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Old 09-June-2007, 09:21 PM
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If you were referring to my post (not sure) the last bit was a humorous touch.
Thanks, I was wondering if it was too subtle.

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You can also enjoy the wild untamed Venus from your pressure dome window as such domes would exist for many years while hypothetical simultaneous processes effected changes.
Come on, even a communist* would prefer the luxury liner/casino/hotel/resort/restaurant/funland atmo-ship to a dome surrounded by bone-crushing pressures, toxic atmosphere, etc. You can't even see the sun untill you've thinned out the atmosphere significantly.

It's like prefering a location 1 kilometer underwater in a pitch-black ocean to a spot on ground level with sunlight when colonising a planet.

*don't get political now



EDIT: Ok, a lot of posts suddenly! Ok, so Venus is not as terrible as we think? Would someone in a space suit survive standing on the surface?
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