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I had read a couple of takes on staying in the clouds within Venus. Like just forget about the solid ground and treat that like the bottom of the ocean. Make a
by vmception 5y ago
I had read a couple of takes on staying in the clouds within Venus. Like just forget about the solid ground and treat that like the bottom of the ocean.
Make a floating city like Columbia in Bioshock Infinite.
I was convinced that its at least worth repeating, and that other people can tell me the problems with it.
- whatshisface 5y agoWhy float in clouds of acid when you could float in nothing, closer to home?
- vmception 5y agoMore resources to harvest and convert within the atmosphere. Better positioning to explore other parts of Venus. Can't really think of any orbital advantages, as being in/at/near any planet is a disadvantage for space exploration - compared to being in space - but having the different orbit around the sun makes you closer to other objects at different intervals than being bounded to earth-orbit.
- otabdeveloper4 5y agoGravity, temperature, pressure and radiation. Living in venerian cloud cities you won't even need a space suit to go outside, just a light breathing mask and a rubber suit to keep the acid away.
- otabdeveloper4 5y agoNo problems with it really. We could do this today, with today's technology. Venus is really close to us, comparatively speaking, and you won't even need a lander to get there. (You can brake against the atmosphere itself.) The cloud city can be made of balsa wood and rubber, low-tech stuff. Making the colony sustainable is another question, but it's not specific to Venus. Space is empty and pointless in general.
- robin_reala 5y agoHow do you ship enough balsa wood to Venus to build a city?
- adrianN 5y agoStart with a very small city and plant some trees?
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y agoWhat are they going to grow with? I guess we're basically talking about an organic factory to extract carbon from the atmosphere and convert it to wood?
- adrianN 5y agoThe atmosphere has plenty of carbon dioxide. You probably need to ship minerals and I guess water.
- codeulike 5y agoIkea 'Snoorsdrup' flatpack Venusian floating city Contents: Balsa wood, rubber, screws, Alan key, instruction manual (Assemble on a carpet to avoid damaging wood)