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Can we add this to the list of possibilities for human colonies? Moon, Mars, Ceres. It has less gravity so bones would be harder to maintain but less of a gravi
by pilom 10y ago
Can we add this to the list of possibilities for human colonies? Moon, Mars, Ceres. It has less gravity so bones would be harder to maintain but less of a gravity well to get out of after landing. All that water is pretty darn appealing for refueling. It is farther away so solar insolation is less but sounds like it still would be worth it.
- zspade 10y agoWell Ceres only has a diameter of 589mi (a little over 1/4 the size of our moon). It might be a good launchpad for refueling though, given the near in-significant gravity and apparently plentiful water.
- jboggan 10y agoEscape velocity of ~ 500 m/s, that's slower than most rifle bullets travel!
- Florin_Andrei 10y agoI'm looking at all the hydrogen laying around in the system in various forms, including water, and all I can think of is - energy. It's the stuff that powers the stars. If only we could master that damn fusion now.
- achr2 10y agoHydrogen is not really what powers the stars, it's the immense gravity that collapses the hydrogen nuclei to allow fusion.
- kiba 10y agoIf you need gravity, you could build rotating habitats.
- castratikron 10y agoMaybe we could crash it into Mars and drink it there. It probably wouldn't burn up when entering Mars' thin atmosphere. Disclaimer: I've played a lot of Kerbal Space Program.
- groovy2shoes 10y agoPardon me, but were you born of evil in a fiery volcano?
- IndianAstronaut 10y agoTitan. It actually has a significant atmosphere, actually a bit thicker than Earth's. Abundant ice as well.