we could explore Titan’s seas yet. Last month, NASA announced the concept of sending a submarine to Titan instead. At this point, it’s just an idea --- one that also has to be survive many rounds of funding decision
— The extraterrestrial seas of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, provide an ideal world for a robotic submarine to explore, and a team of scientists is working on an innovative mission concept that could make that vision a reality. A submarine on Titan would open up the lakes and rivers of ...
Relevant Mission: NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts A conceptual design of a submersible autonomous vehicle (submarine) to explore extraterrestrial seas. Specifically, to send a submarine to Titan's largest northern sea, Kraken Mare. This craft will autonomously carry out detailed scientific investigations...
Titan Submarine: Exploring the Depths of Kraken Mare That idea looks even more tempting now that Grima and his team have publisheda study showing that some of Titan’s seas are almost completely calm. “There is the science motivation to confirm the Titan’s seas are very flat as suggested ...
of photons of sunlight. Theoretically, such a vessel could accelerate to speeds much faster than today’s rocket-powered spacecraft. The first test version of a solar sail, completely privately funded, is supposed to enter space next year on a missile launched from a Russian nuclear submarine....