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submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Except that venus is just absolutely hostile to everything

[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Nah, we just need to crash Mercury into the surface of Venus, get the rotation sorted out and a moon going. After that, buildings.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Now you bring this home, add some broth, a potato, baby, you've got a stew going.

[–] FuglyDuck 6 points 6 months ago

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yep, yet it's my understanding that it'd be easier to colonize Venus than Mars. Venus is closer, Venus' gravity is similar to Earth's, the air is extremely dense which means balloons would be very effective, iirc Venus has more opportunities for inter-planetary transit, high-altitude temperatures (where the balloons would float) are more similar to Earth's, etc.

[–] wolfpack86 -2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Okay, so make a blimp rover already if it's so easy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Sure, lemme just waltz over to my money tree and harvest some cash.

I didn't say it wouldn't still be obscenely expensive.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah what would be the benefit to colonies Venus vs just living in space? Gravity?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

I think the theory is that it proves that ones favorite -ism that starts with c- is objectively superior to ones least favorite -ism that starts with c-.

[–] hedgehogging_the_bed 5 points 6 months ago

That's why balloons! You can have sick blimps on Venus and IIRC you can capture atmospheric gasses to burn as fuel for them and to create water too.