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- From: clj@ksr.com (Chris Jones)
- Newsgroups: sci.astro
- Subject: Re: PUTTING VENUS IN AN ORBIT SIMILAR TO THE ORBIT OF THE EARTH
- Keywords: Altering, VENUS, Orbit
- Message-ID: <15810@ksr.com>
- Date: 15 Sep 92 08:25:22 EDT
- References: <abian.716517308@pv343f.vincent.iastate.edu>
- Sender: news@ksr.com
- Reply-To: clj@ksr.com (Chris Jones)
- Organization: Kendall Square Research Corp
- Lines: 30
- In-reply-to: abian@iastate.edu (Alexander Abian)
-
- In article <abian.716517308@pv343f.vincent.iastate.edu>, abian@iastate (Alexander Abian) writes:
- > However, if we alter Venus' orbit and make it similar to the Earth's
- >orbit, then the gradual process of generating life sustaining ecology on
- >Venus will evolve automatically. As a result, a second Earth-like planet
- >will be created which, in due course, will be readily and easily populated
- >by the human species.
- [...]
-
- Does this replace or enhance the previous plan of crashing the moon into earth?
-
- > As mentioned above, a practical way for creating a life-sustaining ecology
- >say, on Venus, is to put Venus in an orbit similar to the Earth's orbit, to
- >begin with. This is the way, the only way.
-
- Practical? If we had control of the energy resources to move Venus's orbit, I
- expect we could use them on earh or nearby to make more habitat available.
-
- [...]
- > THE FUTURE OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF RATIONAL ALTERATION OF COSMOS, OR
- >THE PRESERVATION OF INTELLIGENT RACES IN THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.
- >
- > A. ABIAN (1992)
-
- I expect you'll have an uphill battle convincing most people of the rationality
- of this plan.
-
- Is the cited paragraph above the title of a published book? If so, can you
- give availability information?
- --
- Chris Jones clj@ksr.com
-