US Spaceflight for the future [update]

This Is The Submarine NASA

Saturn is orbited by 62 official moons, the largest of which is Titan. However, Titan is not your average satellite - larger than the planet Mercury, Titan has a thick nitrogen atmosphere and a large liquid hydrocarbon lakes on the surface. Unfortunately, it has been difficult to obtain much information about the lakes’ depth or composition from the orbital missions. NASA has recently revealed what a conceptual submarine mission to Kraken Mare, the largest sea on Titan, would look like. Kraken Mare contains enough liquid methane to fill Lake Michigan three times over. Conditions are presumed to be rough, with changing tides and massive waves.

The hypothetical submarine would travel about 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles) over the course of a 90 day mission. While the craft wouldn’t have a problem staying under the sea during that time and diving, it will need to surface in order to transmit data back to Earth. It would be powered by a radioisotope thermoelectric generator which doesn’t have moving parts, making it a good choice for a craft with such a long journey and will be dropped into the sea. Most of the power will be used to propel the submarine while under the surface, but will be capable of performing science missions as well.
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its great they want to do this
its fucked they want to do it in the next 30 years

gg

NRO has 3 times nasa budget btw

we should stage a sit in somewhere
 
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