Is flight possible on Jupiter?

The planet is mostly swirling gases and liquids. While a spacecraft would have nowhere to land on Jupiter, it wouldn’t be able to fly through unscathed either. The extreme pressures and temperatures deep inside the planet crush, melt, and vaporize spacecraft trying to fly into the planet.

Would a balloon float on Jupiter?

But since helium is more dense than hydrogen it wouldn’t work on Jupiter, like it does on Earth. However, a hydrogen balloon with heated hydrogen would work perfectly well on Jupiter and actually has been considered in many science fiction books as a way to support floating atmospheric Jupiter stations.

Can an airship stay in the air forever?

How long can an airship stay aloft? Our airships could stay aloft, without refueling, for up to 24 hours. With extra tanks, one of our Skyships flew for 52 hours without refueling in 1990.

Will humans float Jupiter?

Jupiter is made of mostly hydrogen and helium gas. If you tried to land on Jupiter, it would be a bad idea. You’d face extremely hot temperatures and you’d free-float in mid-Jupiter with no way of escaping.

How large would a balloon to represent Jupiter be?

Every balloon, when blown up, should be substantially smaller than the sun. Mercury, for instance, should be about 1 inch in diameter. Venus and Earth should be about 1.5 inches; Mars should be about 1.25 inches. Jupiter should be 4 inches in diameter, Saturn 3 inches, Uranus 2.5, Neptune 2, and Pluto 1.25.

Could We Fly a hot air balloon to Jupiter?

Yes, although it would have to be a hot air balloon. The atmosphere of Jupiter is mostly molecular hydrogen and helium, thus none of our typical airships, gaining life from helium or hydrogen, would work. Sorry zeppelins. Pretty much, normal thermal airships suck.

What would it be like to land on Jupiter?

Jupiter is a gas giant, so landing on it will not be like landing on Earth, our Moon or Mars etc., as it does not have a solid surface like these.

Why can’t we go to the center of Jupiter?

That core blocks any spacecraft’s passage through the center of the planet, but even a detour through the clouds would be a disaster. Knowledge of Jupiter’s innards is scarce, mostly coming from the Galileo probe, which in 1995 plunged 100 miles into the Jovian atmosphere and relayed data until it vaporized an hour later.

Why can’t we send space probes to Jupiter?

A major problem in sending space probes to Jupiter is that the planet has no solid surface on which to land, as there is a smooth transition between the planet’s atmosphere and its fluid interior. Any probes descending into the atmosphere are eventually crushed by the immense pressures within Jupiter.