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   Message 104,824 of 106,651   
   Scott Kozel to Jeff Findley   
   Re: Life on Venus? Astronomers See a Sig   
   16 Sep 20 15:50:17   
   
   From: kozelsm@yahoo.com   
      
   On Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at 5:12:09 PM UTC-4, Jeff Findley wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   > kozelsm@yahoo.com says...   
   > >   
   > > They would need to have another airship nearby and a way to quickly move   
   all   
   > > the people to that airship.   
   >   
   > That's a possibility, but not what I was thinking.   
   >   
   > > Or have a rocket with enough passenger capacity to go to orbit.   
   >   
   > This is what I was thinking.  Since the crew likely doesn't want to say   
   > in the atmosphere of Venus forever, they presumably already have a   
   > launch vehicle which will get them from the airship back to Venus orbit.   
   > That would double as an escape vehicle.   
      
   It would depend on the crew size. If it was 5 or 6 people they could have such   
   a vehicle on hand.   
      
   If the crew was 25 or 30 or 50 or more that was built up over time, that might   
   take 5 or 10 separate trips to evacuate all of them.  They might not have   
   enough time to evacuate all.   
      
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