Artwork by Simon - Pale Blue Speck
Images of the Day... Just thought I'd post these two cool pics of the Titan Mare Explorer that I found online. As you can see, I'm still pretty bummed that this mission wasn't selected by NASA to head into space in 2016. "Dare Mighty Things..." That's the motto for the Mars Science Laboratory mission before its Curiosity rover successfully touched down on the Red Planet 16 days ago. The motto should be modified to "Dare Mighty Things...Unless You Don't Have The Money To Pay For Them" when it comes to Monday's safe pick that will have the InSight Mars lander launching four years from now. Oh well.
We'll probably have to wait till 2035 (when Titan will once again be in the perfect celestial position to receive a spacecraft sent from Earth) to get another opportunity to launch a Titan-bound robotic probe that could possibly take a cool night shot of Saturn as illustrated below. What could've been...
ESA / NASA
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