Titan is Saturn’s largest moon. And one day it could be our next home. It comes with an atmosphere 4x thicker than Earth’s, and it’s only the second body in our Solar System known to have liquid on its surface – we live on the other one. So just like the Moon and Mars it has potential.
However, Titan is cryogenically cold. With average surface temperatures of -179°C, it’s twice as cold as anything recorded on Earth. It also has methane monsoons and cryovolcanoes spewing out jets of freezing hydrocarbon rain. So don’t book your flight just yet. As we continue to build clothing for planet Earth and beyond, embracing the challenges of Titan forces us to push the technological boundaries of extreme cold weather clothing.
It’s why the Titan Puffer comes with magnetic zips and emergency pull cords for blizzards. The inside of the jacket is made from the same extreme-strength parachute material used to land a probe on Titan and the Perseverance Rover on Mars. And we’ve tested it down to -100°C in a liquid nitrogen chamber.