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
