
01-14-2005, 07:48 PM
well I don't think the cold is a problem. It traveled through space for 7 years in the cold, although i don't know how cold it would ahve to be for them to stop working. Maybe ask the russians. they seem to like to send probes to places like venus where their machines melt.
It warms itself up when it boots up. It has to warm all its computers and instruments. The problem with it is batteries. They don't last forever and no one is on titan to recharge them.
Take the rovers for example. On mars it's -90 degrees or so i believe on average, and those guys are still going on solar power. the cold doesn't hurt them. they shut down during night and drive during the day. they were supposed to last 3 months or so. they've lasted over a year. so if titan was close to a star and had no atmosphere, they could ahve made it solar power and it could last for quite a while.
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