Re: How Rockets Differ From Jets

"tomcat" <jlavine@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

:Glenn Shaw wrote:
:> tomcat wrote in sci.space.shuttle:
:>
:> > This is absolutely correct. Either Venus, itself, or it's moons could
:> > be used for a slingshot.
:>
:> Um, Venus has moons?
:
:I thought every respectable planet had at least one moon.

It would appear that reality just doesn't comply much with what you
think.

:Venus would be a great place to take a rigid airship, however. It's
:gravity is .88 that of Earths and it has atmospheric pressure 90 times
:that of Earth.
:
:This was Brad Guth's suggestion and I think it might work. In fact,
:almost any fairly light spaceship could float around in the atmosphere
:on Venus.

If it didn't get smashed to bits and crumpled up by the winds. Uh,
you did realize the atmosphere on Venus doesn't just quietly sit there
like a pond, right?

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