Minutes at the Edge #9 – Airships and Cloud Cities for Venus

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There is a NASA study out, which proposes using airships and cloud cities, habitats in the upper atmosphere of Venus, to explore the planet.

The whole idea is far less freaky than it sounds, believe me! Here’s my podcast introducing the whole thing:

And you can find out more about everything (and please check out the graphics) at spectrum.ieee.org.