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 - eviltoast
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.

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.

  • venusenvy47@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    It would be nearly impossible to mine ore from the surface. We don’t have the technology to keep something functional on the surface for more than a few minutes before it melts. A planet where you can’t access/visit the surface doesn’t seem like a good planet for humans to live.

    • porkins@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      A large number of probes have been landed on Venus already throughout the 70’s. They were able to take pictures and measure temperature on the surface for about an hour at most. That was over 50 years ago. I’m sure we are capable of constructing machines that can withstand the conditions for much longer now. In 30 years though we might not even deem that necessary and just capture an asteroid and orbit it around the planet and build the base of operations atop that.