Trading Mars for Ganymede is a bold theoretical pivot that underestimates the lethal reality of Jupiterβs radiation belts. It prioritizes geological intrigue over the biological impossibility of long-term human survival.
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A better candidate than Mars to colonize?Added:
We've been so fixated on the red planet [music] that we've barely glanced at what might be the most resource-rich moon in the solar system, a moon bigger than Mercury, a moon with its own magnetic field, [music] a moon that might already contain the chemical building blocks of life, Jupiter's crown jewel. Ganymede isn't the easy choice.
Mars is closer. The moon is next door, but neither offers a limitless water supply, a magnetic shield, a surface larger than Mercury, a strategic [music] gateway to the outer solar system, and an ancient ocean that could be important for astrobiology.
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