Talk:Titan Mare Explorer/Archive 1

Archive 1

ESA vs. NASA

The TSSM mission is a joint ESA-NASA mission, where the lake-lander is one of its components. A contradiction is that both the ESA and NASA claim to be developing de concept for the lake-lander. It could be they will select the best one? I doubt there will be 2 identical missions when the colaboration has been signed. It is the Americans who are calling its design TiME, while the Europeans give no name to theirs. Another inconsistency is that NASA and the American media are quoting a launch date for 2022-2023, while the TSSM mission is quoted by ESA for 2020. Since this mission is in its early conceptual phase, I think we can let it slide and wait for official press releases as time goes by. What do you think? BatteryIncluded (talk) 15:15, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Requested move

TiME (spacecraft) → Titan Mare Explorer — Proposing per WP:ABBR; when something is known both by an abbreviation and by the full name, it is preferable to the full version. Also means the page doesn't have to be disambiguated. --84.92.117.93 (talk) 18:50, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the heads up, I agree. Move done. --BatteryIncluded (talk) 19:49, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Optical Aspect of Mission

Is liquid methane clear enough for a submerged camera? If there was silicon based methane-aquatic life larger than bacteria, this would be a fairly easy way to find it. Has this been considered for the mission?

69.171.160.153 (talk) 13:06, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Yes, liquid methane is clear and colorless, and the TiME would carry a submergible camera. --BatteryIncluded (talk) 13:26, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Orbiter component?

My little knowledge of science tells me that it would be extremely difficult for a lander like this to transmit directly to Earth; does the plan envision it relying on an orbiter sent with it, or communicating with Cassini? 96.246.68.89 (talk) 21:11, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Correct. As a low-budget mission, it looks like they are counting on Cassini–Huygens. Ref: [1] Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 01:00, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Correction: "The vehicle communicates direct to Earth and, in principle, it could be possible to maintain at least intermittent contact for several years after arrival: the Earth finally sinks below the horizon as seen from Ligeia in 2026." Ref: [2]. Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 01:34, 17 August 2011 (UTC)