Guillermo Söhnleinm told Insider he has wanted to make humanity a multi-planet species since he was 11 years old, and that OceanGate was part of that ambition.

OceanGate’s cofounder wants to send 1,000 people to a floating colony on Venus by 2050, and says we shouldn’t stop pushing the limits of innovation::Guillermo Söhnleinm told Insider he has wanted to make humanity a multi-planet species since he was 11 years old, and that OceanGate was part of that ambition.

    • Kerfuffle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      11 months ago

      ezpz just design automatically unfoldable balloon that can survive in clouds of sulfuric acid

      Russia managed to land a probe safely on the surface of Venus that survived for almost an hour and sent back pictures… in 1975. The probe was called Venera 9: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera_9

      By the way, it used an unfoldable parachute to slow its decent, that presumably could not only survive in clouds of sulfuric acid but near the surface where conditions are much more extreme.

      Nothing about landing (or floating, in this case) a probe on a different planet is “ezpz” but comparatively speaking, it’s not that much of a stretch to imagine it being possible given what humans have already accomplished with less advanced technology. So why be snarky and contrary for no reason?