Should We Colonize Venus Instead of Mars?

PBS Space Time · 4.8M views · 2015-03-04 · 7:37

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Overview

A PBS Space Time episode asking whether Venus would be a better colonization target than Mars. It covers Venus's habitable altitudes, floating balloon habitats, and the term surfacism.

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HN links it in Mars-colonization threads as a concise case for Venus.

Recommended by 4 HN people across 4 months · HN mentions 2016–2022

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Space exploration & spaceflight Cosmology & astrophysics

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tzs · 2020-11 · Recommendation
PBS Space Time did a short (7 minute) episode called "Should We Colonize Venus Instead of Mars?" [1] that gives several advantages Venus has as a colonization target compared to Mars (and covers some of the difficulties). [1] [VIDEO]
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guerrilla · 2020-09 · Recommendation
Don't miss the PBS Space Time episode suggesting we should colonize Venus instead of Mars which gives some good arguments and goes through the basics. [1] [VIDEO]
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gkfasdfasdf · 2019-09 · Recommendation
This idea is explored in an episode of the excellent PBS Space Time: [VIDEO] In short, Venus has many advantages over Mars.
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