- December 31, 2023
- Posted by: AliensFaith
- Category: OBJECTIVE PRESS
This week, as part of my continuing series, The Great Migration: Settling the Solar System, we took a look at Saturn and its system of moons. With the right technology, know-how, and the right kind of advancements, humanity could someday settle on Saturn’s largest satellites! Much like Jupiter’s icy moons, these satellites are icy bodies, many of which have interior oceans that could harbor life!
Another thing they have in common is their abundant resources, which include water, volatile elements, silicate minerals, metals, hydrogen, and helium-3. But whereas Jupiter has three satellites that could be settled (Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto), Saturn has six – Titan, Rhea, Tethys, Dione, Enceladus, and Mimas. And unlike Jupiter, Saturn has a mild radiation environment that makes harvesting hydrogen and helium-3 from its atmosphere easier and its larger satellites more habitable.
As famed aerospace engineer, science communicator, and space exploration advocate Robert Zubrin has said (many times), Saturn could become the “Persian Gulf of the Solar System,” providing the fuel for nuclear propulsion and fusion reactors across the Solar System. Take a listen to learn more!
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