They explain a little bit more on how this could theoretically work. of course as a gas giant, It seems very outlandish, at least compared to a rocky surface:
Jupiter does have something we can work with. Astronomers think below the septillions tons of hydrogen and gas, there’s actually a rocky core. The mass of the core is still a mystery, but recent computer simulations put it at somewhere between 7 and 45 times the mass of the Earth, complete with plenty of water ices and other chemicals you might require on an Earthlike planet.
Furthermore, this core may contain similar constituents as the internal structure of Earth. This means a central core of iron and nickel, surrounded by liquid metal, surrounded by rock.
Ok that sounds like more of a possibility. But seriously, how are you going to equip a probe to navigate the atmosphere and actually arrive at the rockier portion?
Interesting, yes. However it might make more sense to start with something closer and more stable say like…the moon.
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Mars I can see happening but Jupiter?? What are we gunna do make a cloud city straight from starwars?
Red rising anyone?
How would one go about terraforming a gas planet? Especially one with such extreme gravity and pressure
Good luck trying to terraform Jupiter seems impossible
Some scientists are just stupid
And I am gonna walk on the sun. I know it’s really hot so that is why I am going at night
Terraforming Mars would be more effective if we could increase its mass, and even better if we could jump start it’s core and magnetic field; perhaps using large celestial bodies like Ceres. Anything larger would require celestial engineering, rather than planetary. For Jupiter to be terraformed we’d have to wait until the sun expands, and burns most of the atmosphere away from the surface, which could be encrusted with diamond, and we’d have to find a way around that as well.
Well u ain’t gonna do Mars. The gravity alone would flatten us. Mars maybe. But it has no ozone layer. U wanna live in a bubble
We have to
FIRST we must make sure that there is “nobody” else there.
Just like earth. Walmart, McDs, CO2, trash everywhere and wars.
Mars, maybe. But Jupiter is a gas giant…? As in gas!
Mars yeah, but Jupiter, impossible.
Give me break! We can’t get it right on Earth. This isn’t home economics, we can not$#%&!@*up a few cookies and say “Oh well”.those are not our planets. We are cosmic juviniles! We have not learned to take care of our own room yet. Good God help and guide us.