[Space] Terraformed Venus as a setting

~~tantric~~ · 04-05-2014, 11:10 AM

As a thought experiment, let's assume that it is possible to create an algae that can live in the cloud layer. I think THS science could do that with ease. So, what happens a million years later? Does the Gaian principle lead to more life, or does the algae use up some critical resource and die out? I've always wondered if this happened to Mars - that Mars is harsh *because* it supported life. What if the first life forms got their energy from binding O2, present from outgassing or whatnot, to iron?

04-05-2014, 11:10 AM	#11
~~tantric~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Athens, GA	Re: [Space] Terraformed Venus as a setting As a thought experiment, let's assume that it is possible to create an algae that can live in the cloud layer. I think THS science could do that with ease. So, what happens a million years later? Does the Gaian principle lead to more life, or does the algae use up some critical resource and die out? I've always wondered if this happened to Mars - that Mars is harsh because it supported life. What if the first life forms got their energy from binding O2, present from outgassing or whatnot, to iron?