• Match!!
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    711 months ago

    So, we should fly on Jupiter instead, right?

      • Captain Aggravated
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        1311 months ago

        Or leg powered. The gravity is so low and the atmosphere so thick a pilot could pedal power a Cessna Skyhawk. Until he froze to death.

      • @[email protected]
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        511 months ago

        I mean flying on Titan would be so easily theoretically a guy with really big wings could reasonably flap himself around

        • Rob T Firefly
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          411 months ago

          Run out and find me a guy with really big wings, I’ve got a job for him.

    • gregorum
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      11 months ago

      Is that even possible? I mean… with how volatile and exotic the atmosphere is, wouldn’t what a craft would be doing be more akin to how a submarine travels under water? Would “flying” even be the correct term? Wouldn’t it be more like navigating violent torrents of differently-dense gaseous layers? Some of which are (sometimes) liquid?

      What would one even call that?

      • Semi-Hemi-Demigod
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        211 months ago

        Atmospheric pressure changes based on altitude, so there’s probably some point where Jupiter’s atmosphere that’s a similar pressure and temperature to earth.

        • midnight
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          811 months ago

          I looked it up, and the region of Jupiter’s atmosphere at 1 bar is -100C. So you theoretically you could fly a modified Earth plane, it would just be a bit chilly.

          Interestingly, though, Venus does have a zone with Earth-like temperature and pressure.

          • Semi-Hemi-Demigod
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            211 months ago

            Thanks! I did a quick search and couldn’t find it but I know that with this crowd I’ll get an answer!

          • @[email protected]
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            111 months ago

            What makes cold temperatures a problem on earth is ice forming frombwater wapour in the atmosphere. No idea what you’re likely to get on titan, but probably not that.