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It's the best thing we have in our neighborhood beside the Moon; Venus is easier to reach but not very welcoming when it comes to atmospheric pressure and tempe
by pndy 6y ago
It's the best thing we have in our neighborhood beside the Moon; Venus is easier to reach but not very welcoming when it comes to atmospheric pressure and temperatures.
- otabdeveloper4 6y agoYou don't need to land on Venus' surface; airships in the atmosphere are the closest thing to Earth in the Solar System. The problem is that there is nothing useful on Mars and its location sucks. Any other planetary body makes more economic sense.
- dsq 6y agoI think one of the most compelling aspects about Mars is the thin atmosphere which enables a high degree of visual clarity, which is very appealing to humans. The atmosphere of Venus is very murky.
- otabdeveloper4 6y agoMars is not the Mojave Desert; it's far away from the sun and always dark and cold. I'd think anybody going to Mars for the aesthetics would be disappointed.
- dragonwriter 6y ago> The problem is that there is nothing useful on Mars and its location sucks. Any other planetary body makes more economic sense. There’s nothing worth the shipping cost anywhere off the surface od the Earth, and all the rest of the planets are much worse locations than Mars. (Venus maybe slightly better if you are only getting to/from high atmosphere, but that has the “there’s nothing worthwhile there” problem more than Mars does.)
- adrianN 6y agoThe problem with Venus is that it's exceedingly difficult to get local resources. Mining on Venus is practically impossible. Anything you can't suck out of the atmosphere basically needs to be shipped in from off-world.
- dragonwriter 6y ago> Venus is easier to reach but not very welcoming when it comes to atmospheric pressure and temperatures. Or composition; its also not easier to reach (or return from) if you are going to the surface.