The Cassini spacecraft has noticed on Titan, Saturn’s moon, that hydrogen molecules flow down through the atmosphere and disappear when they reach the surface (Icarus Journal). Also the hydrocarbons on the surface of Titan have been mapped and show that there is a lack of acetylne (Journal of geophysical research). The lack of acetylne could [...]
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Atmosphere’s of the Gas Giants
I looked at the atmospheres of the terrestrial planets in an earlier post and now it is time to look at the other planets especially Jupiter. These are just totally weird planets. it is not possible to land a spacecraft on the surface of Jupiter as, by today’s standards, your spacecraft would be crushed to [...]
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Take a trip to Titan with Cassini Huygens
The solar system may seem a barren place when it comes to life or anything similar. Obviously we are here on our lovely planet so that statement is not true. The other planets don’t seem likely to harbour life except perhaps Mars, but the life there if there is any, is not obvious as we [...]
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Part 2:Half a Cup of Coffee and a Continuation of the Tour around the Solar System
After flying around the solar system in my bubble I have landed on Mars and am very close to Olympus Mons. Olympus Mons is about 90,000 feet above the surface of Mars. This is about three times the height of Everest. It is about 480 km across at its base and at its top is [...]
