Re: Terraforming Venus will be easier

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Max Watt) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kshatriya) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (habshi) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > > What would be temp of Venus surface , assuming no volcanoes ,
> > > if the atmosphere was thinned to that at say 2 miles , 10000 ft at
> > > earth . Bearable ?
> > 
> > A lot less than at present . But its nearer to the sun so it wont be
> > as pleasant as on Earth.
> > 
> 
> The big problem with Venus is, no hydrogen --> no water.
> 
> Instead of being sequestered as calcium carbonate, the co2 built up in
> the atmosphere, and with no free oxygen to combine with, the hydrogen
> all escaped.  Without adding hydrogen or water to the planed in
> oceanic quantities, I don't see how this can be done.  And I don't see
> how to get the hydrogen there anyway.
> 
> 
> 
> > The way i see it , Mars has been almost proven to be impotent . So yes
> > we should turn our attention towards Venus . She's hot , steamy and
> > sexy.
> > 
> > But before this probably a moon base will be built first because thats
> > far easier to do . Actually Earth has more than enough living space
> > for us . What we should be interested about in Space is the
> > potentially unlimited source of Raw materials. Even if we dont end up
> > with a breathable atmosphere , colonizing moon and Venus to harness
> > thier almost limitless supply of raw materials is something worthwhile
> > doing . Yes we can get material from the asteroids , but mining on
> > Venus and moon will probably be far more efficient than carting
> > asteroids around ..

"The big problem with Venus is, no hydrogen --> no water"

You're not really that snookered, or ar you?

What part of those Venus nighttime clouds do not contain any H2O?