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NNadir

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2. If you read the full article, nobody is expecting to find life.

Reply to qazplm135 (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 10, 2019, 10:00 PM

Jun 2019

They are trying to find out what happened.

The sulfuric acid in the atmosphere would almost certain digest any amide or phosphate bonds that would be essential to life.

I think the materials science they're thinking of using, silicon carbide shielding may break the Venera record for surface survival on Venus, perhaps by a significant amount.

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Venus, Earth's Evil Twin: Once a water-rich Eden, the hellish planet could reveal... [View all] NNadir Jun 2019 OP

I mean the answer is qazplm135 Jun 2019 #1

If you read the full article, nobody is expecting to find life. NNadir Jun 2019 #2

I was responding to this quote qazplm135 Jun 2019 #3

Actually, we don't know what happened. NNadir Jun 2019 #4

we know more than enough qazplm135 Jun 2019 #9

You know more than "enough." NNadir Jun 2019 #10

there is a HUGE difference qazplm135 Jun 2019 #11

Mercury has to be even hotter than Venus. brush Jun 2019 #6

Except qazplm135 Jun 2019 #8

Is this from "The Onion"? Venus is too close to the effin sun. brush Jun 2019 #5

Exploration of upper layers of the atmosphere would be interesting. Ghost Dog Jun 2019 #7