Flight on Titan

'Flight on Titan' is a science fiction short story by American writer Stanley G. Weinbaum. The story follows a couple, Tim and Diane Vick, who are two New Yorkers left impoverished by the 2142 collapse of the Planetary Trading Corporation. Rather than sit and wait for their money to run out, they decide to travel to Titan for a year to prospect for gems. Six months into their stay on Titan, they have succeeded in acquiring eighteen flame-orchids, which will make them wealthy on Earth, assuming they survive to reach Earth.