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Posted 2007-06-23, 09:12 PM in reply to timmay1113's post starting "I know this is off topic but.... if we..."
timmay1113 said:
I know this is off topic but.... if we do ever go to another planet it would most likely be Mars. Venus has intense gravity, volcanic activity and I'm pretty sure it be pretty damn impossible to live there. Mars does have insane wind storms but at least the gravity and temperature aren't as extreme so we could possibly work around it.
Uh...

Venus has a gravity of 0.904g, which is the closest to Earth gravity you'll find. The main problems are the fact that atmospheric pressure is 90 times greater than that of Earth, the fact that the surface is hot enough to melt Lead due to the intense atmosphere, and the complete absence of water.

Atmospheric pressure is largely due to greenhouse gases, which can be relieved along with a fair portion of the heat issue (as they're largely the same problem) via a Solar Shade, to cool the planet to where a lot of the gas could fall to the surface as Dry Ice to be shipped elsewhere (perhaps to Mars, where the problem is not enough atmosphere). Water could possibly be mined from an Ice Moon of Saturn such as Europa and literally just bombard Venus with large chunks of ice.

That's all pretty offtopic (and the info is available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraforming_of_Venus), I'm mainly interested in the ethical ramifications.
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Posted 2007-06-23, 09:13 PM in reply to Vollstrecker's post starting "Uh... Venus has a gravity of 0.904g,..."
Whoops guess I got the pressure/gravity mixed up. I don't remember my 5th grade science too well I guess.
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Posted 2007-06-23, 09:16 PM in reply to timmay1113's post starting "Whoops guess I got the pressure/gravity..."
timmay1113 said:
Whoops guess I got the pressure/gravity mixed up. I don't remember my 5th grade science too well I guess.
I've been reading this kind of stuff all day, it really has me intrigued.
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Posted 2007-06-23, 09:30 PM in reply to Vollstrecker's post starting "I've been reading this kind of stuff..."
lol gtf off of wiki srsly.
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