He says we let it float off into space
That isn't correct is it? It is lighter than air, but heavier than a vacuum. Doesn't it stick around in the upper atmosphere? We can get it later, when we need it, and have longer ladders than we do now.
(TheSundaeLunchI'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 11:27,
Reply)
"Heavier"?
Sadly not on a planet with Earth's mass. Hydrogen & Helium are able to escape the atmosphere...
(Tab HunterMake this useless process end and so, begin again, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 11:36,
Reply)
Kepp them in your sex dungeon
they'll never escape then.
(FadgebadgerSweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 11:40,
Reply)
I did not
know that. I presumed anything with a mass is heavier than anything without one, and would therefore be trapped.
(TheSundaeLunchI'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 11:41,
Reply)
??? I don't understand... what hasn't got mass?
I think planets the size of Jupiter are massive enough to prevent hydrogen & helium escaping. Also, *checks wikipedia* how close you are to a star affects it too: so the gas molecules will be more energetic.
(Tab HunterMake this useless process end and so, begin again, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 12:00,
Reply)
I'm not arguing!
I thought a molecule of helium was, by it's very existance, heavier than the vacuum of space and would therefore be trapped by gravity at some height. I'm no expert and if you say I'm wrong, I'm wrong.
(TheSundaeLunchI'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 12:06,
Reply)
I'm not arguing either!
:)
(Tab HunterMake this useless process end and so, begin again, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 12:08,
Reply)
I think it gets enough escape velocity to get away
Perhaps at the height at which it stops rising up through the stuffmospheres the gravity is insufficient to keep it in...
...maybe. But as you say, bigger ladders!
(Extinct Jesus Dossier"...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Tue 11 Dec 2012, 12:12,
Reply)
If gravity worked like that we'd be permanently stuck to anything more massive than ourselves.
Gravity is very, very weak.
(MuDinofiddler, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 12:44,
Reply)
My sofa
Has a huge gravitational pull. Explain that.
(TheSundaeLunchI'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 12:56,
Reply)
It's fucking massive?
(DinivanXHas stinging piss after drinking Pact Coffee, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 13:10,
Reply)
It is actually,
and so is my arse, so I guess me sitting around all day is down to SCIENCE.
(TheSundaeLunchI'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 13:41,
Reply)
Also lots of boring guff about weight and mass not being the same thing.
(MuDinofiddler, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 12:46,
Reply)
That is not boring!
It might give me diet excuses.
(TheSundaeLunchI'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Tue 11 Dec 2012, 12:51,
Reply)
Share to
Hide / Ignore
Hide
If you want to unhide this post later, click the "update profile" link in the top navigation bar, and scroll down to the bottom.
Ignore
You will be blisfully unaware of this user for just one week