Weekly Space Hangout - Up, Up & Away with Dr. Jacob Izraelevitz and JPL's Venus Aerial Robotic Balloons

<p><a href= "https://youtu.be/ZrE2PWb_aVs">https://youtu.be/ZrE2PWb_aVs</a></p> <p><strong>Host:</strong> Fraser Cain ( <a href= "https://twitter.com/fcain">@fcain</a> )<br /> <strong>Special Guest:</strong> Despite the romance associated with Venus for millennia thanks to its having been named after the Roman god of love, Venus has proven to anything BUT romantic - LITERALLY! Combining the toxic and corrosive composition of its atmosphere with the crushing pressure exerted on anything that attempts to venture too far into it, Venus is the last place most of us would choose for a date. These conditions proved to be disastsrous for missions that sent traditional craft to the planet. To date, the only "craft" to have survived for more than a few hours are the 1985 Soviet Vega 1 (<a href= "https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbHNUZEwwZ1RwdGRPT2JYTENTeGE1QmxWS05sQXxBQ3Jtc0trZ29pT1RtQVBtRU82Zk5ta1ljeVd2b1lReWJydk0wYlpxNkpCS0FSNlVMZEZBdE1vSnlRUWZ0NWxEWTlVcTRrS3lORnJZT25pS3FIWHh2UENfN3RqUHpUZkM4UDRxa3ZkWjk0QWFwM2UtVnZLaWpRYw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fsolarsystem.nasa.gov%2Fmissions%2Fvega-1%2Fin-depth%2F&v=ZrE2PWb_aVs">https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions...</a>) and Vega 2 (<a href= "https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa09nRHI3eUlORTRRbEwwbUZ6b0RkLTRhdmtZUXxBQ3Jtc0tsQ1luNThBa0MyMjlBTG1YcnpjRXZBd3NDLThXcVBsUXpzY0NLTmxadGltOGZIdE5OLWtCRjFpT29qYUhTczVJbVRjQzBtcmowTUw1NlhFVVFOUzg4V2NBT240MVZEWVhtbG5pRm56MFlzdjN2RndOMA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fsolarsystem.nasa.gov%2Fmissions%2Fvega-2%2Fin-depth%2F&v=ZrE2PWb_aVs">https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions...</a>) balloon missions where each survived just over 46 hours before their batteries ran out. It would seem that baloons are the way to go!</p> <p> </p> <p>This week we are joined by <strong>Dr. Jacob Izraelevitz</strong>, Principal Investigator of the JPL project that is developing robotic balloons<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span> — currently called aerobots — that will eventually (hopefully) lead to s