Nuking Venus |
Nuking Venus |
Feb 17 2006, 03:50 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 212 Joined: 19-July 05 Member No.: 442 |
I was reading an online article on the various plans to explode nuclear weapons on the moon, when I spotted a reference to Soviet plans to 'calibrate' seismic models of Venus by exploding a nuclear weapon there, supposedly this planning went on until the 1970's which is well after the limited test ban treaty.
Obviously this would not have been a single craft mission, as seismographic equipment would have to have been emplaced before the explosion. Does anyone have any further information on just what was planned? |
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Feb 20 2006, 08:42 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1870 Joined: 20-February 05 Member No.: 174 |
One mission (or instrument on a mission) that is eventually going to fly, but LONG after a Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter and Galilean sat sample returns and rovers...
The Jovian geophysics/meteorology network... nuclear powered hot-air balloons floating in the atmosphere. One instrument would be very sensative pressure sensors with the ability to detect the "boom-rumble" propagation of meteor detonation pressure/sound waves through the deep jovian interior. (and any natural seismic-frequency noise the planet generates). |
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