Venus would be more compatible for humans from a gravity perspective, probably the only orbiting body that would be, I think. But that atmosphere is brutal, not sure there is any viable plan to 'correct' it. Mars at least is surface survivable, though without a magnetosphere I'm not sure it could ever have a breathable atmosphere even if we could raise enough dust to at least give it enough pressure so you could go outside without a pressure suit. Shielding Mars from solar winds is at least technologically feasible, if impractical to do so at the moment.
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Red Crayon Aristocrat
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Bojji
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Venus is hell. Atmosphere there is brutal. It's been mostly Russia who has had active projects there, though Japan had some more recently. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akatsuki_(spacecraft)
There's the Russian Venera 17 mission possibly planned for 2036, given the ongoing war I presume collaboration with NASA hasn't been too active there.
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It does look wild there
These Are the Only Photos Ever Captured of the Surface of Venus
Why is Venus so hard to photograph?petapixel.com
Those Venera landers were build like fucking tanks
Trilobit
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I'd love to be a frontier person on Mars. Especially if there are some weird noises at night that no one can explain and some of the colonists start showing signs of transformation (but not me).
And they still melted in the venetian heat, mercy that place is terrifying
Doesnt hurt to have a couple dames like this around either, amiright????
and the lower gravity can even make you grow hair!!!
Alex11
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I thought the moon rotates in sync with Earth?
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ReBurn
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The atmospheric pressure is crushing. Up to 95 times that of earth sea level. Not to mention that it rains highly concentrated sulfuric acid. Literal hell planet.
EverydayBeast
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Do they want to step foot on the damn thing again?
I've seen plans for floating cloud cities there, where the pressure is closer to 1 atm and O2 can be found, above the denser CO2 and H2S. Not really feasible ATM but who knows in a few centuries? Same with something that can bind up the carbon and sulfuric acid, cooling the planet and reducing the pressure.
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falconhoof
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High Altitude Venus Operational Concept - Wikipedia
Just reading about the floating station concept. In someways it sounds much more preferable to Mars.
BillMaxwell
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These are amazing
"Totality, beyond Earth. From lunar orbit, the Moon eclipses the Sun, revealing a view few in human history have ever witnessed. Photo: NASA"
Venus on the left.
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roosnam1980
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A view from the window of the Orion spacecraft approximately 9 minutes before Earthset during the Artemis II lunar flyby on April 6, 2026
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Artemis IV.
A view from the window of the Orion spacecraft approximately 9 minutes before Earthset during the Artemis II lunar flyby on April 6, 2026
Incredible.
Jilted
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I'm supposed to be working right now, but down the rabbit hole I've went. Thanks.
roosnam1980
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the new moon suit, which astronauts will wear when landing on the Moon during Artemis 4
Wheeljack539
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High Altitude Venus Operational Concept - Wikipedia
Just reading about the floating station concept. In someways it sounds much more preferable to Mars.
I've never understood those as for me all that comes to mind is one mistake and down you go.
Well, that's true of ANY hostile environment habitat, be it in space, on Mars/Moon, under the water, or on Venus. Owkwa beltalowda!
falconhoof
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Wouldn't that be somewhat like the ISS? Though I guess they have potential escape options down to the surface, and with Venus the surface is the last place you want to go.
There was a presentation given on the concept. They did studies into the various aspects of the mission. One scary one was dealing with the sulfuric acid.
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Gravitational tugging perhaps?It's weird how many meteorite impacts seem to line up straight.
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DenchDeckard
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Just incredible!
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ResilientBanana
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Maybe passing meteors dropping a few pieces off every time they fly by over billions of years? Could be the traces of the orbit of something out there.It's weird how many meteorite impacts seem to line up straight.
Bojji
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A big object gets torn apart by tidal forces before it hits forming crater chains.
This linear string of 23 tiny craters runs from the midpoint of Davy Y towards the walled basin Ptolemaeus, following a slightly curving course to the east-northeast. It is located at selenographic coordinates 11.0° S, 7.0° W, and has a diameter of 50 km.
Enki Catena, Ganymede. A 160-km-long chain of 13 craters, at the boundary of old cratered surface and younger terrain, at 39°N 346°E. Scale bar 50 km. Galileo 03899211.01 (NASA/JPL)
Idleyes
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Absolutely fantastic photos! They should've had one of these on board for the first shot.
Edit: It's a joke, in case anyone thinks I'm serious. You wouldn't even see the light hit the surface.
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Wheeljack539
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A big object gets torn apart by tidal forces before it hits forming crater chains.
This linear string of 23 tiny craters runs from the midpoint of Davy Y towards the walled basin Ptolemaeus, following a slightly curving course to the east-northeast. It is located at selenographic coordinates 11.0° S, 7.0° W, and has a diameter of 50 km.
Enki Catena, Ganymede. A 160-km-long chain of 13 craters, at the boundary of old cratered surface and younger terrain, at 39°N 346°E. Scale bar 50 km. Galileo 03899211.01 (NASA/JPL)
The problem I would argue is that all the craters are too neatly circular to one another. That's including all the other ones around it in that they are all incredibly similar when there should be some more variety. Especially if the impact(s) came at an angle.
