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A Titan Sample Return Using In-Situ Propellants

Steven Oleson
NASA Glenn Research Center

Titan
Visualization of sample return launch from Titan. Credits: Katherine Miller

A Titan Sample Return Using In-Situ Propellants is a proposed Titan sample return mission using in-situ volatile propellants available on its surface. This approach for Titan is very different from all conventional in-situ resource utilization concepts, and will accomplish a return of great science value toward planetary science, astrobiology, and understanding the origin of life, that is an order of magnitude more difficult (in distance and ∆V) than other sample return missions.

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