Question Poll - If Jupiter were to have a habitable moon, would you live on it?

[IvanPrior]

Planet Poll

 

[ThePatriotBeast]

I say no because I'm used to Earth. I could never live on a moon.

 

[IvanPrior]

I say no because I'm used to Earth. I could never live on a moon.

I understand that, but would you ever visit it?

 

[ThePatriotBeast]

If they could teleport me there, then I would visit. Otherwise, no.

 

[Helio]

Will it have Mexican food?

 

[IvanPrior]

Sure. Why Not

 

[Helio]

Sure. Why Not

Ok. But you probably need to set some conditions for your question. The odds of survival on any moon are naturally assumed to be marginal, at best.

 

[Catastrophe]

Depends what you mean by live. Have they got good restaurants. I mean good not . . . . . . . . .

How about tv stations? Internet availability? I could go on . . . and on . . . and on . . . . . . . . .

Cat

 

[COLGeek]

Are we speculating for real estate purposes?

 

[Catastrophe]

Sounds like asking if we would like to move onto some uninhabited island off the north of Scotland . . . . . .

only worse . . . . . . . . . if anything could be worse?

Cat

P.S. Nothing against Scotland - except the weather on an uninhabited island.

 

[amongthestars931]

Will it have Mexican food?

LOL We can all agree it would be splended if this one has Mexican food. After the Italian, this one is simply the best of all!

 

[IG2007]

Sounds like asking if we would like to move onto some uninhabited island off the north of Scotland . . . . . .

only worse . . . . . . . . . if anything could be worse?

Cat

I would go just for the sightseeing.

 

[sam85geo]

I would, if I could, restrict a habitable moon of Jupiter to selected occupancy only. I.E.: I have this "little list" of politicians, assorted riff-raff, neighbors and in-laws which would comprise the colonists/ permanent residents. Most of this select group would be indifferent to the type of cuisine served on such a moon as long as someone else foots the bill.

 

[Helio]

Hawaii, with the influx of anxious vacationers, is reporting car rental rates of $200 to $700 per day. Some were clever enough to rent U-Haul trucks at much less rates.

I can't image rates on any moon being anything less than.... "out of this world".

 

[Clovis]

It would be incredibly cold there. Now if Jupiter were to become a star it would be much differant. Scientist are saying it's almost there. A bit more mass and boom! We become a binary system.

 

[Helio]

It would be incredibly cold there. Now if Jupiter were to become a star it would be much differant. Scientist are saying it's almost there. A bit more mass and boom! We become a binary system.

If you add a little more than 80x it’s existing mass it will then become a low-mass star. But why ruin a good sci- fy movie.

 

[Helio]

For some dumb reason, whenever I read the question I remember the old SNL skit, which included the question:

“If the Moon were made of ribs, would you eat it?”

 

[Clovis]

If you add a little more than 80x it’s existing mass it will then become a low-mass star. But why ruin a good sci- fy movie.

It could always become a dwarf star. We don't know.

 

[Wolfshadw]

It could always become a dwarf star. We don't know.

Science suggests in order to become a Brown Dwarf, you would need approximately 13x the current mass of Jupiter. In order to become a Red Dwarf star, you would need 80x Jupiter masses.

Barring alien monoliths, it's not going to happen.

-Wolf sends

 

[Clovis]

Ours is a yellow star would it be the same ?

 

[Helio]

Ours is a yellow star would it be the same ?

It’s called yellow because of its spectral type, but this is a bit of a long story about how a pure white star got saddled with yellow.

Our star is much more massive than red dwarfs, so more Jupiters must be added over the 80x.

 

[12526sw09]

Unless Earth were completely uninhabitable due to global warming or an asteroid impact, I would definitely choose Earth over Jupiter's moons... although the experience would probably be very exciting, I would probably become very homesick.

 

[Misha Marchuk]

If a place is livable, then why not live in it? It sounds like if you want to buy a car and you have the money will you buy it? Of course, yes.

 

[Catastrophe]

Like everyone else (I think?) I have been concentrating on the outer SS moons when the Sun expands). But what about the planets? They are going to lose virtually all their H and He as the Sun warms them, and then the methane as well when it gets to Uranus and Neptune. They afawk have solid cores. Are they going to be water worlds as well?

Cat

 

[SurfingCaliforniaCoastlin]

Ultimately, I don't think it's going to be a question of "would”, but to more as "have to"! If we "humans" keep ruining our current relationship with mother earth, she's eventually going to get bored with us!