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Re:Screw the Mars hype. Here's why we should move to Venus by tzs on Thursday November 12, 2020 @12:06AM (#25066649)
Could you use balloons to lift things from the surface to the cloud city level?
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Re:Screw the Mars hype. Here's why we should move to Venus by pavel_lishin on Thursday November 12, 2020 @09:33AM (#25070269)
That's a good question, I have no idea! You'd have to pump it full of gas against a pressure of ~1300 PSI. Googling around, that's about equivalent to a kilometer under water.

Granted, it's not impossible - ocean oil rigs operate at those depths - but they're not operating at 500 degrees celcius.

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Re:Screw the Mars hype. Here's why we should move to Venus by dwaltrip on Thursday November 12, 2020 @12:52AM (#25066895)
The heat at the surface (864 deg F) melts lead, so it doesn’t seem feasible.
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