High Altitude Venus Operational Concept

Artist's rendering of a NASA crewed floating outpost on Venus

High Altitude Venus Operational Concept (HAVOC) is a set of crewed NASA mission concepts to the planet Venus. All human portions of the missions would be conducted from lighter-than-air craft or from orbit.[1] A similar concept, the "Floating Islands of Venus", was proposed by Soviet engineer and sci-fi writer Sergei Zhitomirsky in 1971.[2][3]

  1. ^ Arney, Dale; Jones, Chris (2015). HAVOC: High Altitude Venus Operational Concept - An Exploration Strategy for Venus. SPACE 2015: AIAA Space and Astronautics Forum and Exposition. 31 August-2 September 2015. Pasadena, California. NF1676L-20719.
  2. ^ "сказали ученые, обобщив результаты исследований АМС «Магеллан»". Tekhnika Molodezhi. March 1997. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  3. ^ "Crazy ideas Soviets imagined for space colonization (PICS)". Russia Beyond. 20 April 2020. Retrieved May 30, 2023.

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