ESA to Send Spacecraft to Venus

teeto writes to tell us The International Herald Tribune is reporting that the European Space Agency is planning to send a spacecraft to peer at Venus." From the article: "If the robot craft pulls off the complex maneuver of slowing down enough to swing into orbit, scientists hope it will help solve the mystery of how the shrouded, churning atmosphere of Venus formed and how it maintains the planet's broiler-like temperatures."

Comments

Metric vs SAE

[samurphy21]

At least the ESA can probably convert from old timey to scientific measurements properly.

<Mission control> Spacecraft 1, you are currently 1300 rods from impact, at a fuel consumption rate of 4 7/16 hogshead per mile. Be advised.

<Spacecraft> WTF?!

Re:Didn't you hear? It's GLOBAL WARMING

[DreadfulGrape]

Wouldn't it be wild if we'd come to earth hundreds of thousands of years ago from Venus, seeded only by "Adam and Eve" who were a bit like breeding Superman(s), while the Venusian civilization died, and the one on Earth began to rebuild from scratch?

Wild, dude. BTW, pass that bong to me when you're done with it....

Re:Earth's own past is gloomy enough to warn us

[Whiteox]

Hey Man... My wife is from Venus.