Interconnected, autonomous balloons could help us track down and study volcanoes on Venus - by AndyTomaswick
Venus is a harsh environment. We need technology that can survive there, according to this UT video.
It’s much better – 63% better at achieving close-up observations of active or recently active volcanoes, according to the team’s simulations. But how they got to that number could use some further explanation. First, how can you tell when a volcano erupts on a planet completely shrouded from outside view?
Orbiting above the planet and looking down through the atmosphere has one advantage – it allows the orbiter to see different wind currents that could be used to direct balloons in the right direction.
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