06. Could we ever live on Venus? (A K2S Question)

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The clouds that completely cover Venus are mainly composed of sulfur dioxide and sulfuric acid droplets. The temperature is over 800° F and the atmospheric pressure is 92 times greater than Earth's on the surface. Humans would not be able to survive in such hostile conditions.


Answer provided by Laura Peckyno & Robert Peckyno


Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer