cross-posted from: https://retrofed.com/c/ask@piefed.social/p/2414142/if-you-could-visit-any-celestial-body-outside-of-earth-which-would-it-be
Assuming you are properly equipped to handle the extreme conditions of space, of course. Does not have to be a planet, or even in the Solar System. Any planet, moon, asteroid, star, or other celestial body is available in this hypothetical!
Yup, fuck gravity wells, once you’re out, stay out. Particularly fond of the idea of dropping a nickel iron asteroid into a near pass of the sun (yeah, hella delta-v, probably more efficient to do it in situ, but it’s such a nice image) till it’s cherry red, setting off a bomb in the middle to make a bubble, patch the holes, fill with air, spin it up for gravity. Quick and dirty homestead. But really O’Neill cylinders are a better choice.