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Is landing on/exploring Venus at all possible/plausible?
I understand the environment is extremely harsh. The few vessels that have landed there have melted quickly after. If we ignore cost, would we be able to manufacture suits that can let astronauts survive on the surface? Would it be possible to make a ship out of materials that wouldn't melt on its surface and also be strong enough to get the astronauts back into orbit? How big would such a ship need to be? Are we technologically advanced enough to do this now? In 10 years? 50? 100?
Venus has always sort of been brushed off as an explorable planet and all we ever hear about is The Moon, Mars, and occasionally some of the Galilean moons such as Europa.
Comment by norasguide2thegalaxy at 21/07/2022 at 01:24 UTC
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NASA actually selected two Venus missions last year (DAVINCI and VERITAS), so you will certainly be hearing more about Venus in the coming years! Both missions are orbiters, though, so not landing on the surface.