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Yeah? * Venus' avg temp: 880°F (471°C). * Length of day in earth hours: 116d 18h 0m. * Weather: storms of sulfuric acid clouds and a crushing atmosphere more
by RocketSyntax 6y ago
Yeah?
* Venus' avg temp: 880°F (471°C).
* Length of day in earth hours: 116d 18h 0m.
* Weather: storms of sulfuric acid clouds and a crushing atmosphere more than 90 times
- sjg007 6y agoYeah it’s amazing how people don’t research basic facts.
- aetherson 6y agoThe proposal in the article is to use aerosats to float in a milder, less corrosive part of the upper atmosphere.
- CameronNemo 6y agoIf this were possible/feasible, why have there been no successful and large scale examples of this happening on earth? Say, in the middle of the Pacific ocean.
- sjtindell 6y agoThis is thought experiment stuff, way out in the future. We would already be doing it on Earth at that point if there was a reason to.
- bhelkey 6y agoWhile this is a far out of reach idea, Venus' atmosphere has some advantages over Earth's atmosphere. From a link in the article: > On Earth, we know to get something to lift, you need something lighter than air. Well, on Venus, guess what? Our air is lighter than air, or at least lighter than the Venus atmosphere.” [1] [1] https://www.universetoday.com/15570/colonizing-venus-with-floating-cities/ https://www.universetoday.com/15570/colonizing-venus-with-fl...