It’s because the ship wasn’t made to withstand the level of gravity on Adrian. It would have taken longer to leave the atmosphere had they been lower in the planet. The ship would have been crushed. Adrian is a gas giant just like Venus is. Also The Taumoeba only lived in a specific atmospheric band where the temperature and pressure allowed them to breed.



I do and I’ve been trying to get books to learn more with him. It’s a learning process for the both of us.