During the last few months, several threads have discussed soaring
possibilities on Mars, but what about Titan? The NASA probe Cassini,
launched in 1997 will arrive in Saturn's orbit this summer, and will send a
probe to land on Titan in January 2005.

Titan is Saturn's largest moon. It is a fraction of the size of Earth, but
has an atmosphere almost 4 times denser, and several times higher. Like
Earth, Titan's atmosphere is mostly nitrogen, and its surface may have
oceans and continents. The weather on Titan is very active, possibly
including thunderstorms with lighting and rain. Yes, it's cold. Very
old. -190 F., perhaps. The oceans are of methane, as would be the rain.
The world would certainly be unfriendly to humans. ....BUT, ignore all
that!

The facts: less gravity, and more atmosphere.
The guesses: weather convection and a diverse lunar surface.
The question: good soaring, or bad?

Chris Fleming, 'L9'