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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist; BenLurkin
"If only mankind can invent some type of a cosmic "bucket brigade" and bring some of the methane back here. Peace would reign and our energy problems would vanish overnight."

Amen, brother.

When I look in my crystal ball, I see a huge Liquid Natural Gas space freighter in orbit around Titan. The freighter is shaped like a long, slender tube, the length of an aircraft carrier, where nuclear propulsion and ship's crew are housed. Circling the outside of the central shaft are ten banks of five huge, spherical pressure tanks arranged in a circle like ten donuts threaded on a pole; fifty tanks in total.

On the side of the freighter, printed in big red letters, is "Ares Power & Gas - We bring life to Mars".

Lakes of methane would be terribly enticing for eventual commercialization. The hard part will be getting it up from the surface, where the temperature is -290°F

10 posted on 01/05/2007 4:19:22 PM PST by Unmarked Package (Amazing surprises await us under cover of a humble exterior.)
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To: Unmarked Package

Yes, pulling it out of a gravity well might take more energy than it will yield.

Still -- a great descriptive vision.


11 posted on 01/05/2007 4:21:07 PM PST by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream, that sees beyond the years)
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