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In principle, you could ionize the hydrogen and then accelerate a proton beam in the direction of Venus. But I think Venus has an active magnetic field powerful
by dodobirdlord 6y ago
In principle, you could ionize the hydrogen and then accelerate a proton beam in the direction of Venus. But I think Venus has an active magnetic field powerful enough that it would be deflected off into space. Plus, accelerating mass out of the gravity well of a gas giant would be extremely energy intensive. Better to go looking for sources that aren’t at the bottom of a giant gravity well.
- sudosysgen 6y agoWhy not let it cool off away from a plasma phase before hitting Venus?
- dodobirdlord 6y agoI suppose you could fire a proton beam and an electron beam so that they would intersect before reaching Venus.