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Finding and tracking these rogue planets today seems to be a bit like the astronomers of old figuring out the movement of planets in our solar system. It'll pro
by Aerroon 6y ago
Finding and tracking these rogue planets today seems to be a bit like the astronomers of old figuring out the movement of planets in our solar system. It'll probably be very useful in the future. Maybe one day we might even be able to adjust the course of one of them.
Related to this, I wonder what the minimum resources a rogue planet has to have for human habitation in the future. Obviously there won't be sunlight, which means that we will have to generate all of our energy in some other way. Nuclear fission? Fusion?
- has2k1 6y agoThere is geothermal energy if it has a molten core.
- pvaldes 6y agoMaybe chemical energy also. Think in a planet with a sea of methane for example.
- m4rtink 6y agoWon't help much if there is not something else to react it with. I guess you could get the hydrogen from it and use it for fusion reactors. Also if you find some water you could split it for oxygen and use methalox rocket propulsion locally.
- hinkley 6y agoMetal and silicon oxides can be cracked for the oxygen, either as a separate process or as part of consuming the methane. That might be enough to keep you from freezing to death. Plants to consume the carbon dioxide, giving you calories and the oxygen back.