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Photos from the Surface of Venus

Posted by michael on from the land-down-under dept.

Mean_Nishka writes "I was surprised to learn that the Soviets sucessfully landed a number of probes on the surface of Venus (the probes were given the name 'Venera') in the 70's and early 80's. NASA has a small collection of images from four of the missions. The images aren't much, but offer a stunning view of the surface of Venus. You can view surface photos at this NASA site. Space.com has a great summary of the Venera program here."

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  1. Why democracy might not be a good idea after all by e_pluribus_funk · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    For every person making a vote based off of research, analysis, and careful consideration of the candidates, you have a guy like this flipping the coin and cancelling out your vote. Why Venus will not be colonized before Mars: 1) Gravity isn't a "big insurmountable". Mars gravity would be just fine for colonists. Venus gravity would make it prohibitively expensive to make orbit. 2) The "solvable" extreme pressure and heat also exists on Jupiter. "Solvable" != economically feasible. How exactly do you propose to "solve" these problems? 3) Venus is not "much more interesting". It's a dead rock. Mars, from the standpoint of history, is much more interesting. 4) You're an idiot. 5) Venus is tidally locked.