Terraform Venus
We need to terraform Venus first before going to Mars. Venus is almost a twin of earth!
Why Venus?
- Closer than Mars - 38 million kilometers vs 54.6 million kilometers
- Has an atmosphere of mostly carbon dioxide which can be used to make oxygen
- Is warmer than Mars. Easier to cool a planet than warm one up.
- Gravitiy is almost the same as Earth
- 225 day cycle around the Sun vs Mars' 687 day cycle
How To TerraForm Venus Quickly
Articles
http://www.m2now.co.nz/4-wanted-colonise-venus/ - Sep 6, 2016
http://www.universetoday.com/130482/how-do-we-colonize-venus/ - Sep 4, 2016
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http://time.com/4450001/venus-life-balmy/ - Aug 12, 2016
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2100191-venus-could-have-been-habitable-while-life-evolved-on-earth/ - Aug 5, 2016
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/233103-new-climate-modeling-shows-venus-may-have-once-been-habitable - Aug 5, 2016
http://www.wired.co.uk/article/venus-weather-patterns-tells-us-about-planets-surface - Jul 19, 2016
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http://www.universetoday.com/127658/venus-50-years-since-our-first-trip-and-were-going-back/ - Mar 18, 2016
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http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/07/28/terraforming-venus_n_5626223.html - July 28, 2014
http://phys.org/news/2014-07-terraform-venus.html - July 25, 2014
http://www.slate.com/blogs/quora/2013/09/12/outer_space_can_we_make_mars_or_venus_habitable.html - Sep 12, 2013
http://io9.gizmodo.com/5950875/should-we-terraform-venus-first - Oct 11, 2012
https://www.singularityweblog.com/can-terraforming-venus-be-the-solution-to-population-growth/ - Nov 18, 2010