Venus Airships / by Brad Guth

On May 6, 2:25 pm, "Hagar" wrote:
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On May 5, 6:32 pm, "Hagar" wrote:

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On May 5, 7:25 am, "Hagar" wrote:

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Why don’t you suggest whatever makes Hagar a happy camper.

. – Brad Guth

OK, Brad, I would like to see big gigantic ****ing gondolas, like those in
Venice, only 100 times larger. We could hire genuine Wap gondoliers to
operate huge foam rubber paddles to propel us through the acidic vapor. A
1/4 inch cover of old fashioned axle grease should suffice for protection
from the Sun and some old WWII Kraut helmets for protection against any
other debris floating around. Some bagpipes for background music would be
nice. Marshmallows could be toasted by merely hanging them over the edge for
about 5 seconds.

5 seconds might even be good enough to defrost a frozen pizza, that is
if you'd landed where it's 735 K or better. Otherwise, at 50 km and
within the season of nighttime it's kind of cool outside, and even by
their season of day it's just getting nicely desert like warm and
relatively crystal dry.


See, I'm with you all the way on this. So, Heavens to Murgatroyd, let's get
cracking on the design of this ever so futuristic venture.

Let us start off with the outer shell or composite hull, though not
hardly so futuristic because, I believe most everything necessary has
already been invented. We just have to carefully select from any
number of viable options.

If really big or even aerodynamically sleek and unified blimp like
isn't an option, then how about using 5 spheres of 10 meters diameter
each for creating this 50 meter long prototype of our robotic
airship. With some careful reductions in its inert mass, a fully
terrestrial capable version (similar to a 60~65 km Venus application)
should be doable, especially since modern electrical and electronic
technology has gotten so much more energy efficient and micro in size,
as well as representing hardly any payload mass.
. - Brad Guth