Could we move a gas giant by venting its gas?
Could humanity move a planet such as Jupiter by forcing it to vent its gas?
Assuming we have the technology to do huge mining operations and use these to make some of Jupiter's moons into a huge tube going deep into Jupiter. This tube would carry the gas from the mid area of the planet to space. could this gas tube move gas with just the vacuum, or would it require something else to propel it?
If not how could we move Jupiter or a similar gas giant?
edit: if you think of the vacuum of space as your mouth, the tube as a straw, and Jupiter as the drink then you get the idea. straws work because we create a lower pressure place at one end of the straw. edit 2: was wrong, you need to fuse the gas coming out of the end of the straw.
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