They Want To Terraform Jupiter

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.

thanks to universetoday.com for the great info

thanks to Fraser Cain and patreon.com for the great info

thanks to NASA for the pic



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  3. Dusty Hampton said:

    I can understand terraforming Mars, its at least similar to Earth and had microbial life on it at one point but terraforming a gas giant? I don’t think we can wrap our heads around that one just yet.

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  4. Rob Guy said:

    Ummm….there’s no “terra” on Jupiter to form. GAS GIANT. unless you wanna get down to the hypothesized metallic hydrogen at its core. Yeah. Let’s play with that.

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  8. Chris Whitby said:

    Yes. But Jupiter isnt even supposed to be part of our solar system it has the same consistency as our sun so it’s just kind of there. We’d basically be trying to terraform our sun not to mention the gravity that’s there.

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  11. Cody Harper said:

    I believe eventually using fusion power, with the vast amounts of energy it can create, we can have true transmutation of elements. Also, using this technique, you could use the energy from fusion, to create more fuel, for the generator. This is not a zero sum gain because you are actually gaining the energy of the atom itself, which is much greater than the slight amount of bombardment needed to transform a neutron to either electron or proton to create a destabilized atomic structure, or, radioactivity. With this idea, we could send one fusion generator to a planet, it could in turn, create 1000 or more generators, turning something that would normally take 10,000+ years to terraform, and turning into somethings that takes mere decades. We could turn any planet or substance into any other planet or substance in a few short years with this type of technology. There will be loss of course, but, in something like say, Jupiter, which is 100’s of times larger than Earth, even if we did have as much as say 20-30% loss, it still results in a habitable planet 100’s of times larger than Earth. Outside of creating our own megastructures around stars themselves and traveling to other dimensions, I believe this is the end goal technology for Universe expansion.

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  13. Michael Emarine said:

    Better start doing your squats, I figure you should be able to squat 600 lbs, at least at my weight just to get around. If you want to carry things and walk for a distance then good luck.

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  18. Shana Alger said:

    There’s a good prospect on some of its moons. The crushing weight of the atmosphere would make that very difficult, if not impossible given current technology.

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