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            According to Space on NBCNEWS.com, Proposed space boat could explore lakes on Saturn's moon Titan. The craft could use paddles or wheels to navigate a methane lake near Titan's north pole. The main idea for this article was to inform readers what goings on would be happening with Saturn's Moons and if it would be possible to thrive on one of Saturn's moons.

           Titan, Saturn's largest moon of 60, is covered in seas, lakes, and rivers of methane and has a really dense atmosphere. Some scientists believe life is unsustainable because "average temperatures are a chilly minus 289 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 178 degrees Celsius).Yet others say the insulating atmosphere and plentiful liquids, not to mention a possible subsurface ocean, could be hospitable to microbial organisms." the Titan Lake In-situ Sampling Propelled Explorer, or TALISE, would land the boat, propelled by wheels and paddles or screws, to float around Ligeia Mare, the largest lake on the moon, located around Titan's north pole. "The main innovation in TALISE is the propulsion system," a member of the TALISE team, said in a statement, This allows the probe to move, under control, from the landing site in the lake, to the closest shore. The displacement capability would achieve the obtaining of liquid and solid samples from several scientific interesting locations on Titan's surface such as the landing place, along the route towards the shore and finally at the shoreline." 

    Every Soul A Star is a connection I made to other text because the book is about these three students, one is a prep type, one is a total nerd, and the last one is a astronomy freak. Saturn is a planet and planets are astronomy related, so I based this article after this book. This book popped into my head every few seconds while I was reading this article.


         Saturn's moon could not possibly be sustainable to live on even by the smalled micro organisms based on the fact that the temperature reaches well below the limit allowed for any single celled organism to survive. Negaive 45 degrees is the minimum temperature an organism such as ourselves can live with out physical damage well beyond repair, or even death.