TITANIC Nuclear SUBMARINE to Explore Titan's Biggest Methane Sea (+Video)

NASA boffins have come up with a design for a submarine they reckon could one day be used to explore the liquefied hydrocarbon seas of Saturn’s mysterious freezing moon, Titan – the only bodies of surface liquid confirmed to exist off Earth.

The submarine – to be revealed at the 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in March 
 is proposed as a way to explore Kraken Mare, a body of liquid spotted by the Cassini probe in 2007 and since identified as the largest sea or lake in Titan’s north.

Small waves have been observed on the lake, which is thought to be up to 160 metres deep.

The sub would be powered by a “radioisotope Stirling generator power source” sufficient to enable a 90-day, 2000km journey.

Read more here: NASA unveils possible submarine design for exploring liquid methane seas on Titan
http://phys.org/news/2015-02-nasa-unveils-submarine-exploring-liquid.html

TITANIC: Nuclear SUBMARINE cruising ‘Sea of KRAKENS’ may be FOUND ON icy MOON
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02/13/nasa_floats_space_submarine_design_for_titan_mission/

46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015)
http://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2015/pdf/1259.pdf

Titan (moon)  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_%28moon%29

Titan – Titan Virtual Tour 
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/flash/Titan/index.html

Image credit: NASA

Imaga credit: NASA