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Titan was a frequent staple of [[science fiction]] in the 1950's and 1960's. Specifically:
Titan was a frequent staple of [[science fiction]] in the 1950's and 1960's. Specifically:
*[[Robert A. Heinlein]] conceived of Titan as an ideal location for a cold-regions field-testing laboratory for emergency survival equipment.
*[[Robert A. Heinlein]] conceived of Titan as an ideal location for a cold-regions field-testing laboratory for emergency survival equipment.
*[[Carey Rockwell]] conceived of Titan as a mining colony. He never made clear exactly what sort of mineral wealth Titan might possess, but the hydrocarbons alone (and in a reducing atmosphere) might have been a good candidate, had Mr. Rockwell known then what [[NASA]] and the [[ESA]] know today.
*[[Larry Niven]] envisioned Titan as an exclusive and expensive resort destination. He conceived of a resort built on Titan's Saturnine face, where guests could gaze at Saturn and its rings. He wrote this concept, of course, ''before'' [[Voyager 1]] made its flyby and was unable to photograph the surface of Titan through the haze. Moreover, Titan's orbit is only slightly inclined with respect to the ring plane, so that even had the atmosphere been clear, the view might not have been as spectacular as Mr. Niven might have imagined.
*[[Larry Niven]] envisioned Titan as an exclusive and expensive resort destination. He conceived of a resort built on Titan's Saturnine face, where guests could gaze at Saturn and its rings. He wrote this concept, of course, ''before'' [[Voyager 1]] made its flyby and was unable to photograph the surface of Titan through the haze. Moreover, Titan's orbit is only slightly inclined with respect to the ring plane, so that even had the atmosphere been clear, the view might not have been as spectacular as Mr. Niven might have imagined.