NASA plans to colonize Venus

Venus seems researchers are very attractive planet for exploration and colonization, despite the fact that its surface is in a literal sense, seems hell for all living things.

NASA began the research project HAVOC - fleet aircraft on solar panels which will be able to form in the clouds "Morning star" the whole settlement.

The pressure in 92 of the earth's atmosphere, a shower of sulfuric acid with lightning and temperatures up to 500 Celsius - this is an incomplete list of problems encountered during the development of Venus. However this has not stopped researchers, who designed the project HAVOC flying fortress to send to the planet.

"When people hear about the idea to go to Venus, they think that its surface is melted lead, and the pressure as much as if you were under water at a depth of 1.5 km," said NASA engineer Chris Jones. Researchers had to find a method to prevent interaction of the ship with the lower layers of the atmosphere unfriendly planet.

"Usually, when talking about the flight to Mars announce the entrance, lowering and landing. Certainly in our case, the landing will mean the immediate collapse operations, and we are talking about the entrance, lowering and hang ships," says NASA expert Dale Arnie.

The authors of the concept plan to colonization in several steps. In the 1-x, the planet will go research robot. It will be followed by manned spacecraft that will orbit Venus 1 month, but for him, it will enter the atmosphere at the same time. On a team of 2 astronauts will spend in the atmosphere "Morning star" for an entire year, and someday there may even receive a settlement, according to RT.

The astronauts who will travel to Venus, are unlikely to be able to leave the ship, but at the height of 50 km from the surface they will be even safer than on Mars. This will allow you to spend a few experiments before the earth's population will go to the red planet.

"Venus has tremendous value as an object of exploration and colonization, " said Jones. But at the same time it will provide invaluable assistance in the development of Mars. There are things that are easier to do during the mission to Venus than during the flight to Mars," he added. According to researchers, in the process they also expect to analyze the greenhouse effect on the planet, to better understand what awaits us on Earth in the future.

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