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Old 11-May-2007, 10:59 PM
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Now I'm no expert on terra-forming but i would think(if its even possible), that terra-forming an entire moon to a point where ppl could live on it would take a lot longer then 25 years.
I'm not one either but I agree, the total lack of oxygen and large quantities of free methane (you will need to add enough oxygen to burn it off before you can get a breathable atmosphere), the lack of a solid crust (according to this month's Scientific American it has an ice crust over a water-ammonia mantel with a ice layer then finally the rocky core several hundred kilometers below the surface), and small size meaning low gravity, all make Titan a decidedly poor terraforming candidate, particularly if you have just 25 years.
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hell it would take longer just to GET to titan.
Not necessarily, if they can put together a working Orion Drive (aka Nuclear Pulse Propulsion, not related to NASA's planned moon missions) then getting to Titan quickly is easy.
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