The pressures involved are very likely higher than those found at the bottom of our oceans. Visibility is likely to be somewhat distorted due to the density of the gases. The challenge is to design a vessel which can descend into the depths of a hyperbaric environment to explore and perform research.

Are you up to it?

--Baloo

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"Politicians and diapers should be changed regularly, for the same reason."
--(Unknown)
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lol...

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http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Stargate/9268/index.html

BTW - I think the ep is "Interface".

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"You insulted Shakespeare? I'm telling."
-Miss Bate

I'll see what I can come up with, I wanted to go back to the drawing board for a few weeks now.

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"Reality is a condition that occurs because of a lack of alcohol."
- Albert Einstein

• What pressures (please provide conversion formula for newtons/square meter to english system, pretty please?) would there be about midway between the "top" (almost no pressure) and the "bottom" of the atmosphere of a jovian type planet (like Jupiter)?

• How deep can you go before the atmospheric density exceeds the density of water (for example)?

• How fast would one expect the prevailing winds to be? (Today's forecast: light breezes of up to 200 mph, with occasional gusts of up to 950. )

• What temperatures would such a vessel have to withstand?

• Etc?

Thanks!

--Baloo

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"Politicians and diapers should be changed regularly, for the same reason."
--(Unknown)
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• Is the vessel crewed or unmanned?

• Does it have a "rescue" capability.

  By this I mean, is it capable of extracting the occupants from a disabled vessel within a hyperbaric environment under conditions where transporters are unusable or inadvisable?

• If so, what are the approximate dimensions of the external airlocks sometimes seen on Federation vessels?

• Just how streamlined does this puppy have to be (if at all)?

• Anyone else feel free to add to this list.

--Baloo

PS: I saw an episode of "Great Ships" last night on the History channel about submersibles. It was a lot more interesting than I originally thought it would be and sparked this line of thought.

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"Politicians and diapers should be changed regularly, for the same reason."
--(Unknown)
Come Hither and Yawn...

Average density of Jupiter is 1.33 times that of water.

Average pressure? Hmm...well, let's assume that we start all of our missions at a point in Jupiter's atmosphere where the pressure is equal to that found here on Earth. 14.7 lbs/square inch, or 101,000 pascals.

One kilometer down from this base camp, the pressure would be 31,382,600 pascals, or almost 311 times normal air pressure here on Earth. The deepest part of the ocean has a pressure of 108,273,400 pascals. At an equal depth on Jupiter, the pressure would be about 345,387,300 pascals. (That's for a depth of 11,038 meters, by the way, the figure given for the depth of the Marianas Trench.)

And of course, on Jupiter, there's much more down to go.

Hmm...expect winds on the 400 mph range.

And that's all my oh so meager intellect can give up. Be sure to doublecheck my calculations before taking your family for a daytrip to the Great Red Spot.

I'd do it for you, but I am both too busy and too lazy.

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Calvin: "No efficiency, no accountability... I tell you, Hobbes, it's a lousy way to run a Universe." -- Bill Watterson

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"A few more calculations"

Any takers?

--Baloo

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"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts."
--Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)
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