RE: Would you live on terraformed Venus?
August 3, 2019 at 11:36 pm
(This post was last modified: August 3, 2019 at 11:40 pm by Peebothuhlu.)
(August 3, 2019 at 3:36 pm)zebo-the-fat Wrote: No point trying to live on the surface, but a floating colony would make a lot of sense (but you would need acid proof balloons!)
The Russians proposed teflon ballons.
https://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=...mrc&uact=8
https://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=...mrc&uact=8
Teflon is immune to sulfuric acid.
It can be made out of the elements found floating within the atmosphere of Venus.
Said ballons could support colonies by being simply pressurized to one 'standard Earth atmosphere' wherein they'd float at a level where the pressure (If not necessarily the temperature) would be comfortable.
From there various cables and rovers could be lowered to the surface for mineral harvesting as the various methods are used to lower the amount of atmosphere Venus has.
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(August 3, 2019 at 10:36 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote:(August 3, 2019 at 8:09 pm)Gae Bolga Wrote: The tech to terraform can come from fixing this place, it can be ludicrously profitable.
Will will will, in both cases, IMO.
(Not specifically for Venus, just as a comment on any off world colony in general)
Like Mars, which I've actually heard some scientists consider a viable option.
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Mars is more talked about because it is simply less energy intensive to get to with the chemical rockets of today.
It takes more rocket reaction mass to go inwards, towards the Sun, that outwards, away from the Sun.
But then... if you've made it into Earth's orbit? You're practically half way to ever where else.
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