Re: Air-fueled aircraft on Titan

: jdnicoll@xxxxxxxxx (James Nicoll)
: Titan has 50% more air pressure than Earth and much lower
: gravity, which would seem to make flight (both LTA and HTA) an
: attractive option for exploring that world. About 1.6% of the
: atmosphere is methane or something derived from it. Assuming the
: craft carries its own oxidizer [1], is it possible to directly
: use the methane in the air as fuel?

Eh. Maybe better to ask it the other way around.
That is, what would prevent it?

If something does, it'd have to be something subtle,
since there's nothing obvious preventing it. Unless there's
a trick question lurking in what "direct" means in this context.


Wayne Throop throopw@xxxxxxxxx http://sheol.org/throopw
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