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Originally Posted by Van Rijn
If we can terraform a planet, I expect that high closure life support systems would be extremely well developed...I could see the Earth-Moon and the Mars systems as two of the solar system's economic hubs...Venus would be something tackled later, rather than earlier.
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Yes, terraforming is quite difficult but Venus is really extra difficult. Occasionally fun to think about though. Mars is equally exciting in its own way. This is a far flung notion but if we were able to make Mars much more like the Earth, that might teach us how to make Venus become more like Mars is now, and then from there, eventually also make Venus more like the Earth.
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Originally Posted by Van Rijn
Floating Venusian cities are no more speculative than the terraforming concepts that we have discussed and are much more modest in physical scale. We're not discussing massive Star Wars style structures held up by anti-gravity machines. Breathable air is a lifting gas in the CO2 atmosphere of Venus. These structures would be somewhat similar to dirigibles, but much larger.
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I will reconsider the value of the floating cities scenario as you've explained it as I was under the impression it was more akin to magic beams in Star Trek. I think such structures should be a simultaneous addendum to a long-term Venusian transformation.
I found these writings on the internet about Venusian aerostats.
http://www.lunar-reclamation.org/pap...rehabpaper.htm