Prometheus 2006
Mission Prometheus
Mission Prometheus is the Space Simulation's mission to Titan, and is scheduled for take-off on February 28th, 2006, and will return March 4th, 2006.
Mission Purpose
The primary purpose of this mission will be to test if life exists, could exist, or has existed on Titan. This will be carried out by first testing for the presence of various organic compounds needed for life, and/or exclusively produced as a byproduct of life (see "proposed experiments"), and ultimately, to test for life on Titan.
Proposed Experiments (for more details, see Mission prometheus Experiments)
So far, we have only recieved experiments relating directly to Titan from EEP Commander Brian Foo, and Mission Commander Crystal Xiao. Brian's experiment is centered around testing for various organic compounds, whereas Crystal's is geared towards testing for life itself.
Another experiment that has been proposed (although the astronauts plan to bypass it with a granola bar cartel) is to have the astronauts become self-sufficient by growing their own duck weed from their grey water, and living off that for the last half of the mission.
Data on titan (for more details, see Titan)
Titan is one of the moons orbiting Saturn, it is fairly large for a moon, and is comparable in size to some of the inner terrestrial planets. it's atmosphere is composed mostly of N2 gas. What really interests the scientists, and our astronauts is Titan's mantle. It is widely accepted that Titan has a mantle not of molten rock, but of liquid water- one of the most vital elements needed for life.
Astronauts
Although there has been no official confirmation, it has been unofficially been assumed that the astrounauts will be: Stephen Smith(hab commander), Johnathan Scothorn, Stefan Deyoung, Nevin Hotson, Brian Foo, and Steve Mair.
The revival of Robbie (for more detail, see robbie task force)
This year, we are hopeful that our resident unmanned exploration vehiecle, known as "Robbie the robot" will be up and running this year, in time for the Titan Mission.
