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Re:The Earth-Twin Planet That Nobody Talks About by gojomo on Sunday October 18, 2015 @04:21PM (#10409641)
NASA's latest vision for a Venus visit involves giant dirigibles – and perhaps someday a 'cloud city' like that of Bespin in Star Wars:

http://www.space.com/29140-venus-airship-cloud-cities-incred...

Re:The Earth-Twin Planet That Nobody Talks About by Axsuul on Sunday October 18, 2015 @06:41PM (#10410150)
Or if that depicted in Asimov's "The Sultan of the Clouds". Venus' atmosphere at a specific altitude is actually very similar in composition to that of Earth's at sea level (21% oxygen, 78% nitrogen).