From: kozelsm@yahoo.com   
      
   On Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at 7:17:19 AM UTC-4, Jeff Findley wrote:   
   > In article <474f8f29-52b0-4363-914c-417974620d48o@googlegroups.com>,   
   > kozelsm@yahoo.com says...   
   > > On Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 11:32:01 PM UTC-4, dump...@hotmail.com   
   wrote:   
   > > >   
   > > > "Dale Arney and Chris Jones, from the Space Mission Analysis Branch of   
   NASA?s   
   > > > Systems Analysis and Concepts Directorate at Langley Research Center, in   
   > > > Virginia, have been exploring that idea. Perhaps humans could ride   
   through the   
   > > > upper atmosphere of Venus in a solar-powered airship. Arney and Jones   
   propose   
   > > > that it may make sense to go to Venus before we ever send humans to Mars.   
   > >   
   > > If that airship sprung a leak, what would be their backup plan?   
   > >   
   > > They would literally descend into the pits of Hell.   
   >   
   > They'd surely just leave.  They have to have a way to get back into   
   > Venus orbit to get to a transport that would take them back to earth.   
   > So, that would double as an emergency escape mechanism.   
      
   They would need to have another airship nearby and a way to quickly move all   
   the people to that airship.   
      
   Or have a rocket with enough passenger capacity to go to orbit.   
      
   Otherwise they would be toast.   
      
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