[tinfoilman]

I remeber them doing this with Galileo flown in to jupiter. Mixed sadness and pure impressiveness. However there was some talk that it might have caused a nuclear explosion on Jupiter as Galileo had 2 two radioisotope thermoelectric generators. This explision then could have started a chain reaction as jupiters contains high amounts of tritium and deuterium.

[frikk]

This would make for a fun scifi plot, from the perspective of Jupiter natives. "These assholes from Earth dropped a nuke from orbit. They appear to be preparing to do the same to our cousins on Saturn. What do we do now?"

[godshatter]

I was picturing a large number of classic flying saucers with domed tops rising en masse from the surrounding clouds, pointing themselves towards earth, and speeding away. I mean, we did just drop a bus on them.

[overcast]

Nuked from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

[roywiggins]

> However there was some talk that it might have caused a nuclear explosion on Jupiter as Galileo had 2 two radioisotope thermoelectric generators. This explision then could have started a chain reaction as jupiters contains high amounts of tritium and deuterium.

This is just about as likely as CERN generating a Earth-eating black hole. RTGs can't generate a nuclear explosion.

[andygates]

"there was some talk"

There's always daft chatter, make sure that tinfoil is properly adjusted. Dirty engineering and physics nixing the silliness twice over in this case.

[XzetaU8]

"The Lucifer Project"

https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4143

[wbl]

Do you know the difference between even and odd isotopes?