From: joh@gmx.net   
      
   henry@spsystems.net (Henry Spencer) writes:   
      
   >>What about deployment of a long lived balloon within Titan's   
   >>atmosphere, can some sort of balloon survive and operate in the cold?   
   >   
   > Like a surface probe, it would *probably* need an RTG for power if you   
   > want it to be long-lived.  Given that, the idea is not ridiculous.  The   
   > only major question is whether the atmosphere is windy enough to make   
   > ballooning operations risky.  It would be better to know a bit more about   
   > Titan first.   
      
   Absolutely worth reading is "Post-Cassini Exploration of Titan: Science   
   Rationale and Mission Concepts",   
   http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~rlorenz/jbis.pdf   
      
      
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