• gregorum@lemm.ee
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      9 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?

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        9 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.

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          9 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.

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            9 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.