So says Amanda Hendrix, a NASA employee, a planetologist from the University of Colorado. The other day in her article, she wrote that Titan has enough internal energy resources to ensure the life of the colony, according to Parameters, this planet is very similar to the Earth in the early stages of its development. For example, solar panels, if placed on 10% of the surface of Titan, could produce energy that would satisfy the needs of 300 million people.

What other characteristics of Titan made him a candidate for a second home for people? "This is the only satellite in the solar system with a dense atmosphere," says Anatoly Vidmachenko, head of the physics department of planetary systems at the Main Astro Observatory of NASU. - Let it contain mainly nitrogen, but 50% denser than even terrestrial, so there is a shield from radiation. The atmospheric pressure on this planet is such that the colonists could move around in protective suits and live in underground caves, like on Mars, but in specially equipped premises on the surface of Titan.

Here, gravity is almost the same as on Earth, and not such a hostile climate as on Mercury or on Venus. A liquid hydrocarbons (oil, natural gas) on Titan is hundreds of times greater than on Earth.

The source of energy for settlements could also be the Sun and the wind. The gravitational field of Saturn contributes to the formation on Titan of powerful tidal forces, creating strong tides in its lakes. In the largest of these, the Sea of ??Kraken, one could place turbines of hydroelectric power stations.