Computer Science
Scientific paper
Apr 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991jbis...44..151g&link_type=abstract
British Interplanetary Society, Journal (ISSN 0007-084X), vol. 44, April 1991, p. 151-156.
Computer Science
Space, Utilization, Colonization, Terraforming, Venus, Environment, Atmosphere, Chemical Reactions, Procedure, Greenhouse Effect, Volatiles, Abundance, Microorganisms, Crust, Precipitation, Metal, Reduction, Stability, Technical Aspects, Water, Carbon Dioxide, Silicates, Oxides, Magnesium, Calcium, Timescale, Resources, Mercury (Planet), Mining, Electrolysis, Water Vapor, Temperature, Oceans, Concentration, Chlorine, Salinity, Rotation
Scientific paper
Removing its massive atmosphere is the single greatest obstacle in terraforming Venus. Reacting it with externally derived material is difficult because of the great mass required and because many reducing agents readily accessible elsewhere in the solar system (e.g., C-H compounds) cannot be used because they yield gaseous species that exacerbate the greenhouse effect. Ca and/or Mg metal, refined from Mercury, are possible reductants. Manufacturing such an extraordinary amount of free, reactive metal for atmosphere reduction will require an extremely high order of self-replicating, differentiating robots and thus is not a near-term project. Stabilizing earthlike conditions will be difficult; little water and hypersaline seas, to reduce the vapor pressure of water, are possible stratagems.
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