21 Dec '14 08:23>2 edits
-a very bad idea! What a waste of money that would be which could be spent on other things! But at least they are not insane enough (so far ) to be considering here putting a man on the surface of Venus! Instead they are talking about putting a man in an airship high in Venuses atmosphere above the cloud layer where at least the temperatures and pressures wouldn't be hellish (but the atmosphere would still be deadly to humans and there would be no point in bringing a parachute! ). But even doing that is very dangerous, expensive and completely pointless.
http://phys.org/news/2014-12-nasa-possibilities-mission-venus.html
Why not develop a sufficiently good AI to put in a small airship in Venuses atmosphere to do whatever research they want to do with an airship there but without the massive danger to human life and far greater expense of putting a man in it? I am sure that would definitely work out a lot cheaper and at least as effective. Not that I think even that would be worth it; -not much to look at there but just the tops of clouds and sunshine above the clouds. It would make pretty dry research.
http://phys.org/news/2014-12-nasa-possibilities-mission-venus.html
Why not develop a sufficiently good AI to put in a small airship in Venuses atmosphere to do whatever research they want to do with an airship there but without the massive danger to human life and far greater expense of putting a man in it? I am sure that would definitely work out a lot cheaper and at least as effective. Not that I think even that would be worth it; -not much to look at there but just the tops of clouds and sunshine above the clouds. It would make pretty dry research.