#BLIMP

[deep-space-netwerk]

What do you mean by Venus floating cities?

I'm hoping to write a science fiction story about visiting Venus as part of the space race and I would love your input

Alright so the thing with Venus is that we're all very familiar with her horrible hell-death clouds and 900°F surface temperatures. We all understand the surface of Venus is not a fun place for humans to be.

But, nobody ever talks about the fact that ABOVE the hell-death clouds, Venus is a paradise. The most Earth-like environment we know of in the solar system, beyond Earth itself, is actually in the skies of Venus.

About 30 miles above the surface, the pressure is ~1 atmosphere, and the temperature ranges from 30 - 100°F, which is Happy Human™ standard pressure and temperature.

What's more, a breathable mix of oxygen and nitrogen provides over 60% the lifting power on Venus that helium does on Earth. In other words, a balloon full of human-breathable air would float to the habitable range of Venus's atmosphere. We could float a ship with the very air we breathe.

The other great thing about this is that it avoids one of the big problems with Mars colonization. On Mars, any habitat on the surface full of breathable air is vulnerable to leaks and explosive decompression, a la the Martian.

Floating on Venus, a balloon full of breathable air doesn't have a significant pressure difference between the inside and the outside. Which means, any leaks or tears would be very slow and manageable. You could fix that shit with duct tape!

Similarly, because the environment outside the balloon is so Earth-like, humans living there wouldn't need any big fancy pressurized suits for extravehicular work. We'd need air to breathe, maybe some heat protection, and protection against the acid rain. That's it. 

Venus also provides the tools to keep us fed! It's atmosphere is made primarily of carbon dioxide, even above the dense horrible clouds. What likes carbon dioxide? Plants from Earth!! Lets grow FOOD on FLOATING PLATFORMS in the SKIES of VENUS.

This whole idea actually came out of a NASA effort exploring potential Venus colonization. The program was called HAVOC - the High Altitude Venus Operational Concept.

It hasn't really gone anywhere, and as far as I know there are no real plans to revisit it. Unfortunately, from a practicality standpoint, Mars is a much more viable target for human colonization. Not only is it better poised for outer solar system exploration, being farther away from the sun, but living on Venus would come with too many complicated contingencies. In the event of a major failure on Venus, you'd need to fly to another base, or fuck off all the way to orbit. I understand why people aren't really in a hurry to live somewhere where landing on the surface means certain death.

But that doesn't mean I won't be forever and always enamored by the skies of Venus. Here's one of the artist concepts to come out of HAVOC.

I want to be there.

[zangtang]

Have you ever considered that you might be making too much of a big deal about whether anyone can see your belly hang

[flyingprivate]

"Le Jaune" Airship

The airship, Le Jaune, built by France’s Lebaudy brothers, glided past the Eiffel Tower in Paris at 11:15 a.m. on November 20, 1903.

The name Le Jaune (“The Yellow”) came from a coat of yellow lead chromate that was used to seal the airship envelope.

They constructed an airship hangar at Moisson, near the River Seine downstream from Paris and were instrumental in the development of airships, and a series of semi-rigid airships in the early years of the twentieth century.

[newyorkthegoldenage]

The Navy dirigible Los Angeles flying over Lower Manhattan, July 27, 1931.

Photo: NY Daily News via Getty Images/Fine Art America

[fatmanluver99]

Damn look at this delicious sexy fat pig. Ive pinned him down to the bed permanently and now he’s going to be fed forever. My beautiful blimp of pig.

[artbookisland]

An impressive scan from “Akira Club”, Katsuhiro Otomo.

[elizabugz]

[bugtrotter]

WHAt if, giant blimp but,, Dragon

RAWR!!!!

[carniecarnival]

a lovely commission i received from DiscoChaos on twitter! Fionna and I having some fun with a helium tank 💕

[zangtang]

one of the worst clips ever, showcasing the pointlessness, frustration and misery of life. to think he spent the whole day partying, and this is all I got. how dare they showcase family and joy when there's bellies hanging out of shirts to look at.

[moosh2727]

Jet's office in Sonic Riders

I had so much fun using a floating camera to explore (sorry for any clipping issues)

Behind his office

The office

Jet's board

The map on the right side of the room

The marking on the carpet

[bigglesworld]

Goodyear blimp 'Puritan'. Over Cleveland. 1920s

[downfalldestiny]

Cappadocia 🎈 !.

[booberries-morphs]

Berry Prime #JuicyJuly2024

[bugtrotter]

Well like, "technically" dfdfh, do giant blimps count!? :3

[carniecarnival]

Fionna is the newest and biggest attraction here in the Carnival Kingdom, so everyone give her a huge round of applause!~ <3

commissioned this wonderful piece from @/edge0fmind on twitter!