George Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽Jul 29, 2023
Thoughts and prayers for the billionaires... 🚀
Show threadMartijn Tonies ✅Jul 29, 2023
@georgetakei Space is easier than deep sea though. :)
Show threadJ3RN  Jul 29, 2023

@mt @georgetakei I'm not sure if you're joking, but the atmosphere of Venus:
- is ~800°F
- moves at about 220 mph
- has clouds of incredibly corrosive sulfuric acid

So sure, getting to orbit might be easier than getting to the deep sea, but going to Venus is signing up to be submerged in fast-spinning, boiling Draino (and that's an understatement).

Show threadMartijn Tonies ✅
@j3rn Not American, so no clue how much 800F or 220 mph is.
Jul 29, 2023 at 5:01pmWeb
Show threadJ3RN  Jul 29, 2023
@mt 420°C and 320kph, respectively.
Show threadJayne StonehouseJul 29, 2023
@j3rn @mt reeeealy hot, pretty damned fast, like 2x highway speed.
Show threadAmericanist4UJul 30, 2023

@Basketofdogs @j3rn @mt

By 2050, that may be the average earth temperature in the summer..

Show threadBornachJul 30, 2023

@Basketofdogs @j3rn @mt
But you're leaving out the best bit

The atmospheric pressure is the equivalent of "being a kilometer (about 0.6 miles) underwater"
https://www.planetary.org/articles/what-would-it-be-like-to-stand-on-the-surface-of-venus#:~:text=The%20atmospheric%20pressure%20on%20the,car%20sitting%20on%20your%20thumbnail.

Will they be using a spaceship of novel design that uses composite materials like titanium and carbon fibre?

What could possibly go wrong?

What would it be like to stand on the surface of Venus?

With extreme heat and crushing atmospheric pressure, the surface of Venus is one of the most deadly environments in the Solar System. Here’s what it would be like to be there.

The Planetary Society
Show threadzeemeerminJul 29, 2023
@j3rn @mt It's too hot, too hot, lady...
Show threadRonald vd W.Jul 29, 2023
@mt @j3rn 425 C, although NASA cites 900F / 475 C (but that's surface temp); 354 km/h.
Show threadCoyotyJul 29, 2023
@mt @j3rn A really hot hurricane, so they could just go to Florida.