Basil Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Our understanding of the relation between the water jets and the "tiger stripes" has been refined a bit. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/081126-saturn-moon-water-jets.html Interesting; the jets' origins are more localized than had been thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Re: Solar HERO: follow up an Enceladus Cool! My campaign has a colony on Enceladus that is studying this phenomenon close up. If the geyser actually is a water jet, the colony can also be a supplier to the other Saturnian colonies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil Posted November 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 Re: Solar HERO: follow up an Enceladus Cool! My campaign has a colony on Enceladus that is studying this phenomenon close up. If the geyser actually is a water jet' date=' the colony can also be a supplier to the other Saturnian colonies.[/quote'] Oh, they're water alright. And there's quite a few of them, so your colony is going to have a bit of a problem keeping a lock on the resource. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 Re: Solar HERO: follow up an Enceladus Another cause for the war? Since this moon (among others) is contested territory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil Posted November 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 Re: Solar HERO: follow up an Enceladus Another cause for the war? Since this moon (among others) is contested territory. A rare and valuable resource is always a good* excuse for a war. *"Good" in the sense of likely, having verisimilitude. Not in the sense of morally justifiable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 Re: Solar HERO: follow up an Enceladus Man, Voyager and subsequent probes have sure killed the idea of a "Quiescent" outer system, haven't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil Posted November 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 Re: Solar HERO: follow up an Enceladus Man' date=' Voyager and subsequent probes have sure killed the idea of a "Quiescent" outer system, haven't they?[/quote'] What's that? I can't hear you! There's too much noise from the outer solar system! I wish they'd turn the music down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyrath Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 Re: Solar HERO: follow up an Enceladus A rare and valuable resource is always a good excuse for a war. Indeed. In the space environment, water is a very valuable resource. It can be used for propellant, in life support, as a feedstock for a "regenerative" fuel cell, and many more uses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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