what if we terraformed venus ?
venus : we have heard about terraforming the moon and mars we attempt to colonize space but what about venus . if we did manage to terraform our neighbour one day it could look like this .....
could we live here one day ?
how different would it be from earth belive it or not earth and venus are very similar at time venus is even reffered to as earths sister planet they are both roughly the same diameter have the same mass same gravity and are both made out of the same material a central iron core and rocky mantle unfortunately the comparison end there unlike earth venus is extremely hot has an incredibly dense atmosphere and toxic fumes one its surface.
what would need to do to make venus habitable ?
scientists and astronomers have been theorizing how to terraform venus for over half a century the two biggest issues that need to be solved are the atmosphere and temperature on venus currently the surface of venus is a sweltering 462 degree celcius hot enough to melt lead and the atmosphere made up mostly of carbon dioxide is 93 times as heavy as earths one proposed way of altering venus atmosphere is to bombs when reacting with the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would creat graphite and water this would fall the planets surface and cover 80 percent of it with oceans mind you they would not be nearly as deep as earths oceans venus would only have 10 percent the amount of water that earth has this would take a lot of hydrogen the only way we could get enough is if we were to harvest the resource from jupiter or saturn this approch would also reqire iron aerosol a material that can be mibed from asteroids if all went according to plan the dense carbon dioxide atmosphere would be reduced to being just three times as heavy as earth's this would also help to clear the clouds of sulfuric acid that hang over the planet. Now the atmosphere is clear but what about the temperature, one way to cool the surface is with solar shades a series of small space ships or one large lens that would divert the rays of the sun the solar shades could be placed on the surface of the planet or in the atmosphere slowly working to cool down the planet and reduce radiations another issue that would need to be resolved before we started living on venus . In addition to Solar shades NASA thinks we could built floating cities above the clouds of Venus.
These would work as a safe living space as we learn and attempt to terraform the environment to cool the planet even more and speed up the process cooling pipes could be put on the surface of the planet. These pipes would taken heart from the surface and bring it up to colder parts of the atmosphere . Now we have a suitable atmosphere a proper temperature and clean air but there is one other huge issue that humans might have if they moved to Venu. They've extremely long days and nights . Since venus rotates once every 243 earth days . Meaning a day on Venus is 5800 hours long . Not to mention it's the only planet in our solar system to rotate clockwise meaning that it's extremely slow sunrise would happen in the west and sunset would be in the east we could create the illusion of a 24 hour day cycle by using a massive mirrors and having them rotate to reflect the sun if all this managed to work correctly , Venus would feel just like home , with maybe a touch less gravity after all this , Venus would finally be habitable . Sure the planet world rotate differently , and you'd a different view of the sun , but it could be another place for humans to live . Scientists theorize it could be a "backup" planet one day . Venus suffers incredibly strong green house effects , the cause of its extreme temperatures and dense atmosphere by learning more about cooling this planet , it may unlock the secrets to cooling our own , and maybe make our home last even longer.
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