Why Will Humans Never Set Foot on Venus?

Vladimir Sychev, chief researcher and head of the Space Biology Research Department at the Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said that humans will never land on Venus.

He said: "Conditions on Venus are so harsh that it is unlikely humanity will be able to send a manned mission there."

He added: "The temperature on the planet's surface reaches 400 degrees Celsius, while the temperature in its atmosphere at an altitude of 60 kilometers ranges between 40 and 60 degrees Celsius."

The scientist pointed out that he had previously announced the discovery of compounds in Venus's atmosphere that could indicate the presence of life there. However, this assumption remains controversial.

It is worth noting that Haskell White-Janila, a doctoral student at the University of Washington, had demonstrated the impossibility of life existing on desert planets. According to him, a planet the size of Earth needs at least 20 to 50 percent of the water contained in Earth's oceans to maintain the geological carbon cycle, a fundamental natural mechanism for regulating a planet's surface temperature. This water-dependent process ensures the exchange of carbon between the atmosphere and the planet's interior over millions of years.