[Space] Terraformed Venus as a setting

Mailanka · 04-04-2014, 02:18 AM

Slightly to the side of the main thrust of this topic:

Listening to people discuss solar shades for Venus instantly brought to mind the image of a "black sun", an eclipsed sun with its ring of fire staring balefully down at the alien landscape of this terraformed world.

So let's say you left most of Venus alone, merely placed a solar shade, cleaned up the atmosphere to make it breathable, added a bunch of water, but left rotation and orbit and everything else the same. You wouldn't get the "We didn't know it wasn't Earth!" that the OP wanted, but I don't mind. I like it being alien and strange.

What would you get? Is it workable? How stable is it? Could it be shirtsleeves weather?

04-04-2014, 02:18 AM	#11
Mailanka Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Eindhoven, the Netherlands	Re: [Space] Terraformed Venus as a setting Slightly to the side of the main thrust of this topic: Listening to people discuss solar shades for Venus instantly brought to mind the image of a "black sun", an eclipsed sun with its ring of fire staring balefully down at the alien landscape of this terraformed world. So let's say you left most of Venus alone, merely placed a solar shade, cleaned up the atmosphere to make it breathable, added a bunch of water, but left rotation and orbit and everything else the same. You wouldn't get the "We didn't know it wasn't Earth!" that the OP wanted, but I don't mind. I like it being alien and strange. What would you get? Is it workable? How stable is it? Could it be shirtsleeves weather? __________________ My Blog: Mailanka's Musing. Currently Playing: Psi-Wars, a step-by-step exploration of building your own Space Opera setting, inspired by Star Wars.