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by interestica 1917 days ago
Crazy. I just presumed the planet acts as a ground. Presumably same challenge on the moon?
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> Presumably same challenge on the moon?

Yes. It will be true for any planetary body that does not have a magnetosphere. But Venus has a magnetosphere. So you can do the old "stick a fucking metal rod into the ground" trick as long as your metal rod doesn't melt... because Venus.