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"Some of you may have heard me talk about colonizing Venus. Well, for those who haven't, Universe Today is running story about floating cities on Venus. It's a reasonable alternative for space colonies — after all, the atmosphere of Venus (at about 50 km) is the most Earth-like environment in the solar system (other than Earth, of course). '50 km above the surface, Venus has air pressure of approximately 1 bar and temperatures in the 0C-50C range, a quite comfortable environment for humans. Humans wouldn't require pressurized suits when outside, but it wouldn't quite be a shirtsleeves environment. We'd need air to breathe and protection from the sulfuric acid in the atmosphere.'"

This link was a sum up, the link to the actual article is on this site. Pretty neato.
DeliaTheArtist

19 responses // Floating cities on Venus

  • "protection from the sulfuric acid in the atmosphere"


    that awnsers the question as to if this would ever become possible.
    RudyRudell
  • there's other ways of colonizing planets... terraforming.
    Building huge dome's into which they create a false Earth-like atmosphere, by pumping in a similar kind of air, altering pressure, etc (not sure if they can alter gravity though). With terraforming they could colonize the moon and mars. That's the basic idea anyway.
    This is technically possible, but would probably be a LONG way off from ever happening.
    Ben_Traffic_UK
  • its interesting to watch an anime (yeah a lot know it) called cowboy bebop because they realisticaly entertain exactly what your saying, venus; floating hamlets and connected platforms. our governments and businesses need to put money into forming ecosystems on planets that can sustain them, and we need to start living on places like the moon and titan, we can turn earth into an agri world and irrigate everything. and we could probably feed everybody.
    Kabimbi
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  • http://garlinggauge.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/land...
    Will he be there?
    chilipeppers675
  • I like the idea, but you'd think we could maybe focus on sorting out our own habitat before trying to transform a totally unwelcoming one.
    constantdisregard
  • It'll probably happen but most likely after Mars since it has less problems to colonize than Venus
    Argon18
  • I agree...incredibly neato....it's supercool to learn new things every day....that is the life of a proud nerd....
    BFAM_RVS
  • it sounds like a possibility but the " We'd need air to breathe and protection from the sulfuric acid in the atmosphere.'" is the only thing i think is going to be hard to over come.
    zealcj
  • Venus surface pressure is 40 x that of Earth.
    Its 95% CO2 and temperatures at the surface are around
    900 degrees F.

    Don't much care what it's like at 50 Kilometers.
    You can't live there either.

    While Artists are nice people, talk to an astronomer if you want to know about planets.
    PatrickEdwardMurray
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  • i have an even better idea, how about we not over populate/trash the current planet we're living on? though i do find this article rather fascinating, it would be awfully sad if it came to us having to decide between earth, or a planet full of sulfuric acid in the hemisphere.

    I'm only coming if billy dee williams is there...
    iamwilliamhello
  • Before we invest all the time and money into creating the technology to make floating cities on other planets. We would be better off putting that much effort, time and money into cleaning up our own planet.
    Brockie
  • My main concern would be solar radiation. I get pink after only a short time in the sun and burnt with in an hour. Solar radiation could kill you before you make it half way there. It is a huge concern once you leave our atmosphere. Earth's magnetic field sheilds us or deflects solar radiation to make life here livable for us sapiens. Do dig those auras though!
    It's a valid point that we should consider giving this planet another chance before we give up on it.
    Like the thinking of this, we need a back up plan and/or planet!
    macdontcare
  • umm.. if i'd go live anywhere in the solar system besides Earth, i'd go live on the Moon!! I'd be able to see my home planet better from there..
    benzzy
  • there's something fascinating about a world where we're totally overwhelmed by problems that we're not even beginning to be able to sort out, and yet we spend billions of pounds on exploring outer stinking space. or inner space. what's it all called up there? i don't know. and i've got to say, i don't care. even though living in a floating starry universe would obviously be fun.
    LindseyIndigo
  • What I find strange is that I heard exactly the same sentiments expressed in the 70's about a colony on the moon.

    But we didn't do anything about getting one there and we certainly could've by now.

    We could've fix the energy problem that people were talking about in the 70's by now also if enough research, planning and distribution was done on sustainable energy sources.

    So it pretty much turns out that lamenting that we should "fix the problems here before going elsewhere" is mostly self-defeating since neither one of them gets done.

    That might be because some of the solutions to "fixing things here" might involve going "elsewhere" but the shortsighted don't seem to put those together.
    Argon18
  • Before man kind can move onto other planets it needs learn to take care of the one it has.
    UWAZell
  • Let's all put out some positive vibe:

    1) We switch to renewable industries within the next 4 years and diminish our dependency on oil substances by 50%. (Energy Crisis Averted)

    2) We start farming the ocean too and learn to live in the depths as well as on land within 8 years. (Food Crisis Averted)

    3) We find valuable useful raw materials to be resourced from the Asteroid belt and release our greedy corporations to feast upon the valuable goodness within 10 years ejecting humanity into a race to space and a mad-dash to conquer all the environmental issues we face there (helped tremendously by our efforts over the last 8 years to master becoming wardens of our own environment). (Economy Crisis Averted) (Standard of Living Crisis Averted)

    4) We crash a few ice-balls into Mars and begin terraforming it into a thin-atmosphere colonizable place within 20 years. (Population Growth Crisis Averted)

    5) We find some ways to harness Venus's unique climate for resources or perhaps industrial use (sulfuric acid mining?) within 50 years. (Industry Crisis Averted)

    6) We are colonizing the moons of Jupiter and Saturn within 100 years. (Species Extinction Crisis Averted)

    There ya go, just keep thinking this over and over... spread the positive thoughts! THINK POSITIVE!

    We have to get off this rock!

    Cheers.
    Stradius

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