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Re:Are planets with oceans common in the galaxy? It's likely... by fit2rule on Friday June 19, 2020 @11:49AM (#23575628)
> −160 °C; −260 °F .. ice

something something Couple 'o Raptor rockets bolted onto a methane-harvesting sled for fuel, let 'er rip ..

/there I fixed it.

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Re:Are planets with oceans common in the galaxy? It's likely... by Retric on Friday June 19, 2020 @11:52AM (#23575663)
That’s a lot like hand waving a flame thrower to melt snow. https://what-if.xkcd.com/130/
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Re:Are planets with oceans common in the galaxy? It's likely... by fit2rule on Friday June 19, 2020 @11:56AM (#23575717)
Look, you take this gigantic tub(, i.e. Starship) of flammable material, you land it safely somewhere, you attach some kinda inflatable raft around the top/sides of it, you wire yourself up to the gas tanker on the surface, you light those rockets and let 'em rip!

It'll be the steam-cleanest Starship-converted-to-ice-submarine in the system ..

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