Terraforming in the OTU

ak_aramis · 10-10-2011, 07:52 PM

The "Dump & Wait" strategy was actually proposed for Venus back in the 1970's, shortly after publication of the results of the Venera probes.

The problem isn't the delivery (We can get the microbes to Venus), nor, really, with the microbes needed (we can simply apply steady selection to certain acid tolerant bacteria to get the needed microbes in a decade or less)... it's the political will to spend the $250M on the project when it will result in a "superbug"... the project would look from the outside like a bioterrror facility.

Needed: airborne bacterium that eats H2SO4 and CO2, releases H2O and O2, binds carbon and sulfer, and can tolerate 490°C.

Venus' own winds should disperse it widely...

10-10-2011, 07:52 PM	#11
ak_aramis Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Alsea, OR	Re: Terraforming in the OTU The "Dump & Wait" strategy was actually proposed for Venus back in the 1970's, shortly after publication of the results of the Venera probes. The problem isn't the delivery (We can get the microbes to Venus), nor, really, with the microbes needed (we can simply apply steady selection to certain acid tolerant bacteria to get the needed microbes in a decade or less)... it's the political will to spend the $250M on the project when it will result in a "superbug"... the project would look from the outside like a bioterrror facility. Needed: airborne bacterium that eats H2SO4 and CO2, releases H2O and O2, binds carbon and sulfer, and can tolerate 490°C. Venus' own winds should disperse it widely...