World of mystery

[mmcirvin]

We're still in the Percival Lowell stage but things will be clearer very soon.

Voyager 1 got considerably closer to Titan than Cassini is now, but it couldn't take pictures in the wavelengths necessary to look through the bright orange smog that covers the moon. This time, Cassini has infrared imaging, radar, and a probe that will attempt to land on the surface. Current speculations about what it's like down there involve seas of ethane and plastic snow. This is probably less fanciful than the dinosaurs of Venus, but I suppose it remains to be seen.

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Plastic Life Forms

[wiblur-the-once.livejournal.com]

"Scientists suspect that organic solids have been falling from Titan's sky for billions of years and might be compounds that set the stage for the next chemical step toward life."

Next thing you know, they will be announcing that they have discovered that Titan has Green Army Men living on it.