2006-12-27 12:57:19 · 8 answers · asked by samantha j 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The Pioneer mission to Venus consisted of two components, launched separately. Pioneer Venus 1, Pioneer Venus Orbiter was launched in 1978 and studied the planet for more than a decade after orbital insertion in 1978. Pioneer Venus 2, Pioneer Venus Multiprobe sent four small probes into the Venusian atmosphere.
2006-12-27 13:05:55 · answer #1 · answered by Dark Angel 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Soviet Venera 13 lander that parachuted to the surface on 1982 March 1. It managed to send back this data.
1. It's too hot.The surface temperature is about 482 degrees Celsius that's 16,291.6 degrees Fahrenheit
2. The pressure is too great. It has an atmospheric pressure of 92 times that of sea-level on Earth.
3. We don't have umbrellas for the sulfuric acid rain. Venus' clouds are composed of sulfuric acid droplets.
Despite these harsh conditions, the Venera 13 lander survived long enough to send back a series of images and perform an analysis of the Venusian soil. An earlier Soviet Venus lander, Venera 7 (1970), was the first spacecraft to return data from the surface of another planet.
Mars is looking pretty good to me!
2006-12-27 13:38:14 · answer #2 · answered by Daystar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About 20 spacecraft have visited Venus so far. And the European Space Agency has the Venus Express there right now.
2006-12-27 15:13:08 · answer #3 · answered by phsgmo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It would be easy but why would you want to go there? Venus is very much like the traditional Christian concept of hell. The surface temperature is 900 F and the atmosphere is made of sulphuric acid at pressures that would instantly crush a human. The few spacecraft that have landed there have lasted no more than an hour tops.
2006-12-27 13:10:17 · answer #4 · answered by kevpet2005 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
A manned trip to Venus would be like taking a row boat from Australia to Hawaii and when you got there you couldn't get off the boat.
2006-12-27 13:28:49 · answer #5 · answered by Michael da Man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they don't want to. Venus is boring. It is very hot, so hot electronics fail if we try to land. It is covered with solid cloud cover, so getting up close to take pictures and using radar through the clouds doesn't give enough detail to be useful.
2006-12-27 13:08:25 · answer #6 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
We sent at least one probe to Venus already. Voyager.
2006-12-27 12:59:39 · answer #7 · answered by eri 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Give them credit for discovering that Uranus is quite the gaseous sphere.
2006-12-27 13:05:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋