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Titan 2121: Departing blimp

author: Walter B. Myers/Novapix

reference: a-sat99-00332

Image Size 300 DPI: 33 * 25 cm

100 years from now space exploration may have evolved to space exploitation on some very exotic worlds. Could it be possible that some day a natural resource of extraordinary value could be found on a world 700 million miles away? a resource that would justify an unprecedented investment in an infrastructure capable of bringing these resources to market? This image suggests how a large-scale mining operation on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan might appear.

Keywords for this photo:

ASTRONAUT - ASTRONOMY - HUMAN - ILLUSTRATION - MAN - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - MINE - SATELLITE - SATURN'S MOON - SCIENCE FICTION - SPACE - SPACE SUIT - TITAN -