NASA - Manned Airships to Venus

nivek

As Above So Below
NASA Scientists Want to Send Manned Airships to Venus

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Whatever may or may not lurk in the Venusian atmosphere, scientists at NASA are so intrigued by the second rock from the Sun that all sorts of bizarre and outlandish craft have been proposed to study the planet. Due to the incredibly inhospitable environment on Venus, delicate electronics break down quickly. One proposed solution is to send mechanical automatons, but the lack of digital communication capabilities would mean those automatons would have to be physically recovered, opening up a whole new can of worms. Space worms.

Instead, NASA scientists have now proposed sending massive airships – also steampunk-esque – to study Venus from high above its surface. Aerospace engineers at NASA’s Langley Research Center have proposed what they call the HAVOC, or High-Altitude Venus Operational Concept. Engineers have already tested proof of concept experiments to identify materials which could withstand the sulfuric acid in the Venusian atmosphere as well as proposing methods for getting the airships inflated in the skies above Venus.

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NASA scientists believe the airships could be sufficient for a 30-day manned mission in Venus’s atmosphere, allowing a crew of two astronauts to study the planet in unprecedented detail. Once the mission is complete, the crew would launch back into orbit in a detachable module and dock with a waiting spacecraft, after which they would journey back to Earth where no doubt they would infect the human race with unknown alien viruses which turn us into piles of steaming goo. But hey, cool airships! Who cares?

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NASA’s concept for the ships

Check out NASA’s slickly-produced promo video on YouTube providing an overview of the concept complete with an epic Game of Thrones-style soundtrack.




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humanoidlord

ce3 researcher
i doubt anyone in this forum is gonna live enough to see this become a reality
if it ever becomes a reality at all
 

Kchoo

At Peace.
i doubt anyone in this forum is gonna live enough to see this become a reality
if it ever becomes a reality at all
Yeah, but it is a fun idea to think about.

Glad NASA is thinking it...
and everyone knows.. steampunk is the way of the future!
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nivek

As Above So Below
i doubt anyone in this forum is gonna live enough to see this become a reality
if it ever becomes a reality at all

Would it not be an amazing sight to be on one of those airships flying in Venus' atmosphere?...

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nivek

As Above So Below
seeing it happen in real life is better than imagining it

That is NASA's plan to see it for real with airships....Who is thinking in terms of fantasy?...

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