Sorry about the repost. Titan has 14% Earth Gravity.
Friday, 9th of July, 6025 XIII @ 19:30 UTC .
Mars Date Year 72 Sol 551 (72551) @ 5:49 MST
Sunsol, 212-Boo-22 @ 5:59



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From: David Rupe <tardis1959@...>
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Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 3:10:21 PM
Subject: MARS: The Mars - Titan Connection!!





My Fellow Martians!!
It all started when I tried to find out what the crew size of the average
NASA Mars Mission would be. I found out later it would be 6-7.
(On Mars August 2031 CE?!)
I was going to compare that with the current crew size of ISS Alpha.
ISS Alpha crew size 6 with a 6 month tour of duty(?).
It would take 6 months to get to Mars.
Then one thing lead to another and I found myself reading about
Terraforming.
And then I was reading about Saturn's "moon" Titan.
I say "moon" because Titan is larger by volume than
the smallest planet, Mercury, although only half as massive.
Titan is 5,150 KiloMeters (3,200.7458 Miles) across,
compared to 4,879 KiloMeters (3,032.3182 Miles) 
for The Planet Mercury.
Now this is the stuff that made me sit with my mouth open in disbelief.
The Atmosphere of Titan is 1.6% composed of methane and
trace amounts of other gases such as hydrocarbons
(including ethane, diacetylene, methylacetylene, acetylene, propane),
cyanoacetylene, hydrogen cyanide, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide,
cyanogen, argon, and helium,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>AND 98.4% NITROGEN!!!!
And that is not all.
Mars has 37.6 % Earth gravity with 0.6 to 1 kPa or
0.592300098 to 0.9871668317 % Earth atmospheric pressure BUT
Titan with only 14 % Earth gravity has 146.7 kPa or
144.81737436% Earth atmospheric pressure!!!!
That is over 44% more than Earth!!!!
This means that Mars CAN be terraformed! !!!
I don;t know about mining nitrogen from Titan's atmosphere
and it will be a while before we can have regular flights
between Titan and Mars.
There is also the possibility that there is Life on Titan.
"In November 2007 CE, scientist uncovered evidence of
negative ions with roughly 10,000 times the mass of hydrogen
in Titan's ionosphere, which are believed to fall into the lower regions
to form the orange haze which obscures Titan's surface.
Their structure is not currently known, but they are believed to be
tholins, and may form the basis for the formation of more complex
molecules, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. ".
At least that;s what it says on wikipedia.
This is fantastic!!! ! A terraformable Mars!!!!
Well, Thank you and all of our best to Marvin and K-9!!
Sunsol, 212-Boo-22, @ 5:39
Mars Date Year 72 Sol 551 (72551) @ 5:29 MST
Tuesday, 22nd of II August, 3202 MCE @ 5:29 MST
Friday, 26th of June, 2009 CE @ 19:10 UTC
Friday, 9th of July, 6025 XIII @ 19:10 UTC
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P.S.-Took a look at Robert Zubrin's "Year 1 Sol 1" on
Sunday, 1st of January, 1961 CE @ 0:00 UTC
Sunday, 1st of January, 5977 XIII @ 0:00 UTC
Mars Date Year 47 Sol 30 (47030) @ 23:19 MST
The Spring/Autumn Equinox occured on
Thursday, 1st of December, 1960 CE @ 9:33 UTC
Thursday, 28th of November, 5976 XIII @ 9:33 UTC
Mars Date Year 47 Sol 2 (47002) @ 11:00 MST
which means that New Year's Day would occur on
Wednesday, 30th of November, 1960 CE @ 22:33 UTC
Wednesday, 27th of November, 5976 XIII @ 22:33 UTC
Mars Date Year 47 Sol 1 (47001) @ 0:00 MST .


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