Jakers457 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 I don't know, thought I'd share. Quote Link to comment
Tainavaa Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 I don't understand the point of that video. Is it just like, here's a few facts about Venus and why its better than Mars but also it sucks worse than Mars? Quote Link to comment
Rusty Shackleford Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 I've thought about colonization of Venus, but with cloud colonies there just wouldn't realistically be enough actual living space to allow a significant portion of the human population to live there. Granted, this is a universe where humanity has FTL travel and the ability to manipulate gravitrons, but the point about living space still stands since you're going to need most of the space on the platforms just for the equipment just to keep a cloud city afloat. Since it's a universe with gravitron manipulation, then the issue of low gravity on Mars is effectively solved. So is the issue of transportation over interplanetary distances. I'm not shitting on the idea of Venus colonies. I think those are a cool addition to the lore. But I just don't think they'll be that big or important in the grand scheme of things. Quote Link to comment
Jakers457 Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 I've been looking to what resources would be on Venus to justify being there if anything. But eh, we'll see. Quote Link to comment
Rusty Shackleford Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 I've been looking to what resources would be on Venus to justify being there if anything. But eh, we'll see. Â That's actually a massive issue. What's the reason for going there if we can't mine materials from the surface? Quote Link to comment
Jakers457 Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 Same way as Ocean mining I'd presume. Just more advanced, and durable. Edit: Plasma could be a potential factor, as I believe it needs oxygen to combust or whatever the pseudo chemistry is for it. Quote Link to comment
Rusty Shackleford Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Not being able to spend more than a few hours on the surface, let alone the months and years required to carry out a mining operation, serves as a good deterrent. All resources would have to be transported from off-world. Quote Link to comment
Dea Tacita Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Not being able to spend more than a few hours on the surface, let alone the months and years required to carry out a mining operation, serves as a good deterrent. All resources would have to be transported from off-world. Â Reinforced Drones could probably be used ICly Quote Link to comment
Rusty Shackleford Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 It still might prove more trouble than it's worth, and much more expensive too. Besides, lower gravity allows for an easier time getting into orbit. 40% Earth gravity is actually a positive attribute towards Mars. Quote Link to comment
Jakers457 Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 Not being able to spend more than a few hours on the surface, let alone the months and years required to carry out a mining operation, serves as a good deterrent. All resources would have to be transported from off-world. Â I meant Deep Sea Mining. Â Â But spacey. Quote Link to comment
Rusty Shackleford Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 I'd still be of the opinion that since Mars would be easier to colonize, it would come first. Venus would be colonized quite a bit later. Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Why is everyone giving Luna the cold shoulder? I mean, the moon's right there at the edge of our neighborhood, we should colonize that first. Quote Link to comment
witchbells Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Luna is colonized. It just has a really scant amount of lore, which is awful. Quote Link to comment
Rusty Shackleford Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Luna has the population of modern day UK. It's also a major transportation hub. It has underground cities. If more info is wanted, ask Jackboot. He did the stuff for it. Quote Link to comment
witchbells Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Why not put it on the wiki? It's more accessible that way. Quote Link to comment
Rusty Shackleford Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 It is on the wiki already. http://aurorastation.org/wiki/index.php?title=Earth#Luna Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Uh, I didnt mean ICly. I ment like, in real life. Quote Link to comment
Rusty Shackleford Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Oh. Because it'd be practically impossible to colonize Luna despite its proximity. Whatwith constant meteor bombardment, a complete and total lack of an atmosphere, soil that's basically ground up glass, and massive amounts of cosmic radiation. Honestly, it'd be more realistic to colonize a planet like Mars than Luna. And probably more useful in the long run, too. Quote Link to comment
Jakers457 Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 Mars is ehh. IRL there isn't a way to solve the gravity issue. Sure you can improve its atmosphere and so forth but you cant help it's mass to provide the gravity needed. Mars is pretty much an awful place to go in real life and in most science fiction. Quote Link to comment
Rusty Shackleford Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 This isn't IRL, though. Gravitons and gravity generators means the ability to create artificial gravity without revolving sections. Quote Link to comment
Jakers457 Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 I thought we were talking realistically when starfish brought up luna. Quote Link to comment
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