Venus mission: NASA envisions “floating city” above Venus’ clouds where humans could live
- 9 years ago
NASA envisions a mission to Venus that could eventually result in the construction of a floating city of solar-powered airships above Venus’ clouds where humans could be able to live permanently.
Venus’ surface, unlike Mars, is nearly impossible to visit. Probes that have been sent to explore the planet have been destroyed in no more than two hours by Venus’ extreme conditions.
The planet has an atmospheric pressure up to 92 times greater than Earth's, a temperature of 462 degrees Celsius, and an atmosphere mostly made of carbon dioxide with a cloud layer made up of sulphuric acid.
To make exploration of Venus possible, NASA is thinking about developing a floating city above the planet’s clouds at an altitude of around 50 kilometers, where conditions are more similar to Earth.
NASA has named the project The High Altitude Venus Operation Concept, or HAVOC.
First NASA would send a robotic scout to determine the lay of the land. Then it would send a crew on a 30-day mission. The crew would float above the planet a 130-metre-long zeppelin-style helium ship.
The zeppelin would be accompanied on its explorations by a smaller 31-metre robotic solar-powered helium airship.
If successful, teams of two astronauts would each spend a year floating above the planet.
Eventually, in a more distant future, NASA would construct a floating city of airships for a permanent human presence.
To develop the mission, NASA plans to use current or upcoming technology, although it is a decade or two away from being able to launch such as mission.
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Venus’ surface, unlike Mars, is nearly impossible to visit. Probes that have been sent to explore the planet have been destroyed in no more than two hours by Venus’ extreme conditions.
The planet has an atmospheric pressure up to 92 times greater than Earth's, a temperature of 462 degrees Celsius, and an atmosphere mostly made of carbon dioxide with a cloud layer made up of sulphuric acid.
To make exploration of Venus possible, NASA is thinking about developing a floating city above the planet’s clouds at an altitude of around 50 kilometers, where conditions are more similar to Earth.
NASA has named the project The High Altitude Venus Operation Concept, or HAVOC.
First NASA would send a robotic scout to determine the lay of the land. Then it would send a crew on a 30-day mission. The crew would float above the planet a 130-metre-long zeppelin-style helium ship.
The zeppelin would be accompanied on its explorations by a smaller 31-metre robotic solar-powered helium airship.
If successful, teams of two astronauts would each spend a year floating above the planet.
Eventually, in a more distant future, NASA would construct a floating city of airships for a permanent human presence.
To develop the mission, NASA plans to use current or upcoming technology, although it is a decade or two away from being able to launch such as mission.
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