Re:Let's Colonize Titan
by m_mueller on Sunday November 27, 2016 @04:53PM
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That fallacy you point out in the first paragraph is sadly found in way too many papers related to clean energy and space exploration. Oh cool, look at all the atoms laying around! Let's ignore their energy levels and cook up some usecases....
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Re:Let's Colonize Titan
by teaearlgraycold on Monday November 28, 2016 @10:49AM
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In part I think it comes from the constant source of heat energy we're surrounded with on Earth. We're used to the idea of taking -300F materials and just allowing them to warm up. On Titan, that procedure subtracts from your minimal energy budget.