Colonization of Venus
Abstract
Although the surface of Venus is an extremely hostile environment, at about 50 kilometers above the surface the atmosphere of Venus is the most earthlike environment (other than Earth itself) in the solar system. It is proposed here that in the near term, human exploration of Venus could take place from aerostat vehicles in the atmosphere, and that in the long term, permanent settlements could be made in the form of cities designed to float at about fifty kilometer altitude in the atmosphere of Venus.
- Publication:
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Space Technology and Applications International Forum - STAIF 2003
- Pub Date:
- January 2003
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.1541418
- Bibcode:
- 2003AIPC..654.1193L
- Keywords:
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- 07.87.+v;
- 96.30.Ea;
- 96.35.Hv;
- Spaceborne and space research instruments apparatus and components;
- Venus