• Gizmodo
  • bestmodo
  • lifehacker
  • kotaku
  • Profile logout login

#titan

edit true "tagmeta=titan","tagmeta=titan", tags, front=false

Gizmodo

Share Cancel
   
Upload an image | Add an image URL
×

logging in
  • FAQ. Include # before tag:
  • #tips,
  • #whitenoise,
  • #dealzmodo,
  • #broken,
  • etc.

New York, 4:38 AM
Tue Dec 29
58 posts in the last 24 hours

FR | IT | DE | SP | JP | AU | BR

Gizmodo Team

Tip your editors:

Editorial Director:
Brian Lam | | Twitter

Editor:
Jason Chen
| AIM | Twitter

Features Editor:
Wilson Rothman
| Twitter

Senior Contributing Editors:
Jesus Diaz
| AIM | Twitter
Mark Wilson, Reviews
| AIM | Twitter

Contributing Editors:
Matt Buchanan
| AIM | Twitter
Adam Frucci
| Twitter
Sean Fallon
| Twitter
Jack Loftus
| Twitter
John Herrman
| Twitter
Dan Nosowitz

Chris Mascari

Kat Hannaford
| Twitter
Rosa Golijan
| Twitter
Chris Jacob

Columnist:
Brendan I. Koerner

Interns:
Don Nguyen

Kyle VanHemert

Heroes and Friends

Comment Account Questions:

SUBSCRIBE TO Gizmodo RSS

New: Breaking news and daily top stories via email
9515 Subscribers
Gizmodo
  • posts about #titan more →

    The First Picture of a Lake Outside Earth

    Craigslist Ad Seeks Astronaut for One-Way Mission to Titan

    World's Most Powerful Industrial Robot Can Lift Entire Car Frames, Tear Apart Several Humans at Once

    Dragonflies to Explore Mars, Titan, Spook Out Aliens

    Wired Feature on Deep Sea Cowboys Saving Giant Ships

    Sprint's PPC-6800 Gets Officially Spec'd

    HTC Titan FCC Approved and Possibly Heading to Verizon and Sprint

    The Titan: Handmade Indestructible USB Tankdrive
  • Your version of Internet Explorer is not supported. Please upgrade to the most recent version in order to view comments.
    Dsmvwl  Admin  Promote to frontpage Approve user Ban user ×
    Image of SigmundTheSeaMonster SigmundTheSeaMonster
    12/18/09

    In reply to The First Picture of a Lake Outside Earth
    Psst, put the cue ball there.
    Ok.
    Now, dim the lights except that one.
    Ok.
    Got it. Now, post that we found a lake on a far away planet...
     Reply
    SigmundTheSeaMonster was starred SigmundTheSeaMonster was unstarred
    Image of facepuncher facepuncher
    12/18/09

    In reply to The First Picture of a Lake Outside Earth
    Just so everyone has a reference point, this is more than 4x larger than Lake Superior (82,400 km2)
     Reply
    Gordonium promoted this comment facepuncher was starred facepuncher was unstarred
    Image of Prostate of Grace Prostate of Grace
    12/18/09

    In reply to The First Picture of a Lake Outside Earth
    If you look closely you can see Richard Branson water skiiing.
     Reply
    Gordonium promoted this comment Prostate of Grace was starred Prostate of Grace was unstarred
    Image of Covertghost Covertghost
    12/18/09

    In reply to The First Picture of a Lake Outside Earth
    400,000 sq km...

    isn't that around the size of california?
     Reply
    Gordonium promoted this comment Covertghost was starred Covertghost was unstarred
    Image of BeyondtheTech BeyondtheTech
    12/18/09

    In reply to The First Picture of a Lake Outside Earth
    Looks like a big interstellar boob. I wanna squeeze it. Yep, my mind is in the gutter today.
     Reply
    BeyondtheTech was starred BeyondtheTech was unstarred
    Image of Hearthatvoiceagain Hearthatvoiceagain
    12/18/09

    In reply to The First Picture of a Lake Outside Earth
    That's no Moon... Oh, wait it is.
     Reply
    Hearthatvoiceagain was starred Hearthatvoiceagain was unstarred
    Image of Beaumar Beaumar
    12/18/09

    In reply to The First Picture of a Lake Outside Earth
    Got my reel and tackle box ready to go. Now I just need a spaceship, a way to retain my sanity on the multi-year journey, a descent vehicle, and a nice Titantree to sit in the shade of (plus a heater to keep me somewhere north of -161 C). Hrm. Wonder if there's a catch limit.

    Man I loves me a nice isolated lake.
     Reply
    Geisrud promoted this comment Beaumar was starred Beaumar was unstarred
    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    12/18/09

    @Beaumar: Now you just need some toasty UGG boots. If only one knew where to buy some...perhaps someone could toss up a link.
     Reply
    Geisrud was starred Geisrud was unstarred
    Image of Jux Jux
    12/18/09

    @Geisrud: I could've sworn I saw something along those lines.
     Reply
    Jux was starred Jux was unstarred
    Image of Curves Curves
    10/10/09

    In reply to Craigslist Ad Seeks Astronaut for One-Way Mission to Titan
    This sounds like the perfect gig for Major Tom.
     Reply
    Curves was starred Curves was unstarred
    Image of ELPARTO ELPARTO
    10/10/09

    In reply to Craigslist Ad Seeks Astronaut for One-Way Mission to Titan
    I'll do it for $17,000! Two thousand now, and fifteen when we reach Aldera--dah I mean Titan. I will also be providing my own ship, it completed the Kessel run in less than twelve parsecs. Perhaps you've heard of it? It's pictured below.
     Reply
    Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea® promoted this comment Edited by ELPARTO at 10/10/09 9:11 PM ELPARTO was starred ELPARTO was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/11/09

    @ELPARTO: "She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid. I've made a lot of special modifications myself."
     Reply
    Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was starred Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was unstarred
    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    10/10/09

    In reply to Craigslist Ad Seeks Astronaut for One-Way Mission to Titan
    I'll bet folks are dying to take him up on this offer.
     Reply
    Alfisted was starred Alfisted was unstarred
    Image of prometeum prometeum
    10/10/09

    In reply to Craigslist Ad Seeks Astronaut for One-Way Mission to Titan
    Poor Laika, she had the worst death that any creature on this planet could have had.
     Reply
    jeffk promoted this comment prometeum was starred prometeum was unstarred
    Image of jeffk jeffk
    10/10/09

    @prometeum: Not the worst, of course, but bad and sad.

    We should rename Earth's moon "Laika".
     Reply
    jeffk was starred jeffk was unstarred
    Image of Con Seannery Con Seannery
    10/10/09

    @prometeum: Not really...they euthanized her when the conditions in the capsule started getting bad.
     Reply
    Con Seannery was starred Con Seannery was unstarred
    Image of prometeum prometeum
    10/11/09

    @prometeum: ok, re-reply to myself, as many of you say, she died in a different way... I thought she freezed to death but Laika ended up being fried while re-entrying.

    I suck at history.
     Reply
    prometeum was starred prometeum was unstarred
    Image of styfle styfle
    10/10/09

    In reply to Craigslist Ad Seeks Astronaut for One-Way Mission to Titan

    I found an ad on craigslist where a dude was looking for someone to go back in time with him. It said bring your own weapons. Ah, here it is:
     Reply
    jakebathman promoted this comment styfle was starred styfle was unstarred
    Image of psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you! psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you!
    10/10/09

    In reply to Craigslist Ad Seeks Astronaut for One-Way Mission to Titan
    As long as theres paste food and passionfruit flavored TANG onboard...giddy up!
     Reply
    psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you! was starred psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you! was unstarred
    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    10/10/09

    In reply to Craigslist Ad Seeks Astronaut for One-Way Mission to Titan
    You found my ad I see.
     Reply
    lostarchitect promoted this comment Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was starred Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was unstarred
    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    10/10/09

    @Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: So, do I get the $25,000 before or after?... Oh, wait.
     Reply
    lostarchitect was starred lostarchitect was unstarred
    Image of mattycakes mattycakes
    10/10/09

    In reply to Craigslist Ad Seeks Astronaut for One-Way Mission to Titan
    I encourage everyone to email this guy, and then repost what their conversations with the man here. Or elsewhere. Either way, how you cannot at least want to converse with the man who could blast you to Jupiter?
     Reply
    badhatharry promoted this comment mattycakes was starred mattycakes was unstarred
    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    10/10/09

    @mattycakes: Titan is a moon of Saturn.
     Reply
    badhatharry was starred badhatharry was unstarred
    Image of I Think We're Property I Think We're Property
    10/10/09

    @badhatharry: Yeah, but you pass Jupiter on the way there, right? Gotta get that gravity-slingshot goodness going.
     Reply
    badhatharry promoted this comment I Think We're Property was starred I Think We're Property was unstarred
    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    10/10/09

    @I Think We're Property: Yeah, plus I sound like a douchebag correcting the guy. Titan can be anywhere you want it.
     Reply
    badhatharry was starred badhatharry was unstarred
    Image of mattycakes mattycakes
    10/11/09

    @badhatharry: Damn... I'm a worse fact-checker than Fox News. Thank you badhatharry for reminding/correcting me, and +1 to I Think We're Property and Camo Zombie for being generally awesome.
     Reply
    mattycakes was starred mattycakes was unstarred
    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    10/12/09

    @mattycakes: But, once again, I sound like a know-it-all douche for correcting you. Sorry about that.
     Reply
    badhatharry was starred badhatharry was unstarred
    Image of mattycakes mattycakes
    10/12/09

    @badhatharry: No hard feelings mate, you were doing the right thing.
     Reply
    mattycakes was starred mattycakes was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/10/09

    In reply to Craigslist Ad Seeks Astronaut for One-Way Mission to Titan

    Here's a picture of the craft.
     Reply
    Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was starred Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was unstarred
    Image of Synthfilker Synthfilker
    10/10/09

    @ the guy that built the rocket:

    Hey, dude... even I know you don't put the rocket motors on the pointy end.
     Reply
    Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea® promoted this comment Synthfilker was starred Synthfilker was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/10/09

    @Synthfilker: Retrorockets for directional control.
     Reply
    Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was starred Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was unstarred
    Image of Synthfilker Synthfilker
    10/10/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea®: What does he need retrorockets for? It's a one-way trip!
     Reply
    Synthfilker was starred Synthfilker was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/10/09

    @Synthfilker: Steering. since it's not likely that he'll be using The Force to pilot with.
     Reply
    Edited by Jrsy Devil's Advocate® at 10/10/09 6:54 PM Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was starred Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was unstarred
    Image of I Think We're Property I Think We're Property
    10/10/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea®: Not a very robust steering system. Looks really high powered and in only one direction. You notice that the thrusters on things like Apollo involved clusters of tiny thrusters pointed along every axis?
     Reply
    Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea® promoted this comment I Think We're Property was starred I Think We're Property was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/11/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea®: I can't believe only one person realized this was from Salvage-1....
     Reply
    Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was starred Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/11/09

    @I Think We're Property: I guess you didn't notice the ring of smaller thrusters below it, circling the fuselage.
     Reply
    Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was starred Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was unstarred
    Image of Synthfilker Synthfilker
    10/11/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea®:

    Retrorockets != maneuvering thrusters

    You steer with thrusters - small rockets that have just enough power to orient the spacecraft. With those, you don't NEED "retrorockets". You just point the ass of the rocket opposite the direction of travel and use the main engine, or your OMS in the case of the shuttle.

    You DO understand there's no aerodynamic flight in space, right? B5, not SW.
     Reply
    Edited by Synthfilker at 10/11/09 4:38 PM Synthfilker was starred Synthfilker was unstarred
    Image of Verno77 Verno77
    10/10/09

    In reply to Craigslist Ad Seeks Astronaut for One-Way Mission to Titan
    If a guys gonna lie about a spaceship, he could at least say you'll be coming back to Earth. I wonder what he needs the 25000 for, if his imaginary spaceship was real of course.
     Reply
    egoods approved this comment Verno77 was starred Verno77 was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    02/27/09

    In reply to World's Most Powerful Industrial Robot Can Lift Entire Car Frames, Tear Apart Several Humans at Once
    Is it just me or did that video remind anyone else of this:


     Reply
    Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was starred Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
    02/27/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: How much for the bird? I will give you the 50,000 if you give me that bird. Why, he could do my job at the power plant!
     Reply
    GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE was starred GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    02/27/09

    @Emperor_GitEmSteveDave: Getting tired of pressing that button every 108 minutes are you??
     Reply
    Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was starred Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was unstarred
    Image of gizmodohomepage gizmodohomepage
    02/27/09

    In reply to World's Most Powerful Industrial Robot Can Lift Entire Car Frames, Tear Apart Several Humans at Once
    WOW, that F'n thing is slow. A pit crew can put a wheel on faster than that. What's the point here ladies?
     Reply
    gizmodohomepage was starred gizmodohomepage was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
    02/27/09

    @gizmodohomepage: They're quick enough to create an ride out of it!

    [i.gizmodo.com]
     Reply
    GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE was starred GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE was unstarred
    Image of AKAuser AKAuser
    02/26/09

    In reply to World's Most Powerful Industrial Robot Can Lift Entire Car Frames, Tear Apart Several Humans at Once
    It may be the strongest, by size, but reach is a big factor also. I still have yet to see a robot bigger than the one below.
     Reply
    AKAuser was starred AKAuser was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE
    02/27/09

    @AKAuser: How about one which two people can ride?

    [i.gizmodo.com]
     Reply
    GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE was starred GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE was unstarred
    Earlier discussions Other discussions Show all discussions Show featured discussions only Start a new discussion

Login

Enter your username and password.

Please enter a username.
Please enter your password.
logging in
Login via Facebook | Sign Up | Forgot Password?

Reset Password

Please enter your email address to have your password reset.

Please enter your email address.
Please enter a valid email address.
requesting password reset

Register

Registering will give you a user profile and the ability to add other users as friends. To become a commenter, however, you need to audition.

Want to know more? Consult the Comment FAQ and legal terms.

Please enter a username.
Please enter a password.
Please confirm your password.
Passwords are not identical.
Please enter a valid email address.
registration sent, waiting for reply

Submit Your Comment

You don't need to login to comment. Just enter your email address below.

See how your address will be displayed in the Comment FAQ.

Please enter a valid email address.
Please enter a valid email address.
logging in

Login with your Facebook or Gizmodo account.

Sign up here.



Edit tagpage description

Please make the text shorter.
sending changes
  • Archives
  • About
  • Advertising
  • Legal
  • Help
  • Report a Bug
  • FAQ
Original material is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution.