Posted on 03/10/2017 8:51:17 PM PST by BenLurkin
Near-Term goals for the exploration of Venus include improved remote-sensing from orbital probes. This will tell us more about the gravity and topography of Venus. Improved radar imaging and infrared imaging will fill in more blanks. The team also promoted the idea of a sustained aerial platform, a deep probe, and a short duration lander. Multiple probes/dropsondes are also part of the plan.
Dropsondes are small devices that are released into the atmosphere to measure winds, temperature, and humidity. They’re used on Earth to understand the weather, and extreme phenomena like hurricanes, and can fulfill the same purpose at Venus.
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The mid-term goals are more ambitious. They include a long-term lander to study Venus’ geophysical properties, a short-duration tessera lander, and two balloons.
The tesserae lander would land in a type of terrain found on Venus known as tesserae. We think that at one time, Venus had liquid water on it. The fundamental evidence for this may lie in the tesserae regions, but the terrain is extremely rough. A short duration lander that could land and operate in the tesserae regions would help us answer Venus’ liquid water question.
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The long-term goals from Cutts and his team are where things get really interesting. A long-lived surface rover is still on the list, or possibly a near-surface craft like a balloon. Also on there is a long-lived seismic network.
A seismic network would really start to reveal the secrets behind Venus’ geophysical life. Whereas a lander would give us estimates of seismic activity, they would be crude compared to what a network of seismic sensors would reveal about Venus’ inner workings. A more thorough understanding of quake mechanisms and locations would really get the theorists buzzing. the final thing on the list that would be ... a sample-return mission.
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We’re Not Gonna Take It?
Just drop Eros on it and see what happens.
Waiting to find out what became of Julie Mao....
Very nice!
This song will always remind me of the Gray Davis recall.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pivx0PRFOYs
Too bad California was betrayed by Schwarzenegger. :(
We could start dropping bacteria in there to terraform it. Sadly, it will still take millions of years to cool off enough to settle.
I’ve read the whole series, but I won’t spoil it for you. A better question is what happens to Miller.
We already know that Venus is not habitable by we humans. Pray tell why we are spending this money (lots, no doubt) to gather information that will be of no use to us.
And from what I’ve heard, Dee Snyder is a Republican.
It isn’t even an interesting target for a telescope. In all my years of observing, I’ve looked at Venus once. A big bore. Went back to my favorite nebulae.
I hear Miley Cyrus is looking to move out of the country. She surely has a mega load of critters and bacteria.
What a gas!
Need durable hardware for Venus landings, as surface temperatures are in the 800-900 degree range.
Velikovsky’s Worlds in Collision is one of my old favorites.
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