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To: Jonty30
I think Venus would be s better candidate.

What would be your evidence? That it has an average surface temperature and pressure high enough to burn up or crush pretty much anything we would land there?

Personally, I'll take the vacuum of space over Venus. One is manageable the other is not.

22 posted on 08/07/2016 2:43:02 PM PDT by Malsua
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To: Malsua

And sulfuric acid rain to dissolve what’s left ...


29 posted on 08/07/2016 2:49:49 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: Malsua
I think Venus would be s better candidate.

I read a breakdown from some scientist addressing every suggested challenge to colonizing Venus, as compared to Mars and the Moon. He went step by step, detailing the advantages that Venus offered, from water to energy to building materials. He also went through all the acid/atmospheric pressure concerns.

The core of his theory was that using nearly present day technology, we could colonize with floating/elevated settlements above the dense portion of the atmosphere that contains the biggest threats. those dangerous regions also offer great value in chemicals and minerals to exploit via robotics. I believe he suggested that the sulfuric acid was much less of a problem than people imagine, and can be very useful for a variety of purposes.

I'm not a scientist, so I can't accurately relate the details from his analysis , but I found it really interesting. Oh and his assessment of the Moon..close, but fairly useless compared to Venus. Mars was too far for the benefits it offers near term. After writing all this, I found a somewhat similar breakdown at this link, with lots of similarly interesting details:

https://www.quora.com/Why-are-we-thinking-about-a-Mars-colony-when-a-Venus-colony-would-be-more-technically-feasible

61 posted on 08/07/2016 6:44:56 PM PDT by catbertz
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