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Chapter 1: Introduction
Leaving Earth to find new homes in space is an old dream of humanity
Mars is often considered for colonization, but what if we think bigger?
Turning Venus, one of the most hostile and deadly places in the solar system, into a colony
Venus has extreme heat and a dense atmosphere
Chapter 2: A Proper Terraformed Venus
Venus is almost as big as Earth and has 90% of its surface gravity
Venus could be a new home for billions of humans and trillions of animals
Terraforming Venus would take a few generations and be a huge challenge
First step is to cool Venus down and remove the heavy atmosphere
Cooling Venus and Removing the Atmosphere
Options include using giant solar collectors or sequestering the atmosphere
Giant solar collectors would require massive power and thousands of years
Sequestering the atmosphere would require mining elements from Mercury and shooting them at Venus
Building a huge mirror to block out the sun is another idea
Chapter 3: Free The Atmosphere
Using a mirror to block out the sun and free the atmosphere
The mirror would consist of many angled mirrors reflecting sunlight
After a few years, the atmosphere slowly cools down
After 60 years, the temperature reaches a critical point and CO2 turns to liquid, causing a global rainstorm
Chapter 1: Introduction
Leaving Earth to find new homes in space is an old dream of humanity
Mars is often considered for colonization, but what if we think bigger?
What if we turn Venus, one of the most hostile and deadly places in the solar system, into a colony?
Venus has extreme heat and a dense atmosphere
Chapter 2: A Proper Terraformed Venus
Venus is almost as big as Earth and has 90% of its surface gravity
Venus could be a new home for billions of humans and trillions of animals
Terraforming Venus would take a few generations and be a huge challenge
Options to cool Venus and remove the heavy atmosphere include using solar collectors or sequestering the CO2
Chapter 3: Free The Atmosphere
One option to remove the atmosphere is to mine elements from Mercury and shoot them at Venus
Another option is to construct a huge mirror to block out the sun and free the atmosphere
After a few years of infrastructure, the atmosphere slowly cools down
CO2 turns to liquid and begins to rain down on Venus
Chapter 4: Over Venus's Surface
The pressure and temperature drop, turning puddles into lakes and oceans
The surface temperature is now minus 56 degrees Celsius
The CO2 oceans begin to freeze and the rain turns into snow
The remaining atmosphere is mostly nitrogen
Chapter 5: The Venus Tethers
Europa has a lot of water, which could be transported to Venus using space tethers
The Venus tethers catch the ice from Europa and drop it into the atmosphere as snow
Excess nitrogen can also be removed using the same method
Chapter 6: Atmosphere Of Planet
To create a day-night cycle, mirrors are used to illuminate the surface and melt the water oceans
Cyanobacteria are the first inhabitants, releasing oxygen and fixing nitrogen
Plants and trees are introduced to create soil and turn Venus green
CO2 is strategically released to supply plants and cyanobacteria