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I remeber them doing this with Galileo flown in to jupiter. Mixed sadness and pure impressiveness. However there was some talk that it might have caused a nucle
by tinfoilman 9y ago
I remeber them doing this with Galileo flown in to jupiter. Mixed sadness and pure impressiveness. However there was some talk that it might have caused a nuclear explosion on Jupiter as Galileo had 2 two radioisotope thermoelectric generators. This explision then could have started a chain reaction as jupiters contains high amounts of tritium and deuterium.
- frikk 9y agoThis would make for a fun scifi plot, from the perspective of Jupiter natives. "These assholes from Earth dropped a nuke from orbit. They appear to be preparing to do the same to our cousins on Saturn. What do we do now?"
- godshatter 9y agoI was picturing a large number of classic flying saucers with domed tops rising en masse from the surrounding clouds, pointing themselves towards earth, and speeding away. I mean, we did just drop a bus on them.
- overcast 9y agoNuked from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
- roywiggins 9y ago> However there was some talk that it might have caused a nuclear explosion on Jupiter as Galileo had 2 two radioisotope thermoelectric generators. This explision then could have started a chain reaction as jupiters contains high amounts of tritium and deuterium. This is just about as likely as CERN generating a Earth-eating black hole. RTGs can't generate a nuclear explosion.
- wbl 9y agoDo you know the difference between even and odd isotopes?
- XzetaU8 9y ago"The Lucifer Project" https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4143 https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4143
- andygates 9y ago"there was some talk" There's always daft chatter, make sure that tinfoil is properly adjusted. Dirty engineering and physics nixing the silliness twice over in this case.