/sci/ - Science & Math

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Rocks absorb heat and it doesn't dissipate well at 90 atmospheres, which is why much of the surface looks like this. Much of it is semi-molten, and even where our probes landed, they sank quite a bit (resulting in some of the failures). No probe that has landed on Venus has reach its operational life goal - unlike those on Mars which have regularly exceeded their live goals by multiple magnitudes.

There hasn't been tectonic activity on Venus for at least half a billion years. It is true there are volcanos that are probably redistributing stuff, but that also makes it harder to pick safe mining spots, while the chaotic flows make it impossible to determine where you're going to land... But it's true, if you collapse the atmosphere via cooling that may help with the striation issues.

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Dude, the mission was over in 2012... I think they can fucking play around a bit now.

Curiosity and Opportunity are putting in insane overtime - damn things just won't die.