Scifiterraformist In reply to Archaeosaurisdae [2011-03-12 19:42:09 +0000 UTC]

No, not like that. But putting colonies in a gas giant is possible.

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Archaeosaurisdae In reply to Scifiterraformist [2011-03-13 09:25:51 +0000 UTC]

ah, okay, sounds awesome!

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Scifiterraformist In reply to Archaeosaurisdae [2011-03-15 00:48:59 +0000 UTC]

Yes. And also putting lands hundreds of miles big that has mini continents and oceans. Thus, they are heated and they deflect radiation.

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Archaeosaurisdae In reply to Scifiterraformist [2011-04-09 21:24:56 +0000 UTC]

yeah, I think that would be a phenomenal step for man kind.

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Aphradonis In reply to Scifiterraformist [2011-03-21 17:26:45 +0000 UTC]

Where would the land be placed? Would it just float in the atmosphere the gas giant somehow? How would that work?

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Scifiterraformist In reply to Aphradonis [2011-03-22 00:33:13 +0000 UTC]

The land would be placed at the upper atmospheres and these are those kinds of floating colonies be some booster drive or something like that.

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Scifiterraformist In reply to streincorp [2011-02-28 00:54:17 +0000 UTC]

Which do you think is better?

A. Terraforming Neptune's core.

B. Putting sky colony environments in the atmosphere of Neptune.

C. Never inhabit gas giants.

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streincorp In reply to Scifiterraformist [2011-02-28 21:12:23 +0000 UTC]

Neptune?! O_o I choose C.
but gas giants could be used as source of hydrogen or deuterium for nuclear fusion, to avoid to extract H2 from Earth's water or from hydrocarbons.

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Scifiterraformist In reply to streincorp [2011-02-28 21:44:07 +0000 UTC]

Yes but colonies will use the H2 and add an atom of oxygen to it.

Which do you think is easiest and the hardest to terraform?

Mars
Venus
Europa
Callisto
Io
Ganymede
Mercury
Titan
Luna

Here's my opinion
Mars is the easiest
Venus or Io is the hardest

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bram29 In reply to Scifiterraformist [2012-12-18 15:02:43 +0000 UTC]

i believe venus would be second easiest planet to terraform, just after mars. you don't have to remove the atmosphere at all. you could bring some calcium with you on the trip to venus and turn the exess co2 into calcium carbonate, or better yet! you can separate the carbon and the oxygen and you won't have to bring any oxygen from earth at all! the lack of oxygen is a big problem while terraforming mars. bring down the co2 level, and the temperature will drop automatically. i agree the moon will be hardest to terraform.

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streincorp In reply to Scifiterraformist [2011-03-03 14:03:20 +0000 UTC]

hmm... I'm not an expert but Mars could be the easiest cuz it has less problem than others.
Mercury is too closer to the Sun, it's the hardest; and I easily imagine the Moon as the first "out of Earth" colony in a next future, but without terraform it - it's too little.

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Scifiterraformist In reply to streincorp [2011-03-04 00:23:31 +0000 UTC]

We cant terraform the moon unless we put a giant global dome around it to prevent atmosphere from escaping into space

You were right on Mars but Mercury was considered easier to terraform than Venus. Imagine having to terraform Venus. Removing all of that atmosphere, reducing the temperature and so on. But solar shades(extremly advanced) could cool down Mercury.(:

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Scifiterraformist In reply to EpsilonEagle [2011-02-18 20:55:05 +0000 UTC]

welcome

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