Apparently a Russian idea

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Apparently a Russian idea

Adam — 4/29/2006 11:06:51 PM (archived)

Hi Raoul

Love this idea. Geoff Landis is the most recent revivalist, but it's an old Soviet Russian idea. They imagined lots of floating cities in the atmosphere.

Landis makes some good points in his article, the chief advantage being that Venus has resources just a few kilometres away, unlike free-space or asteroid colonies. And Hohmann transfers to asteroid mining bases - which will doubtless be needed eventually for water - are more frequent and quicker to/from Venus than Earth or Mars.

Adam

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There is a place in the solar system away from Earth (not artificial) where conditions are much more similar to our world than what we find on Mars....Where is it? (n/t) - Raoul - 4/28/2006 8:32:37 PM
- Don't forget under the ice in the Europan ocean.... - nick hoffman - 4/29/2006 6:37:32 AM
  - "And 20+km underground on Mars it's not frozen any more... " - R.L. - 4/29/2006 10:02:09 AM
    - Radioactivity - nick hoffman - 4/30/2006 12:00:09 AM
      - What is your opinion on the 'signs of life' in the Mars meteorite? - R.L. - 4/30/2006 3:52:57 AM
        
        Highly highly unlikely - nick hoffman - 4/30/2006 11:39:13 PM
  - re: Mars and Europa.... - Raoul - 4/29/2006 7:05:00 AM
    - Atmosphere and gravity don't matter... - nick hoffman - 4/30/2006 12:02:09 AM
- A wild guess, Venus? - SteveS - 4/28/2006 11:14:32 PM
  - Well, I was in the neighborhood - SteveS - 4/29/2006 12:13:21 AM
    - re: Venus Express in the news - astroraoul - 4/29/2006 7:49:35 AM
  - re: It's surface is indeed hell, but... - Raoul - 4/28/2006 11:31:01 PM
    - Apparently a Russian idea - Adam - 4/29/2006 11:06:51 PM
    - More realistically in the short term... - Tom Brosz - 4/29/2006 2:30:25 AM
      - Obviously its an airship - Adam - 4/29/2006 10:52:21 PM
- 55km high in the Venusian atmosphere? (n/t) - Doug Ellison - 4/28/2006 11:10:15 PM
  - re: Exactly, Doug! - Raoul - 4/28/2006 11:24:28 PM
    - re: Exactly, Doug! - gbaikie - 4/29/2006 12:13:26 AM
      - re: To breathe - Raoul - 4/29/2006 6:57:42 AM
        
        Of course there's always hydrogen - Adam - 4/29/2006 10:58:54 PM
        
        Helium in Venus' atmosphere - nick hoffman - 4/30/2006 12:06:35 AM
        
        Not so easy to separate - Adam - 4/30/2006 10:01:25 PM
        
        just needs more chilling - nick hoffman - 5/1/2006 12:00:57 AM
        
        that's why I failed chemistry - Adam - 5/2/2006 1:29:14 AM
        
        Speaking of Venus... - ljk - 5/3/2006 4:27:50 PM
        
        Early start - Adam - 5/4/2006 10:35:39 AM
        
        re: Early start - ljk - 5/4/2006 3:54:13 PM
        
        My point is... - Adam - 5/5/2006 11:11:59 AM
        
        re: My point is... - ljk - 5/5/2006 1:56:42 PM
        
        Whole bunch of interesting Venus probe concepts - ljk - 5/4/2006 5:34:18 PM
        
        Earth's atmosphere is 5 ppm helium, btw - nick hoffman - 4/30/2006 12:09:22 AM
- Basidium X? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/28/2006 11:09:14 PM
  - Wow, man... 'shrooms! (n/t) - Fox - 5/1/2006 2:46:09 AM
  - SURVEY SAYS.... - R.L. - 4/29/2006 10:14:02 AM

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