/sci/ - Science & Math

Why is everyone so obsessed with going to Mars when we could conceivably build a floating city on Venus with current technology?

hey /sci/ I've got a question. why the hell havent we started terraforming venus yet? The cost of making a sunshade and setting it in the lagragian point between venus and the sun would cost about as much as the apollo program. With a little international collaboration why hasnt this been done yet? the technology exists

How feasible is it to actually colonize the cloud tops of Venus?

On the surface, the idea seems intriguing. The temperature is within a suitable range for human life, the pressure is comparable to earth pressures, and the gravity is nearly identical.

Plus, earth atmosphere (oxygen, nitrogen) would be naturally buoyant