Ridgecrests quakes being studied to better under Venus

EXPLAIN HOW INFORMATION GATHEREDFROM THOSE QUAKES COULD HELPNASA BETTER UNDERSTAND THESURFACE OFVENUS..A SILVER LINING INDEED.WHILE THECOMMUNITY WAS RECOVERINGFROM THOSE DEVASTATING 2019QUAKES IN RIDGECREST.NASA SCIENTISTS WERE REALIZINGTHEY HAD A UNIQUEOPPORTUNITY TO MAKE MAJORSTRIDES FOR THE SCIENTIFICCOMMUNITY."WHEN THE RQ QUAKES HAPPENED,WE WERE SORTA IN PREPARATION FORTHIS CAMPAIGN AND ONE OF OURPROGRAM MANAGERS HAD THISBRAINWAVE..AND THERE WON'TPOTENTIALLY BE ANOTHEROPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS.."THAT OPPORTUNITY SIX WEEKS OFAFTERSHOCKSFOR THE NASA JET PROPULSIONLABORATORY AND CAL-TECH TOADMINISTER AN EXPERIMENTALPROGRAM."AND SO WE PUT TOGETHER THISVERYRAPID RESPONSE CAMPAIGN.."THE CAMPAIGN WAS TO USEBALLON-BORN DETECTION OFTHE AFTERSHOCKS TO MEASURE THEAIR SHAKING ABOVETHE GROUND.

WITH A LIMITEDTIME-WINDOW..THESERESEARCHERS GOT TO WORK.THEIREYES SET ONWHAT COULD EVENTUALLY HELPANSWER SOME OF THE BIGGESTQUESTIONS ABOUT EARTH'S CLOSESTPLANETARY NEIGHBOR."SO IF WE CAN SHOW THAT ONEARTH,BECAUSE THE SIGNAL IS SO MUCHSTRONGER ON VENUS..WE EXPECTTHAT IF THERE ARE QUAKES ANDVOLCANIC ERUPTIONS ON VENUS,WHICH ISBEING HYPOTHESIZED NOW.WE AREABLE TO ALSO PICK IT UP ONVENUS.""IT'S LIKE THERE'S ALL THISCIRCUMSTANTIALEVIDENCE FOR VENUS BEINGCURRENTLY VOLCANICALLYACTIVE.BUT NOONE'S EVER BEEN ABLE TO MAKE ADIRECT MEASUREMENT.

SO ITWOULD BE REALLY COOL TO BE THEFIRST TO GO THERE AND PICK UP ANONGOINGERUPTION ON VENUS AND CONFIRMIT."BUT HOW IS IT THAT A BALLOONFLOATING ABOVE THE AREA OFRIDGECREST CAN BE SO IMPACTFUL?"BASICALLY IF YOU THUMP YOURTABLE,THE AIR ABOVE YOUR TABLESHAKES.JUST THE SAME WAY,IMAGINE THE TABLE WAS THE EARTHSSURFACE AND AN EARTHQUAKE THUMPSTHE TABLE AND WEPICK UP THOSE AIR SHAKES.ITSOMETHING THAT'S CURRENTLY NOTPOSSIBLE TO DO ON VENUS.SO WHILE THE SIX POINT FOUR ANDSEVEN POINT ONE TREMORS MADEHISTORY FOR THEIR MAGNITUDE ANDDEVASTATION TWO YEARSAGO...ONE DAY THEY COULD BE APART OF AN OUT OF THIS WORLDBREAKTHROUGH..THE NEXT STEP IS FOR THE TEAM TOHEAD TO OKLAHOMA THISSUMMER AND REPEAT THE EXPERIMENTOVER MORE QUAKES..INORDER TO FIND PATTERS THAT THEYWILL THEN PROJECT THEM TOVENUS USING MODELS OF THEPLANET'S ATMOSPHERE.AND LET'S BRING CHIEFMETEOROLOGIST ELAINA RUSK BACKIN FOR A LOOK AT YOUR EXTENDEDFORECAST..THESE HOT 100S WILL CONTINUETHROUGH THE WEEK HERE INTHE VALLEY AND DOWN IN THE KERNDESERT, WITH THEEXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING EXTENDEDTHROUG