-a-question-of-physics/ > Whoever funded this clearly had cash to burn. > -------------------------------------------------- I think dont take this news item that literally. AFAIK it was training in thinking about hard problems. I can imagine if we've had a couple decades of picking all the low fruit it's time to put some pressure on, even if it's only in play, and get ready to change societal gears because the problems are only gunna pile up from here on. > That's a waste. The Titan mission will be crewed by non-humanoid AI robots > immune to the environment and able to crawl, swim or fly as appropriate. We > already have them on Mars. If the plan is to have more than one planet in the system with people on in just in case some calamity happens, then you cant send a robot to do that for you. > There is plenty of less challenging uninhabited land on Earth. > https://study.com/learn/lesson/desert-geographic-location-formation.html -- We do these things not because they are easy. -- Some guy