Submitted by MicroSofty88 t3_y5lz23 in gadgets
Flaky-Fish6922 t1_isnmokg wrote
Reply to comment by chaostheories36 in NASA aces test of robot balloon that could one day explore Venus by MicroSofty88
the entire freaking planet is a hell hole.
some points to consider- it's extremely hot.
like melt-the-probe kind of hot.
the atmosphere is extremely dense and at the surface has extreme pressures. like shrink-the-cute-styrofoam-head-outside-the-submarine pressure.
oh, and it rains fucking sulfuric acid.
what's hilarious is, early on they thought she was the sister planet to earth, because gravity was similar, rocky world with a similar orbit to earth....
and then we sent probes there and the probes kept dying.
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