I wonder what a future suit for Venus will look like?

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Jefferson-Washington — 7/20/2009 6:59:51 PM (archived)

Seriously, if some future crazy astronaut wants to land and walk on the surface of Venus for an hour or two, he or she might wear an gold-plated, liquid-nitrogen cooled armored suit on its surface.
The gold plating will reflect heat and keep the suit from corroding
in sulfuric-acid mist.

We already have the technology I think for walking on Mercury
for a few hours.
The beta-cloth white outer covering on Apollo astronaut spacesuits
was good upto 1200 Fahrenheit.
I think it's only 600-700 Fahrenheit on the surface of Mercury.

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To those ladies here, Playtex had a major part in Project Apollo. - Jefferson-Washington - 7/19/2009 9:16:14 PM
- CROSS YOUR HEART? - carl - 7/20/2009 4:28:09 PM
  - They had what they called the pooh and pee bags I'm told. - Jefferson-Washington - 7/20/2009 6:49:57 PM
- I read your subject line and... - Eri - 7/19/2009 9:18:51 PM
  - LOL. (n/t) - Jefferson-Washington - 7/19/2009 9:31:58 PM
    - What Armstrong might have worn on the Moon if UCLA had its way - Socrates II - 7/20/2009 2:14:03 AM
      - I wonder what a future suit for Venus will look like? - Jefferson-Washington - 7/20/2009 6:59:51 PM
        
        There's no sulfuric acid on the surface - Adam - 7/23/2009 7:33:58 AM
      - You mean Buzz Lightyear? (n/t) - Jefferson-Washington - 7/20/2009 6:43:55 PM
      - Yikes! (n/t) - Eri - 7/20/2009 3:00:09 AM

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