Samuel Chiltern answered
The atmosphere of Saturn is believed to be approximately 96% hydrogen, and completely lacks oxygen, so a human wouldn't be able to breathe.
Even wearing breathing apparatus, the outer layers of the atmosphere are incredibly cold (-175 degrees Celsius) and are both stormy and full of ice.
Also, it wouldn't be possible to stand on the surface of Saturn, because it doesn't really have a surface. You would fall through the atmosphere and then, when you hit the liquid surface, you'd be dragged down by the force of gravity.
The atmospheric pressure on Saturn is far greater than here on Earth, and this alone would kill you if you weren't already dead by then.
The core of Saturn is believed to reach temperatures up to 11,700 degrees centigrade, so if the cold in the atmosphere didn't get you, the heat near the centre certainly would!
Would it be Possible to Send a Human to Saturn?
Naturally, it isn't currently possible to send humans to Saturn. We've only managed to send unmanned spacecraft there so far, and those probes have taken between two-and-a-half and six-and-a-half years to reach the planet. A craft capable of supporting human life would take much longer than this.
If a human expedition were ever made to Saturn, it's most likely that it would land on one of the planet's many moons instead, some of which, including Enceladus, are believed to have the potential to support life.
Even wearing breathing apparatus, the outer layers of the atmosphere are incredibly cold (-175 degrees Celsius) and are both stormy and full of ice.
Also, it wouldn't be possible to stand on the surface of Saturn, because it doesn't really have a surface. You would fall through the atmosphere and then, when you hit the liquid surface, you'd be dragged down by the force of gravity.
The atmospheric pressure on Saturn is far greater than here on Earth, and this alone would kill you if you weren't already dead by then.
The core of Saturn is believed to reach temperatures up to 11,700 degrees centigrade, so if the cold in the atmosphere didn't get you, the heat near the centre certainly would!
Would it be Possible to Send a Human to Saturn?
Naturally, it isn't currently possible to send humans to Saturn. We've only managed to send unmanned spacecraft there so far, and those probes have taken between two-and-a-half and six-and-a-half years to reach the planet. A craft capable of supporting human life would take much longer than this.
If a human expedition were ever made to Saturn, it's most likely that it would land on one of the planet's many moons instead, some of which, including Enceladus, are believed to have the potential to support life.
