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| February 3, 2030 | |||||||||||||
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| �We have landed on Venus, the acidic planet,� I told the official. �However, our landing was crude, due to the high velocity winds (300 km/hour). We were not expecting such heat; even from inside our spacecraft. We were also worried that there may be a leak due to acid rain. A crewmate checked the deck for cracks or anything that would let in the heat,� my crewmate added as I opened the ship door. Once we got out of the ship, we groaned because of the intense heat. �Venus�s atmosphere is 96% carbon dioxide (which is not poisonous, but it�s not breathable either) 3% nitrogen, and 1% other elements,� our official reminded. We knew we were not going to be able to walk very far in this burning heat, so we had to take our portable Venus rover that could hold human occupants. �Umm, our rover has all the gasoline fuel tanks, right?� I asked my crewmate. �Of course not. Our rover runs on carbon dioxide, STUPID! Obviously, there are no gas stations on Venus since it does not have intelligent life. However, if our rover runs on CO2, we will not run out of fuel because Venus had vast resources of the compound! DUH!� My crewmate reprimanded. �Oh,� I said stupidly. �Umm, we have our air conditioning, right?� I wondered out loud. My crewmate stared at me as if I was the dumbest organism he had ever seen. �If our rover is already coated with special protection from acidic heat with futuristic technology so it would not melt and corrode like the past failures, it obviously includes a basic thing like air conditioning,� my crewmember said, frustrated with my stupidity. �Now instead of wasting time, let�s start doing something interesting, like observe the volcanoes. We need to follow the objectives of the mission.� �These volcanoes intrigue me.� I said absentmindedly. �They are constantly spraying out red lava, and some look like ticks.� �I hope the lava gets you,� my crewmate muttered under his breath. The rover brought us to one of Venus�s largest volcanoes, Sif Mons. We began to scale the volcano in our rover to collect lava samples. We found some interesting things in the samples and went back to analyze them in our lab. br> Back to the original site |
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