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name_NULL111653 t1_j2bx9a1 wrote
Reply to comment by Zen_Badger in Could we find a Pandora-like planet in real life? by lemonny3663
For exomoons, the gas giant does not necessarily have to be in the habitable zone, due to a variety of factors such as tidally induced geological activity. I cite Titan. Imagine if it's subsurface lakes were nitrogen and oxygen (instead of ethane etc.) It would absolutely be habitable by humans, despite the parent planet being far outside our sun's relatively small habitable zone.
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Reply to comment by s1ngular1ty2 in Could we find a Pandora-like planet in real life? by lemonny3663
"We" is ambiguous. Humans as we know them? Probably not. Some genetic variation / descendant of humans eons from now? Probably could visit it. Extremely advanced construct / "AI" / created being? Almost definitely could go interstellar. Artificial and biological hybrid humans (cyborgs / posthuman bodies)? Also likely if they're ever made.
name_NULL111653 t1_j2byoj2 wrote
Reply to comment by Zen_Badger in Could we find a Pandora-like planet in real life? by lemonny3663
Agreed. It would be about like Antarctica. But with stronger tidal forces, or (most likely) on a more recently formed moon, it would be possible. Uncommon, but much more likely than a gas giant in the habitable zone.