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What would happen if you tried to breathe on Titan?
So Titan is a remarkable, and very Earth-like, world. It is cold on Titan (surface temperature of about -290 degrees F). And people would need to wear respirators to breathe oxygen, since the atmosphere is mostly nitrogen.
Would you need a pressure suit on Titan?
Titan’s nitrogen atmosphere is so dense that a human wouldn’t need a pressure suit to walk around on the surface. He or she would, however, need an oxygen mask and protection against the cold—temperatures at Titan’s surface are around minus 290 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 179 Celsius).
What is terminal velocity on Titan?
The case of Titan is intresting. Between the dense atmosphere and very low gravity, the terminal velocity is incredibly low, under 10 m/s. According to Randall Munroe, a person in a wingsuit could maintain level flight in Titan’s atmosphere, just by flapping their arms.
Can a human survive on Titan?
Robert Zubrin has pointed out that Titan possesses an abundance of all the elements necessary to support life, saying “In certain ways, Titan is the most hospitable extraterrestrial world within our solar system for human colonization.” The atmosphere contains plentiful nitrogen and methane.
Does the moon Titan have oxygen?
Titan also has a presence of organic molecules that contain carbon and hydrogen, and that often include oxygen and other elements similar to what is found in Earth’s atmosphere and that are essential for life.
Can humans live Ganymede?
Although Ganymede is larger than Mercury it only has half its mass, classifying it as low density. However, it is too thin to support life as we know it; it is unlikely that any living organisms inhabit Ganymede. Magnetosphere: Ganymede is the only satellite in the solar system to have a magnetosphere.
What terminal velocity means?
terminal velocity, steady speed achieved by an object freely falling through a gas or liquid. At terminal velocity, air resistance equals in magnitude the weight of the falling object. Because the two are oppositely directed forces, the total force on the object is zero, and the speed of the object has become constant.
How high would you travel to orbit?
Make sure you get yourself to an altitude of at least 300 km, 400 km just to be safe. You should shoot for more like 800 km if you just don’t want to worry about things for a while. Knowing these risks, would you be willing to travel to orbit with current technology?
How high does the International Space Station orbit the planet?
The International Space Station orbits the planet at an altitude between 330 km and 435 km. Why such a big range? The atmosphere is constantly pushing against the ISS as it orbits the planet.
How low can a space station go before it crashes into Earth?
If the space station were to go any lower, it would require higher and higher amounts of thrust to prevent re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere. So what are the limits? Anything below 160 km altitude will essentially re-enter almost immediately, as it’s buffeted by the thicker atmosphere.
Why can’t we fly in space without the Earth’s atmosphere?
The Earth’s atmosphere is your gilded pressurized oxygenated cage, and it’s the one thing keeping you from flying in space.And as we all know, this is your destiny. Without the atmosphere, you could easily orbit the Earth, a few kilometers over its surface. Traveling around and around the planet like a person sized Moon.