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7255711 No.7255711 [Reply] [Original]

Outside of Mars and the moon, what body in the solar system would be the easiest to colonize?

Venus intrigues me, but the challenges- mainly heat and pressure- are hardcore, so it's probably not worthwhile. Mars' moons are too small. What would be the next step?

>> No.7255718

I guess either Puck or the sun.

>> No.7255721

>>7255711
Why is that Callisto look so sexy and delicious ?

>> No.7255726

>>7255721
Yeah, just looks like your mom.

>> No.7255731

>>7255721
Because it's old and scarred, like your mom.

>> No.7255735

>>7255731
>>7255726
my mom is sexy and delicious but I don't know how that relates to Callisto

>> No.7255753

>>7255731
Callisto has a very old, icy surface, potmarked by comet impacts (the bright spots).

That's why it looks like your mom (who was potmarked by semen).

>> No.7255759
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7255759

>>7255711
I guess besides Mars and Moon there isn't really an interesting project for colonisation. In the inner solar system there is only Venus which you may be could colonize, but this is really hard. In the outer solar system you could maybe colonize some Jupiter moons, that's all. I guess after mars, we will explore the whole solar system, but won't really colonize it. The the next step would either be to build something like an O'Neill cylinder or to look beyond our solar system. But I guess this will not happen for a long time. Such project are extremely expensive and the standard of living isn't so high as on earth. I guess two planets will suffice for a time.

>> No.7255768

>>7255735
>my mom is sexy and delicious
I can confirm.

every night

>> No.7255769

You are going to think this a bit fucked up, but Titan..
>Dr. Robert Zubrin has pointed out that Titan possesses an abundance of all the elements necessary to support life, saying "In certain ways, Titan is the most hospitable extraterrestrial world within our solar system for human colonization."

>> No.7255779

>>7255769
I don't know much about it but why is Titan so yellow?

>> No.7255780

>>7255769
Citation
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonization_of_Titan

>> No.7255784

>>7255768
makes sense
>>7255753
so can I ;^)

>> No.7255795

>>7255779
Methane smog.

Lots of ethane and methane and water. Fuel and air sources. Best of all........

You could strap on a pair of wings and fly around !!

>> No.7255821

Something in the asteroid belt I'd wager. Just a small scientific outpost in all likelihood, or maybe a refueling station? I don't know how hard that rendezvous would be, might prevent such an endeavor. The moon- or simply HEO orbit- would be a better option for that, at any rate.

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>>7255821
>I don't know how hard that rendezvous would be
Not as easy as a "rendez vous" with OP's mom

>> No.7255844

>>7255821
In the asteroid belt it's extremely easy (if a bit long) to move from one object to another, since they have almost identical orbits and there are no gravitation. So every material present in the belt would be just at hand. And if there is anything suitable for fuel in the belt, you won't actually need to go anywhere else.

>> No.7255856

>>7255844
I meant the rendezvous from Earth or Mars/Moon. The lesser gravity makes me think maybe the launch window could be super small? But I am no rocket engineer.

>> No.7255873

>>7255856
Going from the belt to Earth (or Mars) is easy, since you can slow down in the atmosphere, and that speed difference is about 11-12 km/s for Earth. That's a lot and that's free. Going from Earth anywhere is hard though. In terms of characteristic speed LEO is halfway to anywhere in the Solar system, and that's why asteroid belt is superiour. Fuck gravitational wells

>> No.7255893

>>7255873
I still think you're misunderstanding.

What I mean is, if you're leaving Earth, the easiest place to go is the Moon, then the sun, then Jupiter, because gravity.

An asteroid, with very low gravity, is going to have a smaller target area.

Because of this, my concern would be that you could only launch onto a reasonably efficient intercept path at certain points in Earth's relative orbit, limiting when trips to the asteroid could be made.

>> No.7255895

>>7255711
Asteroids, Titan, Europa, maybe Enceladus but most likely just space.

>> No.7255905

With unlimited time and funding, could we terraform Mars with current technology levels?

>> No.7255918

>>7255711


The amount of dV required to take off from venus is huge. You could land, but good luck leaving.

>> No.7255921

>>7255905
Yes... in maybe a few million years.
Much better to wait for our tech to improve.

>> No.7255929

With unlimited time and funding, could we terraform the Sun with current technology levels?

>> No.7255930

>>7255893
>the easiest place to go is the Moon, then the sun, then Jupiter, because gravity.
You have a completely wrong concept of orbital mechanics. For example, going to the Sun is very, very hard. That's because gravitation is not the only thing that goes into account. In space everything moves with respect to each other, and to go to the Sun you would need to stop rotating around it first. Otherwise you just can't have a trajectory going to the Sun.

>> No.7255936

>>7255905
Most probably. Most of the raw materials we'd need are available on Earth or in space, if extremely expensive to move.
>>7255929
Nope.

>> No.7255997

>>7255759
Space colonies, are perhaps even better then a planet surface in some ways.

But to the OP, I would suggest floating Venus bases.

>> No.7256019

This thread belongs in /f/antasy