http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjtmZ-P2KWc
Harry
On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 8:25 PM, Harry Veeder wrote:
> Mars gets all attention, but Venus is actually more hospitable in the clouds.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Venus
>
> "Despite the harsh conditions on the surface, the atmospheric pressure
> and temperature at about 50 km to 65 km above the surface of the
> planet is nearly the same as that of the Earth, making its upper
> atmosphere the most Earth-like area in the Solar System, even more so
> than the surface of Mars. Due to the similarity in pressure and
> temperature and the fact that breathable air (21% oxygen, 78%
> nitrogen) is a lifting gas on Venus in the same way that helium is a
> lifting gas on Earth, the upper atmosphere has been proposed as a
> location for both exploration and colonization."
>
> A manned flyby mission to venus was planned in the 1970s
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manned_Venus_Flyby
>
> Harry
>
