Early 20th century science fiction depicts Venus as a magical land with pleasant warm weather, green forests, and even dinosaurs. In 1950, the American Museum of Natural History even invited guests to reserve seats on the first space voyage, before the advent of private space travel companies.
Today, Venus has clearly shown that it is no longer an attractive tourist destination. Over the past decades, much research has shown that this planet is not a paradise but even a hell with its terrible temperatures, toxic atmospheres and horribly high surface pressure. Despite everything, NASA is currently planning a manned flight to Venus. This flight is called RAVAGED.
The harsh climate of Venus is hampering hopes of bringing humans to the planet. But new NASA research into using Venus’ dense atmosphere offers new hope.
According to Space, Venus exploration missions over the past few decades have shown that the planet is not a dream destination for tourists due to its high temperature of around 460 degrees Celsius, toxic atmosphere, barren rocky surface, alternating vast basalt plains and volcanoes.
What surprises many scientists is that Venus’ upper atmosphere is the most Earth-like in the solar system. At an altitude of about 50 to 60 km, the pressure and temperature are comparable to those of the lower atmospheres of the Earth.
The atmosphere at this altitude is dense enough to shield humans from cosmic radiation, but only dense enough to use the Sun’s energy.
As a result, the house on Venus will look like a sealed hot air balloon suspended in space, carried by the wind and fully supplied with breathing gases such as oxygen and nitrogen. Airship sealed with casing made of special materials resistant to the corrosive effects of acids such as Teflon, some highly acid-resistant plastics.
Theo Ifonet
comments
comments
