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minus-squareIHeartBadCodelinkfedilink14•1 year agoMan. When we get one of these to Titan, it’s going to be wild. Flying through the methane air there and snapping shots of liquid hydrocarbon lakes.
minus-squareEl Bartolinkfedilink7•edit-21 year agoThe risks of a spark firing it all up… I’d like to see that! Edit: a commenter asked if o2 was needed. Good question. Does anybody know?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agowouldn’t you need O2 for there to be a risk of fire and explosion?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•1 year agoYes, you need O2 for combustion: CH4 (Methane) + O2 -> H2O + CO2 + heat
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•1 year agoMaybe the helicopter blades would sound like a low ‘woob, woob, woob’ in methane.
Man. When we get one of these to Titan, it’s going to be wild. Flying through the methane air there and snapping shots of liquid hydrocarbon lakes.
The risks of a spark firing it all up… I’d like to see that!
Edit: a commenter asked if o2 was needed. Good question. Does anybody know?
wouldn’t you need O2 for there to be a risk of fire and explosion?
Yes, you need O2 for combustion:
Thanks!
Maybe the helicopter blades would sound like a low ‘woob, woob, woob’ in methane.