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Subject: SPACE Digest V11 #393
SPACE Digest Volume 11 : Issue 393
Today's Topics:
Re: Naming Stars
Re: Terraforming Venus (was: Manned mission to Venus)
Re: Naming Stars
Re: Terraforming Venus (was: Manned mission to Venus)
Re: Terraforming Venus (was: Manned mission to Venus)
Re: Naming Stars
Re: Naming Stars
Re: Terraforming Venus (was: Manned mission to Venus)
Re: Terraforming Venus (was: Manned mission to Venus)
Re: A BibTeX Style for Astron.Journals: Help !
Re: Terraforming Venus (was: Manned mission to Venus)
Re: Manned Mission To Venus
Re: Terraforming Venus (was: Manned mission to Venus)
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Subject: Re: Terraforming Venus (was: Manned mission to Venus)
Given Venus' current 10**7 second day [Ours is less than 100 Ks],
and given a successful terraforming of the atmosphere, what kind of
noon day heat would we be talking? If the daily highs are over the
local boiling point of water, there might be a problem maintaining
habitability [Not to mention the problem of heatstroke amongst the
colonists. Even if you protect the humans, what do you do with the
'wild' life?].
The Venusian Blinds [patent pending] would solve this, if they are