Ocean studies will move to other planets

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The skills and technology used to explore the extreme depths of the Earth's oceans will soon find work in outer space. Scientists are making plans to probe the icy seas of Jupiter's moons and drop a lander to the bizarre gasoline-like lakes of Titan, a moon of Saturn.

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Radar images from Earth telescopes and infrared photos from the Hubble Space Telescope have penetrated Titan's smog and detected bright and dark regions.

An analysis of the infrared data suggests the dark regions are seas of methane and ethane, hydrocarbons that could form compounds similar to gasoline.

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http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/02/17/space.oceanography.ap/index.html


Bush43, "Cheney, we're invading Titan next!!!" :evilgrin: :crazy:

Later,