The right place to 'carry' at least 300 million people, and it is in the solar system

Perhaps it is time for us to forget Mars, because this site has enough energy to "carry" hundreds of millions of people.

In recent years, Mars is a very potential candidate to become the second home for humanity, especially after discovering the signs of life, and especially the existence of form water. liquid on Red planet.

But the deeper the research is, the potential becomes more obscure, when the living conditions on Mars are really too harsh, accompanied by toxic substances covering the surface that can destroy almost all signs of living.

So, recently, some experts think we should turn to a more potential place. This candidate is Saturn's moon - Titan.

Titan - Saturn's moon.

Specifically, according to Amanda Hendrix from the Planetary Science Institute (Arizona) and Yuk Yung from Caltech (California), Titan has enough energy to become a giant colony of humans, with the potential to hold up to 300 million people.

"Titan - Saturn's moon is an optimal place for humans to migrate in the Solar System , " Hendrix said.

"There is a quality atmosphere like Earth, and thick enough to create a shield that prevents radiation from the Sun."

In the published report, the expert team pointed out a lot of different energy supplies on Titan, including: nuclear, chemical, hydrothermal, wind, and even solar energy.

For example, the first thing when setting foot on Titan is to use the elements available here (like isotope plutonium 238 ) to build an atomic energy plant. In addition, Titan has a terrible amount of methane gas, which can be used as an energy source.

The surface of this satellite is also rich in sea and lakes containing liquid hydrocarbons - that is, completely transformed into hydroelectricity.

Not to mention, Titan's wind speed is quite high if it reaches a certain height - up to 20m / s if reaching a height of about 40,000m . "It is perfectly suitable to use hot air balloons or windmills here, to get hundreds of megawatts of power," Hendrix said.

Titan surface has sea and rich reservoir of liquid hydrocarbon.

Finally, one of the most remarkable sources of energy is solar energy. Although Titan, compared to Earth, is about 10 times higher than the Sun, if the new technology is born, this is not a problem at all.

According to Yuk Yung, 10% of Titan's surface area if covered by solar panels is more than enough to power the entire colony.

"Titan has a lot of resources to get energy for future human conquests" - the study concluded.

The study is published in the journal Astrobiology and Outreach.