NASA Astrophysicist Jack Lissauer On Tides & Terraforming

About six months ago, Underknown's What If channel hired me to interview two prominent NASA astrophysicists. They wanted to find out what would happen if Earth became one of Jupiter's moons.

I'm unsure why they wanted to know that since Underknown had already produced a video that answered that topic, but I adore astronomy, so I was happy to visit my old stomping ground: the NASA Ames Research Center.

Underknown said that this was urgent, so I did everything I could to interview two top astrophysicists with almost no warning. 

Unfortunately, six months later, they still haven't released the video I shot. I knew they would only use a snippet of what I filmed, but still. Nada. 

And it's not because I shot a crappy video. Underknown hired me a couple of months later for another project, so I couldn't have screwed things up too badly the first time.

I feel terrible that these two astrophysicists complied with my last second request and I haven't had anything to show them. 

Six months ago, I shared the audio and video podcast with my Patrons. It's an exclusive group, so I figured that Underknown wouldn't notice or care.

I never planned to share it on the WanderLearn podcast. 

However, now that Underknown has done nothing with the content for 6 months, I think it's time that the general public enjoys this conversation.

I'm doing this as a public service. I'm not taking any ads for this episode. 

My voice wasn't supposed to appear in the final cut, so that's why my voice rarely appears, and, when it does, it's distant. 

You should watch this video by Underknown:

In this episode, you'll hear from the world-renowned NASA astrophysicist Jack Lissauer. 

I asked him to describe what would happen if our planet orbited Jupiter.

Specifically:

• Can you explain what extreme tidal forces in space are?
• How would extreme tidal forces affect Earth? Can they cause earthquakes and tsunamis?
• What is the weather like on Jupiter’s moon Io?
• How long are days on Io?
• If Earth were hypothetically a moon of Jupiter, how would it be affected?

Questions about Venus

• What is the surface and atmosphere of Venus like?
• How are Earth and Venus similar?
• Would it be possible to terraform a planet in our solar system?
• Which planet (or moon) would be the most viable?
• What would it take to terraform Venus?

You should also listen to my other NASA interview with Ruslan Belikov. 

You can watch the unedited video with Jack:

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