On: Venus could have been habitable for billions of ye...

[mech422]

Why is everyone so caught up on the atmospheric pressure of Venus being 90 atmospheres? That's only 3K feet of water, and plenty of stuff lives deeper then that in the oceans - so obviously things can survive the pressure ?

[jakelazaroff → mech422]

I think the issue is that we can't.

[mech422 → jakelazaroff]

Fair enough. I just see the pressure mentioned often in a context that makes it seem its a problem for 'life'.

[8note → mech422]

The heat is a bigger problem