OceanGate’s cofounder wants to send 1,000 people to a floating colony on Venus by 2050, and says we shouldn’t stop pushing the limits of innovation::Guillermo Söhnleinm told Insider he has wanted to make humanity a multi-planet species since he was 11 years old, and that OceanGate was part of that ambition.

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      1 year ago

      Spaceships are probably easier to build. No external pressure in space, no regulations for passenger space ships yet… /s

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        41 year ago

        The irony is that it is probably true. Think about it. The atmosphere is one atmosphere of pressure, obviously. Space is zero. Under the ocean at the Titanic it is 400.

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          11 year ago

          Yes, you only need to break the sound barrier while riding on a few thousand tons of explosive fuel to get there…