Comment on NASA Successfully Tests Revolutionary Rocket That Could Get Us to Mars Faster
danielbln@lemmy.world 8 months agoIsn’t that on the surface? I believe Venus’s upper atmosphere is a lot more welcoming.
Comment on NASA Successfully Tests Revolutionary Rocket That Could Get Us to Mars Faster
danielbln@lemmy.world 8 months agoIsn’t that on the surface? I believe Venus’s upper atmosphere is a lot more welcoming.
SCB@lemmy.world 8 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.
TIMMAY@lemmy.world 8 months ago
give me a hot air balloon and a hang glider and send me out Ill be the pioneer
SCB@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Dude what’s neat about this is Oxygen on Venus is like Helium on Earth so your balloon doesn’t even need to be hot, just really sturdy.