Venus - Revision history

Multivac at 10:55, 25 July 2020

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Jburk at 21:26, 17 December 2018

2018-12-17T21:26:51Z

Farred: expansion

2009-11-20T04:09:15Z

expansion

24.176.206.139: Added new info for Venus colonization.

2009-11-15T04:38:40Z

Added new info for Venus colonization.

Rfc: lack of mining opportunities

2009-01-02T21:49:13Z

lack of mining opportunities

Laertes: floating settlement

2009-01-02T19:35:29Z

floating settlement

Laertes: typo and interlinks

2008-12-06T22:43:55Z

typo and interlinks

T.Neo: Created page

2008-06-18T09:17:04Z

Created page

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'''Venus''' is the second planet from the sun, after Mercury and before Earth. It has an extremely thick atmosphere, and tempretures at the surface are hot enough to melt lead. However, at higher altitudes, The climate is tolerable.

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-'''Venus''' is the second planet from the sun, after [[Mercury]] and before [[Earth]]. It has an extremely thick [[atmosphere]], and temperatures at the surface are hot enough to melt lead. However, at an altitude of approximately 50 kilometers, the pressure and atmospheric temperature are Earth-like. It has been suggested that floating settlements, using breathable air as a lifting gas, could be used to colonize Venus.  From the chemical break down of carbon dioxide and sulfuric acid and from free nitrogen in Venus' atmosphere carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur and hydrogen are all available on Venus.  This could provide the local source for plastic and carbon fiber building materials, breathable air and water.  Unfortunately, due to a lack of mining opportunities, Venus settlements cannot be built completely from local materials.  A colony on Venus would require a thriving colony on Mars, Luna or more probably both as a prerequisite because the large initial investment of material to initiate a colony in Venus' atmosphere could not be reasonably be lifted out of Earth's gravity well.  A Venus colony should provide continuing trade opportunities for a Mars colony.  There could be a three way interplanetary trade in which Venus provides carbon and nitrogen to Luna, Luna provides solar cells and metals to Mars and Venus, and Mars provides hydrogen to Luna and Venus.  Mars, Venus and Luna would together provide various materials to orbiting habitats and factories in cis lunar space.  Trade and economic development will be essential for all human colonization beyond Earth.
+'''Venus''' is the second planet from the sun, after [[Mercury]] and before [[Earth]]. It has an extremely thick [[atmosphere]], and temperatures at the surface are hot enough to melt lead. However, at an altitude of approximately 50 kilometers, the pressure and atmospheric temperature are Earth-like. It has been suggested that floating settlements, using breathable air as a lifting gas, could be used to colonize Venus<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0457RLA0YU</ref>.  From the chemical break down of carbon dioxide and sulfuric acid and from free nitrogen in Venus' atmosphere carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur and hydrogen are all available on Venus.  This could provide the local source for plastic and carbon fiber building materials, breathable air and water.  Unfortunately, due to a lack of mining opportunities, Venus settlements cannot be built completely from local materials.  A colony on Venus would require a thriving colony on Mars, Luna or more probably both as a prerequisite because the large initial investment of material to initiate a colony in Venus' atmosphere could not be reasonably be lifted out of Earth's gravity well.  A Venus colony should provide continuing trade opportunities for a Mars colony.  There could be a three way interplanetary trade in which Venus provides carbon and nitrogen to Luna, Luna provides solar cells and metals to Mars and Venus, and Mars provides hydrogen to Luna and Venus.  Mars, Venus and Luna would together provide various materials to orbiting habitats and factories in cis lunar space.  Trade and economic development will be essential for all human colonization beyond Earth.
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−	'''Venus''' is the second planet from the sun, after [[Mercury]] and before [[Earth]]. It has an extremely thick [[atmosphere]], and temperatures at the surface are hot enough to melt lead. However, at an altitude of approximately 50 kilometers, the pressure and atmospheric temperature are Earth-like. It has been suggested that floating settlements, using breathable air as a lifting gas, could be used to colonize Venus. Unfortunately, due to a lack of mining opportunities, ~~the~~ settlements ~~can not~~ be built from local ~~resources~~. ~~Decomposing sulfuric acid~~, ~~H2SO4~~, ~~may~~ provide ~~breathing oxygen~~ and ~~water~~ for ~~life-support~~.	+	'''Venus''' is the second planet from the sun, after [[Mercury]] and before [[Earth]]. It has an extremely thick [[atmosphere]], and temperatures at the surface are hot enough to melt lead. However, at an altitude of approximately 50 kilometers, the pressure and atmospheric temperature are Earth-like. It has been suggested that floating settlements, using breathable air as a lifting gas, could be used to colonize Venus. From the chemical break down of carbon dioxide and sulfuric acid and from free nitrogen in Venus' atmosphere carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur and hydrogen are all available on Venus. This could provide the local source for plastic and carbon fiber building materials, breathable air and water. Unfortunately, due to a lack of mining opportunities, Venus settlements cannot be built completely from local materials. A colony on Venus would require a thriving colony on Mars, Luna or more probably both as a prerequisite because the large initial investment of material to initiate a colony in Venus' atmosphere could not be reasonably be lifted out of Earth's gravity well. A Venus colony should provide continuing trade opportunities for a Mars colony. There could be a three way interplanetary trade in which Venus provides carbon and nitrogen to Luna, Luna provides solar cells and metals to Mars and Venus, and Mars provides hydrogen to Luna and Venus. Mars, Venus and Luna would together provide various materials to orbiting habitats and factories in cis lunar space. Trade and economic development will be essential for all human colonization beyond Earth.

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−	'''Venus''' is the second planet from the sun, after [[Mercury]] and before [[Earth]]. It has an extremely thick [[atmosphere]], and temperatures at the surface are hot enough to melt lead. However, at ~~higher altitudes~~, ~~The climate is tolerable~~. It has been suggested that floating settlements could be used to colonize Venus, ~~but~~ due to a lack of mining opportunities the settlements ~~cat~~ not be built from local resources.	+	'''Venus''' is the second planet from the sun, after [[Mercury]] and before [[Earth]]. It has an extremely thick [[atmosphere]], and temperatures at the surface are hot enough to melt lead. However, at an altitude of approximately 50 kilometers, the pressure and atmospheric temperature are Earth-like. It has been suggested that floating settlements, using breathable air as a lifting gas, could be used to colonize Venus. Unfortunately, due to a lack of mining opportunities, the settlements can not be built from local resources. Decomposing sulfuric acid, H2SO4, may provide breathing oxygen and water for life-support.

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−	'''Venus''' is the second planet from the sun, after [[Mercury]] and before [[Earth]]. It has an extremely thick [[atmosphere]], and temperatures at the surface are hot enough to melt lead. However, at higher altitudes, The climate is tolerable. It has been suggested that floating settlements could be used to colonize Venus.	+	'''Venus''' is the second planet from the sun, after [[Mercury]] and before [[Earth]]. It has an extremely thick [[atmosphere]], and temperatures at the surface are hot enough to melt lead. However, at higher altitudes, The climate is tolerable. It has been suggested that floating settlements could be used to colonize Venus, but due to a lack of mining opportunities the settlements cat not be built from local resources.

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−	'''Venus''' is the second planet from the sun, after Mercury and before Earth. It has an extremely thick atmosphere, and ~~tempretures~~ at the surface are hot enough to melt lead. However, at higher altitudes, The climate is tolerable.	+	'''Venus''' is the second planet from the sun, after [[Mercury]] and before [[Earth]]. It has an extremely thick [[atmosphere]], and temperatures at the surface are hot enough to melt lead. However, at higher altitudes, The climate is tolerable.

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