Kevin Baines

Kevin Baines
alien almost atmosphere basically compared earth materials sister venus
The atmosphere of Venus is so alien compared to Earth, yet it's our sister planet. We've got the same size, the same materials basically and almost the same gravity.
instrument rest shows
It shows that the instrument is really working beautifully. It bodes well for the rest of the mission.
airplane sure testing
It's like testing a new airplane or car. Before you go off joyriding with it, you want to make sure everything works.
appear bands clouds deeper global regularly seen unlike
Unlike the hazy, broad, global bands of clouds regularly seen in Saturn's upper atmosphere, many of the deeper clouds appear to be isolated, localized features.
earth lessons teach venus
Venus has a lot of lessons to teach the Earth about how things could go awry.