“You didn’t know, Kepten? Wenus is a Russian plenet!”
Posted on 09/19/2020 8:56:15 AM PDT by MAGA2017
Venus Is a Russian Planet ... Says Russia
Just because you get there first, that doesn't mean you own it.
Russia has some strong feelings about the planet Venus. Dmitry Rogozin, the chief of Roscosmos, Russia's space agency, spoke at the 2020 HeliRussia exhibition and declared that Venus is a "Russian planet," according to the Russian news agency TASS. (It's not.)
This comes after the groundbreaking announcement on Monday that researchers have spotted potential evidence of life high in the clouds of Venus. The scientists found chemical signatures of a molecule called phosphine, which is only produced by living things or in places where there's high heat and pressure. Since Venus isn't subjected to high heat or high pressure, life might have just found a way.
Scientists have long suspected the caustic clouds coating Venus could harbor life. Unlike the stiflingly hot surface of the planet, its cloud decks are home to relatively Earth-like conditions, with temperatures hovering around 86 degrees Fahrenheit and pressures similar to what we feel at Earth's surface.
Between 1967 and 1984, the Soviet Union sent a number of probes to explore Venus. Most missions were unsuccessful, but several of these spacecraft returned important data about the planet. Venera 7, for instance, was the first probe to successfully land on Venus's surface. (It died shortly after.) Venera 9, which launched in 1976, snapped the first images of the dusty, desolate planet. The final Venera missions, 15 and 16, focused on mapping portions of the planet's surface.
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There goes the neighborhood.
rwood
I encourage Putin and all Russians to pack for our sister planet. Don’t know how thry’ll get there. I guess they could try the Heaven’s Gate method, unproven though it may be.
Did they discover vodka on Venus?
There’s a Uranus joke in here somewhere.
Russian Venus?
Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out. They leave the West behind.
I understand but given a choice I’d rather see all the left-wing moonbats and BLM thugs sent off to Venus instead.
It’s ok
Venus has no value.
America has already that we’ll take Mars. We know the value there
I”d go for that. Hey, it’s a decent sized planet. I’m sure they’d all fit.
Don't tell that to Frankie Avalon.
“You didn’t know, Kepten? Wenus is a Russian plenet!”
With that logic-—the MOON is property of the USA!!!!
Being called on numerous occasions “A Caveman”, I think I own Earth.
Well, they HAVE orbited and landed more probes on Venus than any other nation, including us.
Supersonic winds, 900+ degree temps, high atmospheric pressure.....pretty much useless to humans.
Frankly, they can have it.
Now, we've got all this room, we've even got the moon... and I hear the USSR will be open soon...as a vacation land..."
Unlike the stiflingly hot surface of the planet
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868 F is a bit “stiflingly hot” ...
The Outer Space Treaty was considered by the Legal Subcommittee in 1966 and agreement was reached in the General Assembly in the same year ( resolution 2222 (XXI)). The Treaty was largely based on the Declaration of Legal Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, which had been adopted by the General Assembly in its resolution 1962 (XVIII) in 1963, but added a few new provisions. The Treaty was opened for signature by the three depository Governments (the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States of America) in January 1967, and it entered into force in October 1967. The Outer Space Treaty provides the basic framework on international space law, including the following principles:
- the exploration and use of outer space shall be carried out for the benefit and in the interests of all countries and shall be the province of all mankind;
- outer space shall be free for exploration and use by all States;
- outer space is not subject to national appropriation by claim of sovereignty, by means of use or occupation, or by any other means;
- States shall not place nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction in orbit or on celestial bodies or station them in outer space in any other manner;
- the Moon and other celestial bodies shall be used exclusively for peaceful purposes;
- astronauts shall be regarded as the envoys of mankind; - States shall be responsible for national space activities whether carried out by governmental or non-governmental entities;
- States shall be liable for damage caused by their space objects; and
-States shall avoid harmful contamination of space and celestial bodies.
Hey, Ruskis! See the bolded bullet. YOUR country signed this.
Yep...pack em off.
John Bolton: “This means WAR!”
Venus...
(1) Surface Temperature - 867 F
(2) Atmospheric Pressure - 92 times higher than Earth
(3) Cloud Composition - Sulfuric Acid
Its all yours, Russia!
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