Exploring Venus in a Manta Ray Inspired Spacecraft

[staarker]

A new spacecraft inspired by the manta ray and designed to surf the clouds of Venus has received a second round of funding from NASA. Dubbed BREEZE or the Bioinspired Ray for Extreme Environments and Zonal Exploration, the newly proposed inflatable craft would move through the Venusian clouds by propelling its wings like a manta ray.
https://thedebrief.org/exploring-venus- ... pacecraft/

[mr_iqman]

I think this is cool. I've always thought we should be trying to explore Venus first rather than Mars. Even tho the Venus environment is extreme, it can be very close to earth at times.