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Manned Mission to Venus?


tkdguy

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Orion's test flight went well, so hopefully NASA will soon be able to send astronauts back into space.

 

As for that project, there's no projected timeline stated, so it will probably be kept in the back burner for a while, at least until after the Mars mission is accomplished. Maybe they'll be ready by then.

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You could test the concept here. Kick something into the right high-elliptical Earth orbit and try getting the package back from that orbit into aerofloatation in one analogous episode. Don't streamer your chute, though, or bad stuff happens.

 

There have been discussions of missions that are aircraft descending into atmosphere before; I am aware of concepts involving fixed-wing planes operating in Martian atmosphere and Titan's.

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Wow, that proposal is interesting. In my now-defunct space opera game, there was a planet that actually replicated that process pretty well naturally. Massive cites were build high up, where the breathable stuff was. The cities themselves were supported by anti-gravity, but the idea of having the bad stuff way down and the good stuff where the cities are located is eerily similar to that proposal. Mind you, in my setting, there was more of a Star Wars feel to it so the cities were more open. I never considered the "splash" effect from the hostile parts of the environment. Anyway, cool proposal. Thanks for posting it.

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... To beat the Martians?

My first thought was "to get to those hot Venusuan girls". But then I remebrered that 100° C and 92 Atmospheres pressure is a bit too hot.

 

 

In truth, there are several advantages:

More solar power (+40% over earth; +240% over mars)

Inherent Radiation Shield even in that hight (where we have to dig underground on mars)

Easier pressure and comparable temeprature differences on that height compared to earth ground

 

The one advantage mars has is that is has walkable surface area. Wich we cannot use for anything but solar power & robotic industry because it is persistently irradiated.

That leaves us digging habitats into the ground.

After that jsut floating them in Venus atmopshere does sound like a pretty good deal.

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