[thedufer]

> the atmosphere of Venus is the only place outside of Earth where humans could walk outside with just a simple oxygen mask

Surely a bit of an exaggeration? The mostly carbon dioxide, 1 atm of pressure area is not bad, but it coincides with the thickest cloud coverage. The clouds which are composed of sulfuric acid.

[samatman]

Sure, so add a formfitting and thin fluoropolymer suit to that.

We could survive, maybe. But Cloud City would simply reek of rotten eggs, at all times, you'd never escape the stink of it.

[quesera]

Aside: Humans acclimate to the consistent smell of sulfure dioxide pretty quickly.

Which is fortunate, because some parts of the country have iron-eating bacteria in their water supply, which produce SO2.

New arrivals always notice though!

Re: Venus, unfortunately H2O + SO2 is a bigger problem than the smell of rotten eggs.