Ben Bova’s Venus disappoints. Lots of good elements but the revelation was telegraphed from miles away and some of the characters were cartoonish. At least there was some good exploration
Edward Hlavka
Edward Hlavka
Birth of Aphrodite by Laura K. Cannon
Art by SCIENCE HYPE - even more great space art posters at that link
bioshock infinite is about to become reality
#nO BUT#WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN ASTROBIO#BASICALLY VENUS’S ATMO IS LIVEAble#oxygen nitrogen some noble gases the whole shebang#and the only problem is the shITTON OF SULFURIC ACID COMING DOWN AS RAIN ALWAYS#and if you could create something secure and stable above the cloud layer but within the atmosphere#you could literally have people on venus without exosuits#and if you don’t think that’s the coolest shit then geT OUTTA MY FACE#SPAAAAAACE
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THAT IS ONE OF THE COOLEST FUCKING THINGS I HAVE EVER HEARD
When ur stoned and get the most fucked up snapple fact ever
Update: It takes 243 days for it to rotate and 225 days for it to orbit the sun so that’s why
Go home, Venus, you’re stoned.
have some gifs. Venus without her atmosphere, Mars and Jupiter.
Our solar system officially has eight planets and one star: the Sun. The discovery of an object larger than Pluto in 2005 rekindled the debate over whether such objects, belonging to the Kuiper Belt – a collection of icy bodies located beyond Neptune – should be called planets. Pluto and other large members of the Kuiper Belt are now considered “dwarf planets.”
Planet facts: space-facts.com
Ben Bova’s Venus disappoints. Lots of good elements but the revelation was telegraphed from miles away and some of the characters were cartoonish. At least there was some good exploration
Planeta Bur (Planet of Storms), U.S.S.R, 1962