The US didn't win the space race btw.

I've been on a kick reading about old school space exploration and was surprised to find this out. The picture looks comparable to the Mars rover, and had to travel over double the distance to get there.

Knowing what we know now, there could absolutely be new life on places like this, but we'll never know because where's the capital

source!?: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_missions_to_Venus

History of the Venus Landers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera

  • unperson [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Well, you start at an altitude of 66 million km, The trick is how to never go below 53. :P

    Since the atmosphere there is almost entirely carbon dioxide, and CO₂ is heavier than nitrogen and oxygen, you just need to carry enough nitrogen and oxygen that you'd float like a zeppelin floats on Earth.