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Fraser Cain
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Venus has a thick layer of clouds that obscures our view of the surface. To tackle that, this NIAC project suggests launching a balloon with a tether that will go below the cloud layer and help us image Venus surface.
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NIAC Award. TOBIAS: Tethered Observatory for Balloon-based Imaging and Atmospheric Sampling
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/tobias-tethered-observatory-for-balloon-based-imaging-and-atmospheric-sampling/
- 00:00 Intro
- 01:37 Upper atmosphere of Venus
- 20:23 Possible Sample Collection
- 21:52 Upcoming Venus missions
- 25:18 NIAC project goals
- 26:58 Current obsessions
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1791 - [NIAC 2025] Our Best Venus Map Is 36 Years Old. NASA Wants to Fix it With BalloonsMon, 10 Feb 2025 - 0h
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1788 - [NIAC 2025] Using Metamaterials to Build A Starshade in SpaceWed, 05 Feb 2025 - 0h
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1787 - [Q&A] Shape of Craters, Max Size for a Telescope, Atmospheres of Black HolesTue, 04 Feb 2025 - 0h
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1786 - [NIAC 2025] NASA Just Funded This Project. Assembling Large Structures in SpaceMon, 03 Feb 2025 - 0h
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1785 - [NIAC 2025] NASA’s First Step To A Cloud City on VenusSun, 02 Feb 2025 - 0h
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1784 - [Interview] Here's Why We Need A Venus Exploration ProgramSat, 01 Feb 2025
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1783 - [Space Bites] Building Blocks of Life // Giant Volcanic Activity of Io // Bacteria Outside the ISSFri, 31 Jan 2025 - 0h
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1781 - [Interview] Alien Atmosphere Inspector. The Pandora TelescopeWed, 29 Jan 2025 - 0h
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1776 - [Interview] Fundamental Limits of LifeWed, 22 Jan 2025 - 0h
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1770 - [Q&A] First Terrestrial Planets, Expanding Universe VS Gravity, Black Hole Lagrange PointsTue, 14 Jan 2025 - 0h
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1769 - [Interview] 10 Year Search for Dark Matter in AntarcticaMon, 13 Jan 2025 - 0h
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1765 - [Bonus] Extra Part. Interview with Harry BrodskyWed, 08 Jan 2025 - 0h
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1763 - [Space Bites] Dark Energy Illusion // Great Meteor Shower // Mars ChopperFri, 03 Jan 2025 - 0h
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1762 - [Q&A] Bigger Body Parts in Space, Venus VS Mars, Favourite MoonTue, 31 Dec 2024 - 0h
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1760 - [Q&A] Origin of Mars' Moons, Mission INTO a Gas Giant, Canada in SpaceTue, 24 Dec 2024 - 0h
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1759 - [Interview] What The Hell Is Life? And How Do We Search For It?Mon, 23 Dec 2024 - 0h
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1758 - [Space Bites] TRAPPIST-1b Atmosphere // 2 Landers 1 Rocket // NO Magma Ocean for IoFri, 20 Dec 2024 - 0h
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1757 - [Q&A] Ice-Covered Moon, Nature of Spaghettification, Adapting to MarsThu, 19 Dec 2024 - 0h
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1756 - [Interview] Ion Engines for The Solar Gravitational Lens and BeyondWed, 18 Dec 2024 - 0h
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1755 - [Q&A] Space Base on Phobos, Starship Returning from Mars, Hibernation During Space TravelTue, 17 Dec 2024 - 0h
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1754 - [Space Bites] Game Over for Gaia // Why Ingenuity Crashed // Humanity's First QuasarFri, 13 Dec 2024 - 0h
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1753 - [Q&A] Fighting Light Pollution, Venus Holding Its Atmosphere, Space Under New AdministrationThu, 12 Dec 2024 - 0h
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1752 - [Q&A] Milky Way from the ISS, Poking a Black Hole, Sun Bringing The Moon CloserTue, 10 Dec 2024 - 0h
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1751 - [Interview] How Black Widow Pulsars Can Be A Sign of Star-Eating AliensMon, 09 Dec 2024 - 0h
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1750 - [Space Bites] Trump's New NASA Administrator // Artemis Delayed Again // No Oceans in Venus' PastFri, 06 Dec 2024 - 0h
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1749 - [Q&A] JWST in Different Spectra, Milky Way Losing Stars, Mystery of the Sun's CoronaThu, 05 Dec 2024 - 0h
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1748 - [Interview] First Ever Steam World Found by JWSTWed, 27 Nov 2024 - 0h
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1746 - [Space Bites] What's Inside Uranus // Dragonfly Launch Secured // Best JWST Image of 2024Fri, 29 Nov 2024 - 0h
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1744 - [Interview] Where Did The Mysterious JUMBOs in The Orion Nebula Come From?Wed, 27 Nov 2024 - 0h
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1743 - [Q&A] Funding Space Stations After ISS, Gravity Tractor Experiment, Digital Adaptive OpticsTue, 26 Nov 2024 - 0h
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1742 - [Bonus] Cosmology, AI Doom, and the Future of HumanitySun, 24 Nov 2024
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