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by Max Power on March 2nd, 2005

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If it was possible to allow heat and greenhouse gases to escape Venus, would it be habitable?

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  • by Drinking Dano on March 10th, 2005

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    The Atmosphere of Venus is mostly Carbon Dioxide with small amounts of Nitrogen. Since CO (A Greenhouse Gas) makes up most of its atmosphere it is utterly impossible to support human life. As a result of this Greenhouse Effect, the mean surface temperature of Venus is roughly 500 degrees higher than would be expected on a planet with a comparable O2 atmosphere. (This actually makes Venus a hotter planet than Mercury even though it’s twice as far away!)

    Beyond that, the surface pressure of Venus 90 times that of the surface of the Earth. To equal the pressure found on the surface of Venus, one would have to travel about a kilometer below the ocean!

    While the winds in the upper atomosphere are VERY strong, the winds at ground level are quite slow moving, however because of the upper atmosphere, they have terriable killing power.

    So even if the greenhouse gases and heat were allowed to leave, the winds and pressure at surface level are still serious problems to colonization.

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