Space Agency NASA has long interested in the Venusian sky. The space Agency has charged a Colorado Black Swift Technologies to develop aircraft for atmospheric observations of Venus. “Black Swift Technologies provide aerial solutions for the wild land fires, volcanoes, tornadoes, and hurricanes — the most extreme events on Earth,” says BST CEO Jack Elston. “This mission will be a natural extension of our development, only now we will focus on extreme conditions of Venus”.
Being a specialized engineering firm, BST will provide specially designed research aircraft platform. The company offers planetary air transport, based on “dynamic soaring” which exploits the advantages of wandering winds for propulsion and speed. On the small units usually use dynamic soaring, as the sea birds that migrate over long distances.
“Our decision will not only survive the harsh conditions of the wind, but to produce purposeful sampling of the atmosphere in a continuous extraction of energy even on the dark side of the planet,” says Elston.
Despite the fact that the surface temperature of Venus is higher than on any other planet in the Solar system (467 ° C), atmospheric pressure and temperature at a height of 50-65 kilometers are about the same as on Earth.
The upper layers of Venus more earth-like conditions than even dry and cold the surface of Mars.
The atmosphere of Venus consists mostly of carbon dioxide and nitrogen and much denser and hotter than the earth. The upper atmosphere of Venus show the phenomenon called “superprestige”, they rotate much faster than the planet earth (4 earth day 243 earth days).
As a result, the winds dispersed to 360 km/h But the wind slows down with decreasing height, and on the surface of Venus is already walking a light breeze (10 mph). Planning at a height of 50-65 kilometers the device will feel “like a fish in water.”
NASA plans to send to Venus aircraft
Ilya Hel