I was reading an article about this the other day and found it strange why anyone would want to inhabit Mars. It'd be a good interplanetary test to do as a "smaller scale" move since Mars is much closer to Earth than Titan is.. by over a billion km. Any idea on how the dense atmosphere would affect planes?
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I think the denser atmosphere would mean that the planes would fly slower than here on earth. Just like submarines travel slower than airplanes because water is much denser than air.
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I just went back and did a search to see if I could find an answer. Apparently it's actually the opposite of what I would think. According to this site(This is not my site and I'm not affiliated with it at all) https://what-if.xkcd.com/30/ they think that it could actually be easier to fly on Titan than it would be here on earth. I can't wait to see all of the new engineering feats that we're going to be faced with when going to Titan. It's going to be exciting.
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Yes it would be easier to fly because of the denser atmosphere. Just like its easier to swim than fly. But the speed of travelling of the airplanes itself I think would be slower, because of more resistance from the thicker atmosphere.
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Ah... I guess that could be a possibility. I think the biggest engineering problem that we're going to have to overcome is the temperature. Imagine flying with wings and a few seconds in you just fall straight to the ground from the wings freezing lmao.
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