You didn't mention the surface pressure of 93 bar, same as 1km deep in the ocean here. But, surface winds are actually <10kph.
However, you don't need to be near the surface. It is quite pleasant higher up, and I quote from Wikipedia:
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.
Leigh Bunting
Balaklava GC
On 19 Jan 2017 10:32, Teal <[email protected]> wrote:
Yeah, gel coat *loves* sulphuric acid clouds! Add in the surface
temperature of a balmy 460 degrees C and winds of up to 195kts
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