• Question: will humans ever be able to live on other planets such as mars, Jupiter ect.

    Asked by lee to Carolyn, Peter, Richard, Sara, Siana on 18 Nov 2015.
    • Photo: Richard Unwin

      Richard Unwin answered on 18 Nov 2015:

      Hi Lee,

      Maybe. We’d have to build special living accommodation so that were we pretty much always indoor in a controlled environment – we couldn’t walk outside without a space-suit on either planet, for example, so we’d need the means to get all of the stuff we need there (tools, materials, food until we could grow our own). It would be a massive undertaking and, since we’ve struggled to land a couple of small probes on Mars to date, its a long way into the future – but never say never.

    • Photo: Sara Falcone

      Sara Falcone answered on 18 Nov 2015:

      Hello 🙂

      On Jupiter…. hmmm probably not. Jupiter has a super super high gravity that would literally crush, same for Saturn. Planets like Venus are more similar to earth in size and density but the atmosphere around is super nasty . Mars could maybe be possible and maybe some of the moons of the other planets. Wouldn’t be nice to live on Europa, and see Jupiter out of your window <3

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