Comments on: Inside NASA's Venus machine http://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/inside-nasas-venus-machine.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Listener43 http://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/inside-nasas-venus-machine.html#comment-1317132 Listener43 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138304#comment-1317132 Bah - the Venerians are nothing to fear. Who do you think is stopping the Russians from getting to Mars? http://iheardacouplethings.blogspot.com/2012/01/are-russian-space-troubles-from-beyond.html Bah – the Venerians are nothing to fear. Who do you think is stopping the Russians from getting to Mars?
http://iheardacouplethings.blogspot.com/2012/01/are-russian-space-troubles-from-beyond.html

]]> By: Snig http://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/inside-nasas-venus-machine.html#comment-1317045 Snig Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138304#comment-1317045 I was initially thinking it might be like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isrd7E5nzIQ Hope they label it to avoid others having similar confusion. I was initially thinking it might be like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isrd7E5nzIQ
Hope they label it to avoid others having similar confusion.

]]> By: MarlboroTestMonkey7 http://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/inside-nasas-venus-machine.html#comment-1316572 MarlboroTestMonkey7 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138304#comment-1316572 We were briefed on this by a Fowler Schocken rep We were briefed on this by a Fowler Schocken rep

]]> By: David Carroll http://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/inside-nasas-venus-machine.html#comment-1316478 David Carroll Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138304#comment-1316478 Was the chamber's shape sponsored by 4chan? ;) Was the chamber’s shape sponsored by 4chan? ;)

]]> By: Gabriel Meister http://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/inside-nasas-venus-machine.html#comment-1316206 Gabriel Meister Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138304#comment-1316206 Man, it's like a SAUNA in here... Man, it’s like a SAUNA in here…

]]> By: Jack Aubrey http://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/inside-nasas-venus-machine.html#comment-1316010 Jack Aubrey Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138304#comment-1316010 Nadreck? Of Palain VII? Nadreck? Of Palain VII?

]]> By: Nadreck http://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/inside-nasas-venus-machine.html#comment-1315970 Nadreck Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138304#comment-1315970 This will all end in tears!  I just know that the Venus probe will go berserk, burst out of it's testing chamber and wreck havoc until some passing superhero can deal with it. This will all end in tears!  I just know that the Venus probe will go berserk, burst out of it’s testing chamber and wreck havoc until some passing superhero can deal with it.

]]> By: Max Pinton http://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/inside-nasas-venus-machine.html#comment-1315959 Max Pinton Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138304#comment-1315959 No, and I wouldn't have that expectation. Still, it seems like an easier job than landing on the surface given the conditions. No, and I wouldn’t have that expectation. Still, it seems like an easier job than landing on the surface given the conditions.

]]> By: BonzoDog1 http://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/inside-nasas-venus-machine.html#comment-1315923 BonzoDog1 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138304#comment-1315923 I wish they would find an ancient Venusian city, the last remnant of society suicide by runaway greenhouse effects from pollution. I wish they would find an ancient Venusian city, the last remnant of society suicide by runaway greenhouse effects from pollution.

]]> By: John http://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/inside-nasas-venus-machine.html#comment-1315865 John Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138304#comment-1315865 curious as to what materials they will use to line the inside of the chamber? curious as to what materials they will use to line the inside of the chamber?

]]> By: Michael Smith http://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/inside-nasas-venus-machine.html#comment-1315847 Michael Smith Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138304#comment-1315847 But to get back out of the atmosphere of Venus you would still need a vehicle like the space shuttle or a falcon heavy. And before that you would need to deliver your launch vehicle undamaged to your working altitude. Big launch vehicles (ie, not an apollo LM ascent stage) are delicate machines and currently they can't just be chucked into the atmospheres of earth sized planets with the expectation that they will Just Work. But to get back out of the atmosphere of Venus you would still need a vehicle like the space shuttle or a falcon heavy. And before that you would need to deliver your launch vehicle undamaged to your working altitude. Big launch vehicles (ie, not an apollo LM ascent stage) are delicate machines and currently they can’t just be chucked into the atmospheres of earth sized planets with the expectation that they will Just Work.

]]> By: mtdna http://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/inside-nasas-venus-machine.html#comment-1315837 mtdna Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138304#comment-1315837 Yay! Venus is an awesome and weird place that deserves more attention. I think the only close-up surface images are a handful taken by Soviet landers in the 1970s and 80s. Check these out: http://www.mentallandscape.com/C_CatalogVenus.htm Yay! Venus is an awesome and weird place that deserves more attention. I think the only close-up surface images are a handful taken by Soviet landers in the 1970s and 80s. Check these out: http://www.mentallandscape.com/C_CatalogVenus.htm

]]> By: Max Pinton http://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/inside-nasas-venus-machine.html#comment-1315813 Max Pinton Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=138304#comment-1315813 Nifty. One idea that doesn't seem to get much play but seems brilliant to me is sending a probe or even people to Venus's upper atmosphere. It turns out there's a zone with Earth-like pressures and temperatures where air could be used like a balloon to stay aloft. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonization_of_Venus#Aerostat_habitats_and_floating_cities Nifty. One idea that doesn’t seem to get much play but seems brilliant to me is sending a probe or even people to Venus’s upper atmosphere. It turns out there’s a zone with Earth-like pressures and temperatures where air could be used like a balloon to stay aloft.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonization_of_Venus#Aerostat_habitats_and_floating_cities

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