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Re:NASA mission to Venus in 1978 may have detected phosphine... by gremlinsinc on Sunday March 28, 2021 @07:50PM (#26616052)
Does it need to float? Could not some sort of mountain plateau work that's the right altitude but perfectly solid ground, just high in the sky?
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Re:NASA mission to Venus in 1978 may have detected phosphine... by nobodyandproud on Sunday March 28, 2021 @07:57PM (#26616103)
The safe height is on the order of 50 to 60 kilometers up, so that’s a tall order.
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