Colonization of Jupiter

NASA has speculated on the feasibility of mining the atmospheres of the outer planets, particularly for helium-3, an isotope of helium that is rare on Earth and could have a very high value per unit mass as thermonuclear fuel.[1][2] Factories stationed in orbit could mine the gas and deliver it to visiting craft.[3] However, the Jovian system in general poses particular disadvantages for colonization because of the severe radiation conditions prevailing in Jupiter's magnetosphere and the planet's particularly deep gravitational well.

## See also[edit | edit source]

* Jupiter in fiction

## References[edit | edit source]

1. ^ Robert Zubrin, Entering Space: Creating a Spacefaring Civilization, section: Settling the Outer Solar System: The Sources of Power, pp. 158–160, Tarcher/Putnam, 1999, ISBN 1-58542-036-0
2. ^ Jeffrey Van Cleve; Carl Grillmair; Mark Hanna. Helium-3 Mining Aerostats in the Atmosphere of Uranus (PDF). Abstract for Space Resources Roundtable (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 30, 2006. Retrieved May 10, 2006.
3. ^ Bryan Palaszewski (October 2006). "Atmospheric Mining in the Outer Solar System" (PDF). Glenn Research Center. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2009. Retrieved July 2, 2009.

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Space colonization

Core concepts|

* Interplanetary spaceflight
* Interstellar travel
* Intergalactic travel
* Planetary habitability
* Space and survival
* Space habitat
* Terraforming

Space habitats|

* Asteroid terrarium
* Beaded habitats
* Bernal sphere
* Bishop Ring
* McKendree cylinder
* O'Neill cylinder
* Stanford torus

Colonization targets|

* Lagrange points
* Solar System
* Mercury
* Venus
* Moon
* Mars
* Asteroids
* mining
* Jupiter
* Europa
* Saturn
* Titan
* Uranus
* Neptune
* Trans-Neptunian objects
* Free space

Terraforming targets|

* Mars
* Venus

Organizations|

* Mars Society
* NASA
* National Space Society
* SpaceX
* The Planetary Society

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