JAYFORCE

Space exploration. Living somewhere other than Earth. Always an interesting discussion topic.

We talk about colonizing Mars. Then someone chimes in, “What about the moon?” But why aren’t we talking about Venus, the other planetary neighbor. Maybe we go take a look. Maybe NASA is coming up with ways we could look, and live, over there. Nah, not maybe. NASA is definitely on it!

NASA Langley researchers want to get a better idea about conditions on our nearest planetary neighbor, Venus, so they have come up with HAVOC or a High Altitude Venus Operational Concept – a lighter-than-air rocket ship that would help send two astronauts on a 30-day mission to explore the planet’s atmosphere. Exploration of Venus is a challenge not only because its smog-like sulfuric acid-laced atmosphere, but also its extremely hot surface temperature and extremely high air pressure on the surface.

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