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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 (www.businessinsider.com)
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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.

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[–] Art3sian@lemmy.world 53 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Err… Venus has one of the most hostile environments in the Solar System. A titanium probe can only survive there a few hours.

Dumb.

[–] Zirconium@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Carbon fiber though?

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 18 points 2 years ago

And flex tape and control it with Razer RGB controller.

[–] Hector_McG@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

What could possibility go wrong with using a low compression strength material in a high pressure environment?

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Carbon fiber is much better, that would probably be eaten through in a few seconds. Much less waste.

[–] donnachaidh@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Well, it does say it would be a floating colony, so it would probably be up where the atmosphere is about as dense as Earth's, and above the sulfuric acid clouds, which is quite a bit more feasible than on the surface. That's something actual real scientists and engineers have looked at. Still not overly feasible though, and there surely won't be a 1000-person colony there by 2050. Even if NASA, SpaceX and the rest of the industry pivoted to Venus rather than Mars, I'd doubt that could happen. And I'd trust pretty much anyone more than this guy to pull it off.

[–] magnor@lemmy.magnor.ovh 4 points 2 years ago

Exactly. I don't see any flaw with his idea. I'm sure billionaires are litterally dying to get on that trip.

[–] throws_lemy@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 years ago

This will be a very expensive journey, so let the billoinaires have a taste first!

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

Ok, Mercury then?