Ten Safety and Survival Tips for Astronauts Who Don't Know What to do on Venus
- An extra crewmember may be helpful, but remember that that's one more mouth to feed. You might have to resort to an abrupt abortion in your mission. Even worse, you might develop cannibalism.
- Bring lots of water and rations.
- Make sure you have extra oxygen tanks just in case you find something interesting and you want to examine it further in its natural habitat.
- Have a way to contact your space station, just in case there is an emergency or if you are stranded without your ship.
- Make sure you have something to protect you and your belongings against the extreme winds in Venus.
- Store everthing you find in non-corrosive, heat-resistant containers, unless you want your limbs destroyed by acid that broke through your crude containers.
- You should not touch anything in Venus with your bare hands, even if you have extracted it from Venus and have put it in your ship for examination. Always have extra powerful, non-corrosive gloves.
- Do NOT approach any crater or volcano. Especially Sif Mons. Chances are that lava will spurt in your face, possibly destroying your protection. You will inevitably die.
- Park your spaceship in the least acidic place possible, and be sure to watch out for volcanoes, too.
- If you want a lava sample, use your MOST NON-CORROSIVE, HEAT-RESISTANT CONTAINER!!
Now that my crewmate and I have educated you astronauts, back to Venus!