00:00But why Titan of all places? What makes this moon so special that NASA is willing to invest
00:06billions of dollars and decades of work? The short answer to that is quite counterintuitive.
00:12Titan is perhaps the most Earth-like place in the solar system. Aside from Earth itself,
00:19it has a dense atmosphere mainly composed of nitrogen. Just like Earth itself, it has weather,
00:25rivers, lakes, and rain. Just not made of water, but of liquid hydrocarbons. And above all,
00:33Titan is a gigantic natural chemical factory. On its surface and in its atmosphere, chemical
00:40processes are taking place that are very reminiscent of the early Earth, of a time before life arose here.
