http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjtmZ-P2KWc Harry
On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 8:25 PM, Harry Veeder <hveeder...@gmail.com> wrote: > Mars gets all attention, but Venus is actually more hospitable in the clouds. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Venus > > "Despite the harsh conditions on the surface, the atmospheric pressure > and temperature at about 50 km to 65 km above the surface of the > planet is nearly the same as that of the Earth, making its upper > atmosphere the most Earth-like area in the Solar System, even more so > than the surface of Mars. Due to the similarity in pressure and > temperature and the fact that breathable air (21% oxygen, 78% > nitrogen) is a lifting gas on Venus in the same way that helium is a > lifting gas on Earth, the upper atmosphere has been proposed as a > location for both exploration and colonization." > > A manned flyby mission to venus was planned in the 1970s > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manned_Venus_Flyby > > Harry >
