Chemist to lead study of Titan’s moon
I always like to see it when a chemist actually gets to lead a major project. Now, Ralf Kaiser a physical chemist at the University of Hawaii will lead a NASA project to study the atmosphere of Titan, one of the moons of Saturn.
Chemist to lead study of Titan’s moon - Yahoo! News
This five year $2.5 million dollar grant from the National Science Foundation will use the NASA infrared telescope located on Mauna Kea on the big island of Hawaii. The hope is that by studying the atmosphere of Titan insight may be gather about earth’s early atmosphere. One of the major issue to be investigated is to see how hydrocarbons in the atmosphere absorb damaging ultraviolet radiation from the sun and preserve some compounds that are may play a role in the early development of molecules essential to life.
The first workshop is scheduled for February of 2007.
Other Resources
• Reaction Dynamics, University of Hawaii at Manoa
• Titanworkshop 2007
• SPACE.com — Titan: A World that Never Grew Up
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