Planet venus it is at the center of an incredible plan announced during the past days by a researcher, and he presents us with a method by which this planet can be used for future trips to Mars. More specifically, the planet Venus would be used to catapult spacecraft with astronauts to Mars, just as NASA spacecraft were sent to explore various other planets in our solar system in the past.
Planet venus it was used by those from NASA to catapult the Voyager and Cassini spaceships to Saturn, and not only that, its orbit being of great help to increase the speed of those spaceships. Now a researcher says that the same thing could also be used to reduce the travel time to Mars, but only if the planet Venus was explored in advance by those from NASA, with astronauts.
Planet Venus: The INCREDIBLE Plan to Travel to Mars
Planet venus it is not the first mention of this kind regarding missions that would take us to Mars, those from NASA saying that its orbit could be used to send ships more quickly to the fourth planet from the sun. It is possible that such a solution would be even cheaper than the one that would involve sending people directly to Mars, but here NASA will have to do some calculations and give us details about the final costs of the missions.
"Since waiting too long for the planets to align is not an option, a team of scientists and engineers have proposed a way to use Venus as a cosmic slingshot to Mars. The spacecraft would use the same method of gravity assist as the Voyagers and Cassini. It would take advantage of our sister planet's gravity, bringing us close enough to slow down the edge of the orbiting planet, whose energy would then pull Mars."
Planet venus it is not only taken into account because it was used in previous missions, but also because it would eliminate the waiting periods between the alignment of the planets' orbits for the launch of missions to Mars. The duration of a trip to Mars would be 180 days, but the astronauts would have to stay there for 550 days until the planet aligns with the Earth, so using the orbit that the planet Venus has could reduce this period of time.
Planet venus it is one of the solutions that researchers are considering at the moment, but of course other solutions could be found to send people safely to the red planet.
