Venus has a thick layer of clouds that obscures our view of the surface. To tackle that, this NIAC project suggests launching a balloon with a tether that will go below the cloud layer and help us image Venus surface.🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday🟣 Guest: Dr Benjamin Hockmanhttps://www-robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/who-we-are/people/benjamin_hockman/NIAC Award. TOBIAS: Tethered Observatory for Balloon-based Imaging and Atmospheric Samplinghttps://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/tobias-tethered-observatory-for-balloon-based-imaging-and-atmospheric-sampling/📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/BePPHPj6uo8📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/📩 CONTACT FRASERfrasercain@gmail.com⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast