NASA discovers tropical methane lake beneath Titan

I've always been a space slut, so new info is always welcome.

http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/06/14/0150210/tropical-lakes-on-saturn-moon-could-expand-options-for-life

NASA's budget is completely fucked but i really hope the Titan Mare Explorer sees the light of day. Titan is awesome!

Cassini sent a probe that landed on Titan a few years ago, which barely made the news. but, they should be terraforming Mars instead of sending those stupid rovers everywhere, IMO.

a "tropical" lake of hot farts..?

err... cool.

SPACE

LET US GO THERE

That's pretty fucking cool alright, I remember watching a show recently about the liquid methane on Titan, and how (like water here on earth) it could possibly be a liquid substrate for life. I have my doubts though because as a liquid methane behaves in a vastly different manner from water, like how water molecules are polar (methane molecules aren't) and the way water dissociates into ions. There also may not be the other necessary building blocks for life as we know it: oxygen, nitrogen, etc. in sufficient quantities; a non-harmful source of energy. Then again it's possible there could be life-as-we-don't-know-it, self-assembling, replicating, & evolving in this environment by mechanisms hereto unimagined (or thought impossible), which would be really fucking cool.

This news gave an nostalgia attack like no other

Yes with all the strange, and even unknown building blocks in the universe, different forms of life (possibly silicon) could evolve, maybe? Or some crazy intelligent gaseous creature?

Underground Methane Lakes of Titan for Most Drone Metal 2012

WATMM discovers methane lake on Joyrex yadayadda.

  On 6/14/2012 at 3:11 PM, goDel said:

This news gave an nostalgia attack like no other

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does any one know where the narration is from?

In related NASA news, the NuStar black hole hunter was launched today.

http://m.engadget.com/2012/06/13/nasas-black-hole-hunting-nustar-mission-launched-today/?icid=eng_latest_art

I'm not posting on the most recent burgers thread because I'm creating a tropical methane lake in my terlit.

*puts on swim trunks*

  On 6/14/2012 at 4:19 PM, Cryptowen said:

Underground Methane Lakes of Titan for Most Drone Metal 2012

YES