Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE

Space explorer soaks up the scenery on Titan.
Artwork credit: Michael Carroll

After “re-booting” the moon and establishing a base there, followed by dispatching expeditionary crews to the Red Planet…where to after that? Next month, a first of its kind gathering will blueprint an eventual human trek to tantalizing Titan, a giant moon of Saturn.

An inaugural “Humans to Titan Summit” is on tap to make the case for an astronaut outing to that far off moon. To be detailed are the science goals and concepts of human missions to Titan as well as necessary forerunner robotic missions.

What are the issues for flinging flesh and bone to eye, first-hand, that distant globe?

“It’s not too soon to begin thinking about this,” explains a leading space scientist.

For details, go to my new Space.com story – “Should Saturn’s huge moon Titan be humanity’s next destination…after the moon and Mars?” – at:

https://www.space.com/astronomy/saturn/should-saturns-huge-moon-titan-be-humanitys-next-destination-after-the-moon-and-mars