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IndianAstronaut | 9 years ago

I am curious why we don't focus more efforts on Titan, which already has a thick nitrogen atmosphere.

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notaplumber|9 years ago

It's very far away from the Sun.

chris_va|9 years ago

Plus Jupiter has a pretty intense magnetosphere that Titan transits. Jovian space has a lot of self generated radiation that makes it less than hospitable.

Edit: Titan is a moon of Saturn. Oops.

manojlds|9 years ago

And us?