Titania
In comparison to the other Uranus' moons, Titania is the best one to send a probe because it is the largest among its 27 so far known, and the fact that for 50 years only ONE person could see Titania, making it more captivating. On the other hand, we can’t forget that it is formed from roughly equal proportions of water ice and of a denser component that includes rocks. Sending the probe there can help us know if there is the possibility of life.
Are we alone in the universe? If the universe is in constant growth, how is it possible that there is only life on Earth? Are we too underdeveloped for not being able to discover any other living thing or are they too underdeveloped to not being spotted? Scientists have wondered all these questions for a long time, but we still don’t have an answer to them. Even though, we still don’t know much about life and nothing about life outside Earth; however, liquid water is a key substance for life “as we know it” because of its function as “the universal solvent”. Titania has a core made of rock that is covered by an icy mantle in an unknown state. Due to Titania’s temperature, the most likable state of this mantle isn’t liquid, unless the ice has ammonia that can act like an antifreeze and allow the possibility of having a layer of liquid ocean surrounding the core; therefore, the possibility for life to exist is one appealing chance.
In conclusion, Titania is worth the job of sending the probe to see if indeed, there’s an ocean beneath the surface that can be a good lead to finding living things. Even if we don’t find life, we could still find out if Titania is suitable for having a human colony in the future.
By Simón Duarte, Emilio Galante,
and Nicolle Madiedo, Step 9 Blue
