What would you do for fun on another planet? Do you go to Venus's atmosphere? Do you research the caves of hyperion? Hiking all the way through Mercury? Do you drive with a tobogganing on the slutos of Plutos ice mountains? Or do you see clouds on Mars?
All of these adventures and more are offered in a new book entitled “Daydreaming in the solar system”. But the authors do not stop at Daydreaming: Planetary scientist John E. Moores and astrophysicist Jesse Rogerson also explain why the adventures they describe are not on earth.
In the latest episode of the fiction science podcast, Moores said that the idea behind the book was to tell “a little story that is really, really loyal to science, and then give the reader an idea of what the Science there is, that actually enables this story. “
Traveling to other worlds has been the stuff of science fiction – back to Jules Vernes “From the Earth to the Moon” and continues with shows such as “For All Mankind”. However, most of these stories are told from the perspective of fearless explorers who have to deal with life -threatening dramas.
In contrast, most stories in “Daydreaming in the solar system” have to do with the fact that spatial travelers have fun or cope with the daily challenges of life in an outdoor area.
John E. Moores and Jesse Rogerson tell Tales of Interplanetary Adventures. (Credits: John E. Moores and York University)
“Often they visit a place for the first time, and of course it's an amazing, impressive place, but they are also very concerned about dying,” said Moores. “So we wanted to take this away – this danger – so that people immerse themselves in the environment. Wherever we held, we needed the right combination of an interesting activity, an interesting environment. “
Moores and Rogerson also use a second perspective. You are the one who rides a submarine through the hidden seas from Europe, an icy moon of Jupiter. They are the one who spills on hyperion, a spongy Saturnmond that seems to contain 40% of empty space.
The end of each chapter immerses deeper into the special features of every extraterrestrial environment. For example, it makes sense to drive a balloon around Venus, since the surrounding area is similar to 30 to 40 miles of the earth when it comes to temperature and atmospheric pressure. In contrast, the surface of Venus is hellish.
Bale on Venus is much more than a daydream. More than a decade ago, the NASA engineers developed a concept that required it to send habitable airships into the Venusian atmosphere. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory has recently examined a mission that would use robot balloons to examine Venus' clouds.
“Day dreams in the solar system” by John E. Moores and Jesse Rogerson. (Cover Art by Michelle D. Parsons)
Similarly, the idea of sending mini-subs through the underground ocean in Europe is seen as follow-up to the European Clipper Mission of NASA. A robot -u boat was also proposed to examine the hydrocarbon sea from Titan -although the dragonfly of the NASA to Titan, which is based on a rotorcraft, will be preceded.
The authors do not shy away from the important topics: In one chapter they describe in detail how to bride a delicious cup of coffee on Titan – and then explain why they may put on a few mechanical wings and go through the dense atmosphere of the Saturn moon Her morning cup of Joe.
Will people ever be able to experience the adventures described in the book? “I hope it,” says Moores.
“One thing that our publisher pointed out when we submitted our final manuscript that was not really intended, it was that they were of the opinion that they were a way that actually enables these things,” he says. “So many other works are a bit apocalyptic at the moment.”
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