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To: Central Scrutiniser
Some of the reprocessed pictures:
Venera 13, Camera I
Venera 13, Camera II
2 posted on
01/14/2004 5:27:13 PM PST by
Central Scrutiniser
(The actress playing Anne Frank was so bad, a heckler yelled "She's in Attic!" to the guards!)
To: Central Scrutiniser
Oddly the Soviets always had better luck landing on Venus than Mars. Remarkable to get anything down there that can survive (though none of the Soviet probes lasted more than a few hours I think.)
They dealt in volume, sent a HUGE number of Venus probes out, most of which actually failed in Earth orbit.
4 posted on
01/14/2004 5:29:12 PM PST by
John H K
To: Central Scrutiniser
Very nice images. Venus has next to no tides like earth. Apparently the surface is active, lots happening.
5 posted on
01/14/2004 5:32:00 PM PST by
RightWhale
(How many technological objections will be raised?)
To: Central Scrutiniser
Oh, the thread title refers to a planet, not a person-- never mind...
7 posted on
01/14/2004 5:35:14 PM PST by
Mark
(Treason doth never prosper, for if it prosper, NONE DARE CALL IT TREASON.)
To: Central Scrutiniser
I always thought these were amazing, unrecognized pictures.
Glad to see some notice of them now.
10 posted on
01/14/2004 5:40:56 PM PST by
Monty22
To: Central Scrutiniser
I've never thought that so many pictures of the Arizona desert would become so enormously popular around the globe.
In order to authenticate these efforts as not part of some Capricorn 1 conspiracy, I'm holding out for a picture that looks like the Okefenokee Swamp.
11 posted on
01/14/2004 5:41:21 PM PST by
blackdog
(Democrat Party? Democratic Party? Democrat Candidate? Democratic Candidate? Wassup wit dat?)
To: Central Scrutiniser
A hot Venus is the very best kind!
13 posted on
01/14/2004 5:43:24 PM PST by
Snickersnee
(Where are we going? And what's with this handbasket???)
To: Central Scrutiniser
That sounds awfully high pressure for the atmosphere. Are they sure of it? 94 atmospheres is equivalent to 1381 psia!
That's the pressure of being 3000 feet under the sea!
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16 posted on
01/14/2004 5:48:36 PM PST by
martin_fierro
(HEY! I'm tryin' t'run a classy thread here!)
To: Central Scrutiniser
the temperature is 490 deg Celsius and the pressure is 90 times that on Earth. 490 deg. C = 914 degrees F.!
90 atmospheres = 1323 PSI!
Yikes!
Still better than NYC in August...
20 posted on
01/14/2004 6:00:02 PM PST by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: Central Scrutiniser
22 posted on
01/14/2004 6:07:36 PM PST by
Paleo Conservative
(Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
To: Central Scrutiniser
A carbon dioxide atomosphere, high temperatures and pressure. I bet diamonds are much more common on Venus than on earth.
24 posted on
01/14/2004 6:40:11 PM PST by
Nateman
(Socialism first, cancer second.)
To: Central Scrutiniser
"What did they hope to achieve visiting a totally inhospitable planet 10 times? No wonder they lost the cold war.
Did they want to invade it, move to it, use it for a new gulag? What?
28 posted on
01/14/2004 7:48:36 PM PST by
JSteff
To: Central Scrutiniser
Cool stuff bump!
To: Central Scrutiniser
35 posted on
01/16/2004 9:11:44 PM PST by
DoctorMichael
(Thats my story, and I'm sticking to it.)
To: Central Scrutiniser
>Reworked images reveal
hot Venus
To: theFIRMbss; blackdog; Central Scrutiniser; Chi-townChief; DoctorMichael; Fester Chugabrew; ...
just bumping the topic, not a ping list; here's a small selection of other FR topics on astro/science:
NOT A PING LIST, merely posted to: theFIRMbss; blackdog; Central Scrutiniser; Chi-townChief; DoctorMichael; Fester Chugabrew; Fred Hayek; gcruse; Izzy Dunne; John H K; JSteff; Kevin Curry; Lancey Howard; Mark; Monty22; martin_fierro; Nateman; NormsRevenge; nightdriver; Paleo Conservative; Pappy Smear; RightWhale; Snickersnee; TYVets; ValerieUSA
40 posted on
07/24/2004 2:56:07 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
44 posted on
12/27/2005 8:45:43 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
("In silence, and at night, the Conscience feels that life should soar to nobler ends than Power.")
45 posted on
12/27/2005 8:46:11 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
("In silence, and at night, the Conscience feels that life should soar to nobler ends than Power.")
46 posted on
03/26/2006 8:03:10 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
(Yes indeed, Civ updated his profile and links pages again, on Monday, March 6, 2006.)
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