NASA | Return to Venus | Director's Cut

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From Galileo and the Heliocentric model of the Solar System to James Hansen and climate research, observations of the planet Venus throughout history have given us the perspective we need to understand our own place in the universe. Yet with nearly two decades since the last U.S. mission there, our sister planet has received little attention in recent years. Return to Venus provides a look back at the history of Venus exploration, how human perceptions of the planet have changed through time, and inspires us think about what secrets we have yet to reveal from our inhospitable and enigmatic neighbor.

Interviews with Dr. Cherilynn Morrow and Tatiana Loboda


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http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2006/vesper.html

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[cenarsystems]

BEAUTIFUL

[capecodweather]

Wonderfully composed! Thanks for posting!

[olderanddecrepit]

@ghostslayer54 You ought to be REALLY confused when you look at the animation at 4:11 and see that it depicts the spacecraft going to the closest planet: MERCURY!!

[Rebun24]

@ghostslayer54 you might already know this by now but venus is hotter than mercury because Venuses atmosphere traps heat generated by volcanoes on the planet and so it just got hotter and hotter and barely any heat escapes from it.

Mercury on the other hand does get extremely hot but since it has such a small atmosphere all the heat on the planet escapes out to space.

[ghostslayer54]

mercury is the closest planet to the sun and yet venus is the hottest im confused........

[MeX2004]

All planet Venus need is 30% shade from sun to start the chain of events to cool down the planet just enough thats all. H2SO4 in Venus atmosphere will rain down on the ground and will begin to neutralize by reacting with soil. When the Venus ocean which is up in the air rains down on the Venus surface, it will bring down the atmospheric pressure to normal as on earth.

Later, planet Venus will make an excellent science project for college and university students. They can terraform it.

[datachip]

@ananiasacts  Maybe that will happen after we figure out how to fix our own.

[ananiasacts]

I suppose Venus will have to wait until we can engineer something to seed it with that will fix the atmosphere.

[GeminiAzules]

cold war.

wars are between governments, not the people.  thats why governments need propaganda.

[beatboy001]

vERY INTERESTING,GREAT  VIDEO !

[dismutased]

Venus, definitely one of my favourite planets.