After setting foot on the Moon, the next destination for humankind is Mars, which presents a whole new set of challenges in speedy, long-distance space travel.

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    10 months ago

    Isn’t that on the surface? I believe Venus’s upper atmosphere is a lot more welcoming.

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      10 months ago

      That’s true about their upper atmosphere, but we’re nowhere close to being able to capitalize on it (as in, no missions even planned). Closest we’ve got on paper is an orbiter by the early 30s.

      Hopefully in my lifetime we see an upper atmosphere balloon or something. That alone would be unbelievably cool.

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        10 months ago

        give me a hot air balloon and a hang glider and send me out Ill be the pioneer

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          10 months ago

          Dude what’s neat about this is Oxygen on Venus is like Helium on Earth (less dense than most of the atmosphere, so rises naturally) so your balloon doesn’t even need to be hot, just really sturdy.