Sarah Rugheimer
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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And now we have evidence of lava tubes is the short of it.
I mean, it seems to be more this episodic nature on Venus.
So because Venus doesn't have oceans anymore, the tectonic activity is different.
And so it seems to be kind of this catastrophic resurfacing events that happen simultaneously.
And that means the volcanism is different, but it's still fundamentally the same.
You have this magma and you can form these magma tubes, these lava tubes.
And this lava tube is pretty big.
I mean, it's like a kilometer in diameter or something.
It's a very large thing, maybe running 45 kilometers.
So it's much bigger than lava tubes on Earth as well.
Well, I mean, I think her reasons are solid.
So she has a three-year-old daughter and that daughter also has this stuffed rabbit and she's bringing this stuffed bunny up to space so that they can connect, you know, because she's going to be gone what was like eight months or something.
And this space bunny can have little adventures that she can send photos and stories to her daughter.
And I think that's really sweet.
Oh, I think everyone does.
So you shouldn't not let that be your reason.
Astronauts get motion sick.
You are going to be miserable for like a week and get over it.