Life

Why life on Titan? It is cold and dark!

  • Water? No. But there is some other cycling material which interacts chemically.

  • Energy? Not that much, but more than we expected.

  • Organic material? Plenty.

  • Land/sea interfaces? Likely.

  • Atmosphere that might interact with life? Yes.

    After all, just because it is smoggy doesn't mean life can't live there!

    http://www.epa.gov/region09/annualreport/99/air.html

    You might think about other reasons why/why not Titan (and Titan-like bodies elsewhere?) might be a good place to look for life.

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