Life inside of Gas Giants

[yamamushi]

This post is primarily concerning the possibility of life inside of Gas Giants within Dual Universe, and what it might look like.

 

Back in 1975, Carl Sagan wrote a paper that covers the topic quite well, titled "Particles, environments, and possible ecologies in the Jovian atmosphere":

 

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1976ApJS...32..737S

 

 

However, since reading that paper can be a bit dense, here's a video narrated by Sagan covering the topic:

 

 

 

While in the years since Sagan passed, we've confirmed no such beings exist on Jupiter, there's no particular reason the same types of life might not exist elsewhere in the universe.

 

 

[Asimos]

Or maybe... Somethinf like this...

 

 

Or like this...

 

http://orig07.deviantart.net/57d2/f/2009/299/5/6/cloud_city_by_codenamezapper.jpg

 

[Traceur]

While in the years since Sagan passed, we've confirmed no such beings exist on Jupiter, there's no particular reason the same types of life might not exist elsewhere in the universe.

 

It's having too much fun to notice us:

 

[Anaximander]

Gas giants. Methane Gas Giants. And then a guy goes and lights a cigarette and shit goes to hell in a handbascet.

[Cornflakes]

Well, is there enough oxygen for it to matter in the methane rich areas?

[Archer]

Well, is there enough oxygen for it to matter in the methane rich areas?

 

Realistically, probably not.  A volatile fuel and oxidizer is an unstable combination; if you get a situation where one spark could rapidly change everything then chances are that spark will happen at some point in the millions of years the planet existed long before both oxygen and methane built up to the point where they could actually ignite.  One could build up in the absence of the other but I doubt there are any natural processes that could account for the presence of both in significant concentrations.

 

On the other hand this could be an interesting way to optimize propulsion to the environment.  Conventional thinking would have you carry a fuel and use ambient oxidizer for an atmospheric engine.  In an atmosphere with an abundance of hydrogen or methane you'll want to think backwards; carry an oxidizer and use the atmosphere as fuel.  It also means that your O2 tanks are suddenly a little more volatile than they were otherwise.

[Cornflakes]

 

On the other hand this could be an interesting way to optimize propulsion to the environment.  Conventional thinking would have you carry a fuel and use ambient oxidizer for an atmospheric engine.  In an atmosphere with an abundance of hydrogen or methane you'll want to think backwards; carry an oxidizer and use the atmosphere as fuel.  It also means that your O2 tanks are suddenly a little more volatile than they were otherwise.

 

i want this now.

[Legate]

One of my shipmates went over to Jupiter before the Neutron Star was heading for us, the last report we received was an odd 2 minute video of coins flying around. They were all red last time we checked. Wonder if Jupiter makes it's own coins. Either way, our team never heard from that crew again.

[Blakjac]

Although not as large as Jupiter, Uranus is full of gas too.

 

This thread has real possibilities.