Questions tagged [venus]
Questions regarding the second planet from the Sun.
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Taking photos from Venus surface from an airship. Possible?
On planet Venus at ground level temperature level is about 450°C which seems to high for electronic devices such as a camera.
Could electronic devices and a camera on a airship just below the clouds ...
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Using Venus' Atmosphere to Cool the Earth [closed]
The Starfish Prime nuclear test on July 9, 1962 caused massive fluctuations and degradation of the Earth's magnetic field. This field is largely responsible for redirecting the Sun's solar radiation. ...
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How far can you see on the surface of Venus?
As from the images by Venera probes, it seems to me that on Venus you can't see as far as on Earth, e.g. you can't see the horizon, because it's so misty there. Venera 9 and 10 shots.Venera 14 shot. ...
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When is the next Transit of Venus from Mars?
When will the next transfer of Venus take place from the perspective of Mars?
Will the next human to view one be a Martian?
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To cool down Venus, from where would be the most economical way to bring the shadowing material into orbit around the planet?
Edit: With the help of comments below, I've changed the question somewhat.
Credit: NASA, Image processed from Mariner 10 images by R. Nunes http://www.astrosurf.com/nunes
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Surface Rock Temperature of Venus
The average surface temperature of Venus is said to 460 degrees Celsius.
What I'd like to know, is that the temperature of the air in contact with an near the surface, or is that the temperature of ...
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Heat shield on Venus
On Venus, the conditions are really extreme in terms of heat and pressure.
Say we take many layers of rockets' lab heat shield for Electron (which I am not sure what is made of). Could it provide ...
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What performance can be expected from chemical rockets under Venusian atmospheric conditions?
Is it feasible to use either solid or bipropellant liquid rocket engines to lift off from the surface of Venus?
"Reference datum" air pressure on Venus is around 9.3 MPa; even on the top of, say, ...
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Why did ESA's Solar Orbiter mission's target inclination drop from 34 to 25°?
Wikipedia says that:
During the planned 7-year mission the orbital inclination will be raised to about 25°
But the information below shows that originally the target final inclination was much ...
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Could a fan be used to prevent overheating on a Venus bound space probe?
I saw something saying that the circuits on a Venus bound space craft would overheat and basically ruin the the spacecraft.
Is that true?
If so, could they install fans to keep the circuits cool?
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Venus-Mars-Venus cycler?
Is it possible to create a cycler that can travel from Venus to Mars, then back to Venus? Using as little delta-V as possible.
To expound a bit further, it would need to travel from Venus to Mars ...
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What is the atmospheric composition of Venus at the 34 mile (50 km) altitude of the proposed HAVOC program?
Various people over the past 60ish years have suggested floating habitats in the high-altitude Venusian atmosphere, as the pressure, gravity, and temperature are comparable to Earth. The premise is ...
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What would be the challenges for a 50 km long tether to the surface of Venus to get recurrent surface samples there?
Basalt fiber would be an excellent material for a tether in the atmosphere of Venus because it could withstand both the acidity and the high temperature near the surface there.
From this answer about ...
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Is the retrograde (clockwise) rotation rate of Venus speeding up or slowing down?
In the update of the question "Would it be possible to "ride the wave" on Venus ?" there are links to articles in Science and in Science News that report that the atmosphere of Venus, hitting the ...
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Venus without the greenhouse
What would have been the approximate surface temperatures and pressure on Venus if its atmospheric composition was like the Earth's that is ,being composed primarily of nitrogen and oxygen,rather ...
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Could a solar sail composed of smart glass stay near the L1 point of Venus?
From answers to this question i've learned that the Lagrangian L$_1$ point of Venus is not stable, despite the almost circular orbit of the planet and the fact that it has no moon.
Nevertheless would ...
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Launch to orbit delta-v penalty from Venus compared to Earth?
Thinking about the no atmosphere caveat here made me think of Venus, which is the opposite of no atmosphere for solid/rocky bodies in our solar system.
Earth's low orbital velocity is about 7.8 km/s. ...
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Piece of debris in Venera 13 surface photos
(Source: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum)
In the Venera 13 Surface photo there is a piece of debris visible (the big thing slightly left of center). It looks like a sort cover, but maybe ...
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Should there not be a sulfuric acid free zone in the atmosphere above the equator of Venus?
The circulation in the troposphere of Venus follows an almost purely zonal flow, with windspeeds of about 100 m/sec at 60-70 km altitude, which corresponds to the upper cloud deck. These winds quickly ...
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Could H₂S₂O₈ (peroxydisulfuric acid), made in the clouds of Venus, be used for making a propellant?
The salts of the peroxydisulfate ion, S$_2$O$_8$$^2$$^-$, are strong oxidants like the perchlorates that are used in propellants for rockets.
In this answer on Chemistry stackexchange is a link to a ...
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Could the sulfuric acid in the atmosphere of Venus be heated enough by concentrated sunlight to create water and oxygen?
The atmospheric pressure and temperature at about 50 to 60 km above the surface of Venus is nearly the same as that of the Earth, making its upper atmosphere the most Earth-like area in the Solar ...
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Would it be achievable to use the first stage of a launch to Venus as the envelope of an airship in its atmosphere?
Like the Orbiter Vehicle of the Space Shuttle was mounted on its external tank, the "gondola", the crewcar of the airship, could be likewise mounted on the last stage of the launch rocket, that would ...
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Does turbulence make sky cities infeasible on Venus?
It has been proposed that Venus' atmosphere at the altitude of around 50 km could be colonized with large aerostats. Since Venus' atmosphere is largely CO2 regular air acts like a lifting gas. So it ...
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How were the Vega balloons deployed?
The Vega mission included balloon deployment into Venus' atmosphere. Deploying weather balloons on Earth is easy, but i imagine it is quite complicated in other planets' atmosphere from a spaceship.
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How to come back from a Venus cloud station?
I heard of the idea of having a manned station floating in the atmosphere of Venus, where the pressure is roughly equal to earth sea level.
The idea is exciting, but what I don't understand is how ...
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Why doesn't NASA plan a manned Venus flyby first? [closed]
After America will have returned to the Moon, why won't NASA make a Venus flyby mission with the Orion/SLS before going on to manned flights to Mars?
They are planning crewed missions to Venus (...
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How did the Venus Express detect lightning?
I found it very interesting (especially the sound recording) of the Venus Express detecting lightning on the planet Venus.
I found it strange watching the ' national geographic ' video about the ...
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Could the Saturn V actually have launched astronauts around Venus?
One of the more interesting proposed uses of a Saturn V was to launch a manned flyby of Venus. Some of the cargo would have been stored inside the tank of the upper stage, which would be retained ...
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Does exploration of Venus' atmosphere now require any planetary protection protocols?
This answer quotes Marc Rayman's August 21, 2018 Dawn Journal entry:
Not all solar system bodies need such protection. The Moon, Mercury and Venus, for example, have not been of interest for ...
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What are the questions and issues related to Kosmos 482's configuration and eventual reentry?
The Space.com article Failed 1970s Venus Probe Could Crash to Earth This Year describes Kosmos 482 (1972-023A, 5919), a 1972 Soviet Venus lander spacecraft that got stuck in LEO instead.
Since the ...
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What would it feel like to walk on Venus's surface?
The conditions on Venus's surface are extremely harsh. I'm trying to conceptualize what it would be like to walk on the surface through supercritical carbon dioxide. Obviously we must neglect the high ...
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What is the surface temperature distribution of Venus?
I can find lots of resources stating the average surface temperature. However, I have found conflicting reports concerning the distribution of temperatures on the surface. For example, the Venus ...
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Will the Parker probe use aerobraking at Venus? If not, why not?
The Parker probe needs to lose a great deal of orbital energy and angular momentum in order to approach the Sun so closely. It will be aided in doing that by multiple flybys of Venus. Are these purely ...
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Venus gravity assist (and aerobraking) - How much delta-V can it add?
The Voyagers made a grand tour using the gravity assist of each planet. But Jupiter, with a 12 year orbital period, doesn't always line up to be useful for spacecrafts destined to further planets. ...
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Venus Exploration [duplicate]
While reading an article about a possible "Cloud City" on Venus I was taken by the following statement:
Venus’s atmosphere is mainly carbon dioxide and thick clouds of
sulfuric acid cover the ...
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How was the radius of Venus measured so accurately (± 3 km) via radar in the mid 1960's, before Venera 4 and Mariner 5?
In several answers to the question When did planetary scientists realize Venus' surface pressure was almost 100x that on Earth? How did they find out? the known radius of Venus is mentioned.
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When did planetary scientists realize Venus' surface pressure was almost 100x that on Earth? How did they find out?
The question Surface of Venus - what would it look like to see a spacecraft crushed by the atmospheric pressure? is a good one!
That plus comments below this answer got me thinking first about just ...
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Surface of Venus - what would it look like to see a spacecraft crushed by the atmospheric pressure?
Assuming you send two landers to Venus that have an expected "surface life" of, say, 8 hours.
The second lander arrives four hours after the first, parks up 100 yards away and trains a video camera ...
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Will asteroid 2015 YA have a collision with Venus in october 2018?
When you use the Small-Body Data Browser of JPL Solar System Dynamics and do the search for asteroid 2015 YA, and after that push the [ show orbit diagram ] button, you can see that on october 12, ...
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High pressure Helium tanks for the Vega balloon experiments
Is there any available (scientific) information on the properties of the high pressure Helium storage tanks, used for the Vega balloon experiments on Venus?
Information on how big pressure gas they ...
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How could asteroid 2013 ND$_1$$_5$ become a moon of Venus with the aid of rocket engines?
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Although this question is similar to this one, it is different because asteroid 2012 XE$_1$$_3$$_3$ has a transitional path between Venus's Lagrangian points L5 point and L3 point, whereas ...
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Could asteroid 2012 XE$_1$$_3$$_3$ become a moon of Venus with the aid of rocket engines?
2012 XE$_1$$_3$$_3$ is an asteroid, classified as near-Earth object of the Aten group that is a temporary co-orbital of Venus.
It is following a transitional path between Venus's Lagrangian points L$...
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Venus vs Mars for colonization
Why is Mars getting so much attention vs Venus, which to me seems like a much more attractive option, in regards to habitability.
I've read that the upper atmosphere of Venus has the most Earth-like ...
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Is really almost all the water in the atmosphere of Venus above the clouds?
In this question about the amount of sulfuric acid in the atmosphere of Venus it is calculated that the amount of water in it's atmosphere is $9.6 \times 10^{15} \text{ kg }$ H$_2$O.
In one of the ...
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Why not bring life to Venus along with the next exploring mission?
Why not bring cyanobacteria and fertilizer to the atmosphere of Venus to improve conditions for life there by producing oxygen ?
Planetary protection could be a reason.
According to Wikipedia:
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Could we see the surface of Venus after the explosion of a H-bomb in its atmosphere?
The dense atmosphere of Venus is mainly composed of carbon dioxide and nitrogen, with clouds made of sulfuric acid droplets, which make optical observation of the surface impossible.
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Are the mountains of Venus of any help for us to explore the surface?
The circular orbit and small axial tilt results in no seasons, coupled with the well-known strong greenhouse that makes nights just as hot as days.
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How to calculate mass of fuel for Venus Orbiter
I'm working on a hypothetical constellation of orbiters at Venus for a school project, and I am currently trying to figure out how much fuel I need in the transfer stage. I have already calculated ...
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Speculation. Will this “turning-co2-into-O2” zeppelin work in Venus? [closed]
Background: Me and a friend are trying to "colonize" Mars and Venus. He has Mars, and I have to "colonize" Venus. So, my intention was to do a slow terraform by creating zeppelins that convert CO2 ...
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Could there be caves/underground tunnels in Venus?
If so, would they have the same pressure/temperature than of the surface of Venus? How could we "scan" the surface to gather that kind of information?
For reference, there are several images of lava ...
