- lugal ( @lugal@lemmy.ml ) English65•1 month ago
On OGLE-TR-56b it only rains ironically
- IninewCrow ( @ininewcrow@lemmy.ca ) English29•1 month ago
What kind of umbrella would be required in each world?
- I_am_10_squirrels ( @I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org ) English35•1 month ago
Earth - any water repellant fabric, probably synthetic
Venus - I’d go with Teflon and extend it to the ground
Titan - SCBA
Neptune and HD 189733b - something hard and durable but lightweight. I’d go with titanium. Chainmaille extending to the ground.
OGLE-TR-56b - tungsten, with a mobile support apparatus.
- Tlaloc_Temporal ( @Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca ) English3•1 month ago
Earth needs a bit more than fabric sometimes. Not only can that water fall in the solid phase, occasionally it moves really fast!
A SCBA isn’t an umbrella. The rain is just more conductive atmosphere though, so you’d need a higher setting on your personal heater.
Neptune probably doesn’t have ground, and HD 189733b definitely doesn’t. Anything capable of surviving the pressure at that depth would probably be fine, although we don’t know how large the diamonds would be or how sharp the flakes that form are. Diamond Shuriken Rain sounds like an awesome song though.
OGLE-TR-56b also probably doesn’t have any ground, but depending on how high you’re flying you might want something non-stick. Tons of iron welding itself to you is possibly the worst case of wing-icing you can find in nature.
- Doll_Tow_Jet-ski ( @Doll_Tow_Jet-ski@fedia.io ) 5•1 month ago
@ininewcrow@lemmy.ca Asking the right questions
- Tolookah ( @Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de ) English22•1 month ago
- Thorry84 ( @Thorry84@feddit.nl ) English8•1 month ago
Nah there aren’t any slaves to exploit on other planets, so they aren’t interested
- PhlubbaDubba ( @PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee ) English15•1 month ago
Funny thing is that there’d be enough diamonds that even the market crash of hauling a shitload of them back to earth wouldn’t stop you from making absolute bank off selling them.
Probably mostly to scientists and specialist mining companies but hey money’s money.
- gencha ( @gencha@lemm.ee ) English8•1 month ago
Diamonds aren’t actually rare, and the people who control the market would have you executed.
- Asafum ( @Asafum@feddit.nl ) English15•1 month ago
Not one of these is “men.”
I’m starting to think that song was a lie!
:P
- Zoot ( @Zoot@reddthat.com ) English14•1 month ago
I want to feel the nice warmth of molten iron on my shoulders. Give me that amazing summer glow only OGLE-TR-56b can provide
- Tiltinyall ( @Tiltinyall@beehaw.org ) English3•1 month ago
Why wait? There are foundry positions open everywhere.
- Whatevster ( @Whatevster@lemmy.today ) English5•1 month ago
- justme ( @justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English5•1 month ago
How do you define rain on a gas giant?
- Tlaloc_Temporal ( @Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca ) English3•1 month ago
The same way you define rain in a cloud, when it condenses and falls. Of course diamonds would be hail, not rain.