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The TitanAir seaplane is believed to be suitable for exploring Saturn’s moon Titan. Photo/NASA
TitanAir initiated by Planet Enterprise is an aircraft capable of flying in the atmosphere of Saturn’s satellite, Titan. Titan’s atmosphere is known to be filled with nitrogen, methane, and water.
Titan is even believed to be earth-like. The conditions are watery, there are shallow dunes, rivers, lakes and seas. Besides that, it is also dominated by seasonal patterns like on earth.
Unfortunately, no research has been done to date that proves the existence of life on Titan. This is what got NASA interested in helping Planet Enterprise build a seaplane capable of exploring the atmosphere Titan .
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“We are trying to unravel this secret with an amphibious aircraft. This effort is an integrated fluidics method approach to atmospheric air science,” writes the official NASA website.
Later, when on Titan, TitanAir can explore not only the sky but also the water that fills Saturn’s moons. Then TitanAir can transform into an airplane and a big boat.
“The operational shift from airplanes to large craft must be natural for atmospheric and lake science operations to work well,” NASA hoped.
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Seaplanes for Titan aren’t the only unique project NASA is aiming for. In total there are 13 other projects that are also very interesting and full of discoveries.
For all of these projects, NASA has provided US$175,000 in funding, or the equivalent of Rp 2.7 billion. Initial funding was granted so that the initiators of each project would continue their projects so that they could actually be implemented in future NASA missions.
“This early-stage study will help NASA determine whether these futuristic ideas can set the stage for future space exploration capabilities and enable extraordinary new missions,” said NASA executive Michael LaPointe.
(wsb)
