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Is it possible to colonize a gas giant? I think it'd be really cool to have cites below layers of cloud or alternative floating above them on the strong internal winds, mining hydrogen and methane and such.

Will this ever be feasible? Do we have the technology to do it now but are only missing the resources and funding?

>> No.4901412

Possible? Maybe. Cool? Sure.
Feasible? Not really. We are nowhere close to having the technology, resources OR funding.
This is one dream you'll never get to see before you die, sorry sport.

>> No.4901425

Centuries from now, probably possible. Problem is, unless there's something worth extracting from those atmospheres then there isn't really a reason to try. It'll be cheaper and simpler to colonize the solid bodies of the solar system, which gives us some time because that's a lot of real estate.

>> No.4901429

No, because The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks

>> No.4901432

>>4901425

There's Helium-3 in them. That's worth extracting.

A few decades ago, there was speculation in using giant zeppelins to fly through the atmosphere.

>> No.4901472

On Uranus, there's a hypothesized layer made entirely of diamonds

Also, the same goes for Jupiter

>> No.4901476

>>4901432
Meh.. just get it from the moon. Less gravity to worry about on the return + less distance = cheaper overhead.

>> No.4901481

>>4901432

There wouldnt be a way for it to be self sufficent. but an airship of some kind would most likly be your best bet until we have some kind of anti-gravity

and what is helium used for other than childrens balloons

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4901492

>mfw I'll be first in this thread to say "I want to live in uranus"

>> No.4901501

>>4901481
Oh no you di'int, nigga. Lrn2helium

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium

>> No.4901503

>>4901472

Diamonds aren't exactly rare on earth.

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4901512

>>4901492

>> No.4901555

>>4901503
Would you say they're not exactly a diamond dozen?

>> No.4901556

>>4901404
Probably. Saturn even has 1 g of gravitational acceleration.

>> No.4901566

>>4901555

More like diamonds in the rough

>> No.4901754

>>4901503
Then why are Diamonds expensive?

>> No.4901758

>>4901754
De Beers has a monopoly on their extraction and artificially raises market price by controlling the supply. Ain't that some shit.

>> No.4901760

>>4901556
>Saturn even has 1 g of gravitational acceleration.

>> No.4901761

>>4901758
>tfw I did not knew this
>tfw I started reading into this right this moment
Thank you bro, I will never buy a diamond in my life.

>> No.4901764

>>4901761
No thanks needed Anon. I just wish more people knew this.

>> No.4901987

>>4901764
Then why is it pricey as fuck? Shouldn't gold be worth alot more?

>> No.4902008

Isnt there strong radiation? And how would the colonies stay buoyant in the atmosphere? And its a deep gravity well, you need strong rockets to leave it.

>> No.4902015

>>4901987

The gold supply is more difficult to control because it it is easier to extract, more commonly spread and comes in bigger seams masswise.

Gold unlike diamonds has a long history of mining globally and so there is a lot on the market already.

India produced all the worlds diamonds for something like 25 centuries so not so much back stock floating around on second hand markets.

>> No.4902671

>>4902008
You can't make an aerodynamic colony that would, at least in Neptune's case, stay aloft on it's 2,000km/h winds?

>> No.4902686

>>4902008
If you could see Jupiter's magnetic field in the night sky with your naked eyes, it would look larger than the full moon.

It will shield you, and then some, and then some, and then some...

>> No.4902699

>>4902686

The radiation is FROM Jupiter.

>> No.4902702

>>4902699
Who cares?

>> No.4902709

>>4902702

The people it's killing?

>> No.4902732

>>4901404

I belive that we are unable reach other planets yet. At least with manned mission. Not to mention the technology to sustain a life on such planets. And I mean Mars, solid rock. Living on a giant gas planet will be a sci fi for quite some time imo. I don't say its not possible, but with our current technology and spending all money on wars...no.

>> No.4903922

>>4901481
try nuclear fusion buddy.