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"...1.3 kW per square meter sun power constantly..." at Earth's distance from the sun. At Mars it is .715 kW. Inverse square law and all that.
by camiller 9y ago
"...1.3 kW per square meter sun power constantly..." at Earth's distance from the sun. At Mars it is .715 kW. Inverse square law and all that.
- sdenton4 9y agoNew plan! Colonize Venus! (What's all this about cloud cover?)
- snerbles 9y agoAirship colonies, take advantage of that dense atmosphere and float over the clouds.
- Symmetry 9y agoIf you go high enough in Venus's atmosphere that the temperature and pressure are Earth-like you're getting 1.3 times the sunlight of Earth coming in from above and about 1.0 times reflected off the clouds below.