Food We Had on the Trip

Travelling to a gaseous planet and being gone from Earth for about 6 years, we could only have fresh food for about a week before we had to resort to foods like:

• canned sardines, tuna, meat
• crackers
• chips
• cookies
• bottled  water
• soda
• candy
• vegetable crisps
• vitamin/nutrient supplements
• powedered food that keeps organ systems from shutting down

However, once we got to the venue on Metis that also had a restaurant. This was kept operating by having a ship that was sent to and from Jupiter to Earth every six months time, stocked with fresh foods. It only took a week's roundtrip and had a speciality fridge to keep from spoiling.

You know this planet is old when it has a history...

Here is quite a brief history on Jupiter.

Like other planets, Jupiter was created by remnants of a star birth. Jupiter grew quickly, and reached its current "adult" stated in only a few million years. To humans, Jupiter was known since ancient times. However in 1610 Galile...o Galilei observed Jupiter and found its four biggest moons. Jupiters rotational period was measured in 1665. The great Red Spot was drawn in 1831. Most of the info we have today about Jupiter came from unmanned missions by probes from 1970s and onward.

Substitutions, substitutions...

 If this planet was ever "closed" to some unforseen circumstance, a suitable substitute the solar system would be the planet Neptune. Although colorwise, Neptune isnt a very good match. However there a...re storms on Neptune similar to Jupiters. The activities on the moon can be done on one of Neptunes moon, although, we would did to get warmer suits as it is ALOT colder there. Overall, Neptune is a good substitute if Jupiter is not availiable.

Other options also include going to go to the nearest moon, Metis. This is where everyone is resting and where the rocket ships are all landed on. People can still keep themselves busy here because there is a huge amount of activities. However, we would immediately head back to earth because we know something dangerous could be in the area.

Money Matters

We paid about 400 million dollars for this roundtrip. This includes all the activities and the travel fees, such as:

• Hotel accommodation on Jupiter’s nearest moon ($ 60,000) whole entire trip
• Survival equipment package ($15,000)
• Activities package ($10,000)
• Venue membership card ($5000)

This trip was quite costly not only for its various neccessities, but because of the rarity of it as well. It only occurs every 8 years.

Sightseeing and Activities on Jupiter

This trip to Jupiter was quite spectacular. There were various activities & sightseeing trips, both at day and night- alothough you can't really tell the difference among both.
These lovely aspects of the trip include:

• Ice cream making
• the temperature in Jupiter is-145 C°
• Flying on the hovercraft throughout the planet; Gives us a view of Jupiter and able for us to exit fast if there is a problem.
• Tour guide of the planet inside and out ;
• View the rings of Jupiter  
• Set up a telescope one the rocket ship and view the moons Europa, Callisto, Ganymede, and Io; they are too far away to visit.
• go see the Great Red Spot
• Consists of spiralling columns three times wider than Earth that rises about eight kilometres above the upper cloud layer; would be viewed from an outside distance.
• The tour company sets up a venue on the nearest moon, and has a shuttle ship that takes people back to Jupiter back and forth. At night, the venue is used as a party venue and parties are held for all ages.  
• During the day, there is a restaurant that serves the freshest foods. This is because an extremely quick rocket travels back to Earth to stock up on these foods, only a week’s journey roundtrip.
• There is also an amusement park, and at night there is a bonfire and a roast.
• If parents or adults accompanying children on this trip would like to go on the more dangerous adventures, children are left with child specialists who take them on excursions around the planet and the area.

Because of all these activities and accomadations that suited the needs of everyone, everyone was able to have a blast!

Packed up and ready to go!

The most important thing was pressurized and heated suits to let us survive in the atmosphere of Jupiter. Provisions like food, water and hygiene items were also important.
Things we didnt need were useless trinkets and personal items. We had to travel as light as possible.

While everyone was stuck at home during January 23rd, 2006– February 17th, 2011*, making sandwiches and doing their homework, we were on a life changing experience everyone should put on their bucket list.

Where did we go must you ask?

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TO JUPITER.

Below are some lovely blog posts we had about our joyous and experience, and why YOU should go!






*The reason this trip was so long was because it takes aproximately 2 years to travel to Jupiter from Earth

Oh if we didn't have this...

So lovelies we obviously couldn't just throw all our clothes in a suitcase and fly to Jupiter. Here is what is great to pack ! Anything not on this list is obviously not meant to be packed, because it is either provided on the trip or you don't need it !

• Survival Equipment:
o Rocket ship; Shuttle
o Hovercrafts to travel in and out of the planet
o Oxygen tanks
o Heated and pressurized suits that can sustain in the cold climate, gas, as well as pressure of the huge planet.
o Provisions


• Type of food we ate:
o Packets of powdered food
o Canned meat
o Vienna sausages
o Chocolate bars
o Canned water
o Crackers
o Croutons
o Vegetable crisps

Physical Properties of Jupiter

• Physical Properties:
o Size: 142,800 km
o Density: 1.33 g/cm³
o Gravity: 2.5 times of Earth
o Distance from Sun: 4.95 AU – 5.46 AU
o Distance from Earth: 4.2 AU – 6.2 AU
o Atmosphere: 82% hydrogen 18% helium
o Temperatures: -145° C
o Orbital period: 12 earth years
o Rotational period: 10 hours
o Land forms: One of the gas giants.
o Storms: Most famous is Great Red Spot, many lesser storms.
o Soil type: No soil, one of the gas giants.