[NIAC 2025] Our Best Venus Map Is 36 Years Old. NASA Wants to Fix it With Balloons

Venus has a thick layer of clouds that obscures our view of the surface. To tackle that, this NIAC project suggests launching a balloon with a tether that will go below the cloud layer and help us image Venus surface.

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NIAC Award. TOBIAS: Tethered Observatory for Balloon-based Imaging and Atmospheric Sampling

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/tobias-tethered-observatory-for-balloon-based-imaging-and-atmospheric-sampling/

• 00:00 Intro


• 01:37 Upper atmosphere of Venus


• 20:23 Possible Sample Collection


• 21:52 Upcoming Venus missions


• 25:18 NIAC project goals


• 26:58 Current obsessions

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