Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 7 months agoNASA officially greenlights $3.35 billion mission to Saturn’s moon Titanarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkNASA officially greenlights $3.35 billion mission to Saturn’s moon Titanarstechnica.comBlaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square20fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareFosheze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoOdds are they’re using an RTG to power it anyways. Titan actually has a much thicker atmosphere than even earth and it’s much farther away from the sun as well so solar isn’t going to be a good option to power anything they send down.
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoRight would need batteries to be charged to meet power demands of flight, but I guess that should take care of the batteries being kept warm enough.
Odds are they’re using an RTG to power it anyways. Titan actually has a much thicker atmosphere than even earth and it’s much farther away from the sun as well so solar isn’t going to be a good option to power anything they send down.
Right would need batteries to be charged to meet power demands of flight, but I guess that should take care of the batteries being kept warm enough.