Saturn's moon Titan is covered by "dirty" ice ridges and seas of liquid natural gas If it's liquid, how is it gas?
Posted on 01/21/2005 7:17:19 AM PST by Dallas59
Sounds like an ideal future refueling point for extrasolar exploration.
Saturn's moon Titan is covered by "dirty" ice ridges and seas of liquid natural gas If it's liquid, how is it gas?
"There's no source of oxygen available, which is a good thing or Titan would have exploded a long time ago," Owen said.
Chalk off another place people will never go.
As has been pointed out in previous threads, the bad odor of natural gas is artificial; it's mercaptan that is deliberately added to it so leaks are quickly smelled.
Actually remember seeing this cable documentary about a natural-gas heated school that blew up in Texas and killed a lot of kids, the smell was added after that.
And the smell in farts isn't from methane either..it's mostly hydrogen sulfide.
There are LNG terminals all over the world. "Liquid Natural Gas."
bttt
Wished it was closer to Earth. Might be a sort of a "gold rush".
Sounds like they are describing Michael Moore's stomach...
There are LNG terminals all over the world. "Liquid Natural Gas."Is that like 'jumbo shrimp,' then?
"Natural gas" is a term covering methane, ethane and other compounds, which are most often (on Earth, anyway) found is gas form.
This is what happens when a fashion writer covers a tech story.
Is that an actual picture?
Probably not an ideal venue for a "Palestinian" state then.
So.... If we reshape the orbit of an ice comet... providing the "O", and torch off a 1 megaton nuke, how long would Titan burn?
That's an artist's conception, no doubt.
Heh; to a degree I guess.
Should make for an interseting liftoff.
Same as LNG. Put that way by lowered temps for easier transportation. Thaw it, gas again.
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