2023-08-04 19:50:31
Guillermo Söhnlein, co-founder of OceanGate, was unexpectedly thrust into the limelight following the Titan submersible tragedy.
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In particular, he faced many questions regarding the unfortunate outcome of the last raid, which killed five people, including his former colleague and friend Stockton Rush.
Remember that the submarine would have imploded a few hours following its descent.
OceanGate has since raised many concerns regarding its standards for innovation and security.
However, Mr. Söhnlein clearly has not let recent events dampen his ambitions, which are not limited to OceanGate.
Mr. Söhnlein is currently working on an even grander project which aims to send 1,000 humans to live in the atmosphere of Venus by 2050.
He claims his project isn’t as crazy as it looks, reports Business Insider.
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“I think that’s less ambitious than putting a million people on the surface of Mars by 2050,” he told Insider.
Although it is often called “Earth’s twin”, Venus does not seem to be the ideal place for human flourishing.
Even Söhnlein agrees.
“You are absolutely right that the idea of going to Venus would raise eyebrows outside of the space industry. And even within the space industry,” he agreed.
Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system. Its atmosphere is saturated with carbon dioxide, so its surface temperature might melt lead.
Sulfuric acid also falls from its clouds and its atmospheric pressure is 90 times more powerful than that of the Earth, according to NASA.
But Mr. Söhnlein does not budge: a colony on Venus is possible, according to him.
He cites to his aid research that suggests there is a patch of Venusian atmosphere regarding 30 miles from the surface where humans might theoretically survive because the temperatures there are lower and the pressure less intense.
According to Söhnlein, if a space station might be designed to withstand the sulfuric acid present in the clouds, hundreds or even thousands of people might one day live in the Venusian atmosphere.
A floating colony might thus accommodate 1000 people in the Venusian atmosphere by 2050.
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