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Due to very thick atmosphere, giant airships should be doable on Venus. You'd get atmospheric radiation shielding, same pressure as on Earth (although obviously
by vardump 6y ago
Due to very thick atmosphere, giant airships should be doable on Venus. You'd get atmospheric radiation shielding, same pressure as on Earth (although obviously unbreathable air), ample sunlight and plenty of materials (=carbon and oxygen) in the form of Venusian atmospheric gasses.
Although hydrogen would be hard to come by, the atmospheric concentration is very low. That said, I doubt there's that much hydrogen on Mercury either.
So who knows, maybe Venus is a better place for a human base than Mercury?
- TeMPOraL 6y agoI agree. IIRC, the atmosphere at the Earth-standard-pressure level isn't corrosive, so we could park our bases there, and there's an ISRU possibility through extending scoops (or sending drones) to lower atmosphere and siphoning some of the more resource-rich air there.
- valuearb 6y agoHow do you get home?