MicroWave@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoNASA announces new 'super-Earth': Exoplanet orbits in 'habitable zone,' is only 137 light-years awayabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squaretechnomad@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years agoSo, how much more weight would one be subject to?
minus-squareBrainsploosh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 years agoAssuming the same density, about three times as much gravity. Gravity scales linearly with volume which scales with the cube of the width, (3/2)³ is about 3,4.
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 years agoSo we go there to train and come back as superheroes?
minus-squarevoracitude@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·2 years agoMore like all our joints decay rapidly under the added stress, and we end up with crippling arthritis and an early grave. But maybe some generation of our descendants would be Bulrathi or Klingons or something, after some adaptation!
minus-squareSeabassDan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·2 years agoCRISPR me and send me home, baby!
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoGenetic engineering to the rescue.
minus-squarespacecowboy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoJust being sensu beans with us. Worked for Goku!
minus-squaretechnomad@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoThat’s immediately where I went with it. XD
So, how much more weight would one be subject to?
Assuming the same density, about three times as much gravity.
Gravity scales linearly with volume which scales with the cube of the width, (3/2)³ is about 3,4.
So we go there to train and come back as superheroes?
More like all our joints decay rapidly under the added stress, and we end up with crippling arthritis and an early grave. But maybe some generation of our descendants would be Bulrathi or Klingons or something, after some adaptation!
CRISPR me and send me home, baby!
Genetic engineering to the rescue.
CRISPR take me away!
Just being sensu beans with us. Worked for Goku!
Lie to us next time. Lol
That’s immediately where I went with it. XD