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Should We Colonize Venus Instead of Mars?

PBS Space Time · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Space exploration & spaceflightCosmology & astrophysics

What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

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

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “There is an excellent video about it”

    Excellent video on colonizing Venus

    anthony_doan, 2019-07 · Recommendation · in “A material way to make Mars habitable”

  2. “In short, Venus has many advantages over Mars.”

    Venus has many advantages over Mars

    gkfasdfasdf, 2019-09 · Recommendation · in “Venus’ Ocean of Air and Clouds”

  3. “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.”

    Good arguments for Venus over Mars, covers basics

    guerrilla, 2020-09 · Recommendation · in “Mars Problems vs. Venus Problems”

  4. “gives several advantages Venus has as a colonization target compared to Mars (and covers some of the difficulties)”

    Short episode on Venus advantages and difficulties

    tzs, 2020-11 · Recommendation · in “Screw the Mars hype. Here's why we should move to Venus”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: venus, mars, space colonization, floating habitats, pbs space time

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