https://youtube.com/shorts/uTfrXf_WHEY?si=Ra60T4e6t5Cd_pJZ
This is a YouTube Short of our MHD test firing #131.
What’s Happening at JPA
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Talking ChatGPT about Venus
I’m exploring Chat GTP and wondered what it would say about exploring Venus. I was surprised at the quality of the response. It gave a fairly complete and very readable summary of Venus exploration. Impressively it also cited the sources of the information.
My input:
How to explore the planet Venus in 500 wordsChatGPT’s output:
Venus is the second planet from the sun and is similar in size to Earth ¹. It has a thick atmosphere that traps heat, making it the hottest planet in our solar system ¹. Venus has been visited by more than 40 spacecrafts ¹. However, due to its harsh environment, no spacecraft has survived for more than a few hours on its surface ¹.
To explore Venus, scientists have used orbiters, flybys, and landers ⁴. The first successful landing on Venus was done by the Venera-7 space probe in 1970 ³. The Soviet Union sent several probes to Venus during the Cold War era to explore the planet ³. The probes were equipped with cameras, spectrometers, and other instruments to study the planet’s surface, atmosphere, and magnetic field ³.
NASA’s Magellan spacecraft, launched in 1989, mapped 98% of Venus’s surface using radar ¹. The spacecraft discovered that Venus has a young surface with many volcanoes and lava flows ¹.
In 2021, NASA announced two new missions to Venus: VERITAS and DAVINCI+ ². VERITAS will map Venus’s surface using radar and infrared imaging ². DAVINCI+ will study Venus’s atmosphere and surface using a descent sphere ². Both missions are expected to launch in the late 2020s ².
In summary, Venus has been explored by more than 40 spacecrafts, including orbiters, flybys, and landers ¹³⁴. The Soviet Union sent several probes to Venus during the Cold War era to explore the planet ³. NASA’s Magellan spacecraft mapped 98% of Venus’s surface using radar ¹. In 2021, NASA announced two new missions to Venus: VERITAS and DAVINCI+ ². VERITAS will map Venus’s surface using radar and infrared imaging, while DAVINCI+ will study Venus’s atmosphere and surface using a descent sphere ².
(1) Venus – NASA Science. https://science.nasa.gov/venus.
(2) All About Venus | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids. https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/all-about-venus/en/.
(3) The Surface of Planet Venus – Essay Example – StudentShare. https://studentshare.org/geography/1494515-write-about-the-planet-of-venus.
(4) Mercury and Venus – Lesson – TeachEngineering. https://www.teachengineering.org/lessons/view/cub_solar_lesson03.
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Taking MHD Testing to the Next Level
Youtube: https://youtu.be/8HTEUSK4o-k?si=kuBUmRc9Z8hfc-Gm
The next step! From MHD test firing No. 130
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MHD Visualization
Video: https://youtu.be/r9aXc6x8j1s
We’ve been running MHD systems in water to get a good view of what’s going on inside the engines.
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Engine Work Continues!
New Video: https://youtu.be/lIyIniLAcTw Testing, testing, testing. The latest.
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Ellipse work on a hot parking lot
We partially inflated the Ellipse inner air beam. Sure enough in inner cell was totally twisted up & needs to be pulled & reinstalled. The pavement measured 150 degrees F and four feet above the pavement in the air measured 138 degrees F. We did it quick then put it away.
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JP Aerospace Update Video
YouTube: https://youtu.be/foJmsC3QVo4
I covered all the major goings on here & even some of the minor ones. Updates on the Ellipse airship, in house helium production, Magnetohydrodynamic engines, the submarine & more.
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Balloon in Space
This was taken out the window of the Aurora 7 Mercury capsule by Astronaut Scott Carpenter. Mercury Tether Balloon Experiment, lost history of the space program. Video release tomorrow at 9am. Watch for it here!
