none of these have breathable air but the spot between frost and heat on mercury wouldnt instakill me
1 month ago | 1,600
Assuming you have absolutely no equipment and are just teleported on the planet's surfaces, the pressure from neptune and saturn would kill you instantly, the intense heat or cold from mercury would also kill you instantly, at least on mars, in most conditions, you could survive for a few seconds longer before suffocating or freezing.
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Mars: Closest to 0°C, despite the low pressure it’s still longer than most planets. Mercury: OH GOD THE GROUND IS BURNING AND I CANT BREATH AHHH Saturn: You would die to the compressed atmosphere at “sea level”. Neptune: You’d fall for eternity
1 month ago (edited) | 88
We can safely eliminate the gas giants from this equation. This leaves only mars and mercury. On mercury, the temperature ranges from 400 Celsius to -180 Celsius. This implies that at the right time of the year, at the right time of the day, in the right location, the temperature can actually be at comfortable levels which means the only thing killing you would be asphyxiation due to lack of atmosphere. The situation is similar for mars. The temperature can range from an incredibly comfortable 20 Celsius to -150 Celsius. Meaning asphyxiation would still be the cause of death during the right time of year in the right place. So to draw a conclusion for which would be better, I feel a valid direction to go would be to identify which planet can reach a habitable temperature easier than the other. Mercury would probably have the best temperature at the edge between night and day, although I’m not sure if that’s entirely correct as I could not find any source that directly confirms this. Thus, this assumption is a weak argument as there is no concrete answer online. As for mars, the temperature can reach 20 Celsius during the afternoon near the equator, and is significantly more likely to do so during summer. Therefore, we can derive that at for half of the Martian year, the part of mars that is experiencing afternoon and is near the equator is enjoying comfortable temperatures. Based on this, I would say mars is more habitable, as you are more likely to die of asphyxiation in comfortable temperatures compared to mercury. Something else to add is that even if you were dropped in a location on either planet where hypothermia is a possibility, asphyxiation would still kill you before the hypothermia could do much, if anything at all. Although if I was gonna die of asphyxiation, I would rather be in an environment that has nice temperatures rather than freezing temperatures which has been my deciding factor.
1 month ago | 14
Some of you have never seen Matt Damon eating potatoes on Mars and it shows.🥔
1 month ago | 194
Mercury - freeze or burn to death Saturn and Neptune - ripped apart by 2100 kmph (1300 mph) wind speeds Mars - suffocate from lack of oxygen, but is survivable with suit
1 month ago (edited) | 15
All of them are death within 3 minutes, but Mars is the one that stretches it beyond 3 seconds.
1 month ago | 25
Mercury is surprisingly survivable in those twilight zone craters, and it's quite mineral rich! A possible colonization destination, indeed.
1 month ago | 31
As a man that lives on the surface of mars I would know. Yall this is simple
1 month ago | 7
I feel like you're gonna survive max 30 seconds on the most survivable planet here, so like, no real option.
1 month ago | 6
I misunderstood the question. This sentence was phrased so awkwardly. A better composition would’ve read: “on which planet would you survive the longest?”
1 month ago | 0
Wish the folks that put out the surveys would tell what the correct answer is, not just what percentage people voted on.
1 month ago | 0
Mars unless I was put onto the right spot on mercury with earth like temperatures
1 month ago | 6
Some people forget that Neptune literally has an enormous amount of water so with REALLY warm stuff and REALLY warm base you be probably be able to survive the longest there
1 month ago | 1
Venus actually has a spot in its atmosphere that has livable air
1 month ago | 1
Thomas Mulligan
Which planet in our solar system could you survive the longest?
1 month ago | [YT] | 2,348