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>>8132737
>To make it thicker would require drastically increasing gravity
you wouldnt believe how complicated and seemingly chaotic atmospheres can behave

There was this sperg on here that kept harping on about "floating cities on Venus" and I along with the rest of /sci/ laughed at him. However after reading this article

http://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/space-flight/nasa-study-proposes-airships-cloud-cities-for-venus-exploration

I am starting to believe that it really is a better idea than Mars.
>Shielded from radiation
>Atmospheric pressure is the same as on Earth
>Venus is closer
>Same gravitatonal pull as Earth
>Lots of atmospheric study to be done which can be relevant to Earth
>240x the solar power available
>75 degrees celsius is easier to deal with than -63 degrees celsius
>Travel around the planet is way quicker, just ride the winds as opposed to slow-ass electric rovers
Discuss.