/sci/ - Science & Math

>>11533722
>realistically, could we colonize venus? how could we get past the atmosphere problem
Stage 1 would be to live in domed cloud cities, Star Wars-style.

Then I'd imagine you'd find a way to cool down the planet with one huge solar shade, eventually cooling the planet down to the point where the CO2 gases might freeze. At which point, you find some way to get rid of most of it, the best option being shipping it over to Mars since that planet has the exact opposite problem of not having enough greenhouse gases. Then create an artificial magnetosphere somehow, find some way to put water on the planet, maybe ship from Europa, Enceladus, or Ganymede, and then voila, you now have a terraformed Venus.

Though obviously it's much easier said than done. Step 1 would definitely be the cloud cities though. It doesn't get as much pull as Mars for obvious reasons.

>>11414350
For the last one, we could just create an artificial magnetic dipole shield, similar to what we could do for Mars.

>>11414377
>The sun is not the problem as much as the atmosphere is
You'd need to find some way to inject a ton of hydrogen into the atmosphere. Possibly through shipping the element from Jupiter or Saturn.