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- magiclava, on 05/16/2008, -0/+11yup surface temperatures of over 460 °C...
- DanBoodro, on 05/16/2008, -0/+8Hydroxycut, close though.
- drakelord, on 05/16/2008, -1/+8Except that its pretty friggin hot out there.
- slayerab, on 05/16/2008, -0/+7After we figure out how to get stuff onto the surface without it being destroyed by the atmosphere
- AmaDaden, on 05/16/2008, -1/+7Hmmm. If Hydroxyl is HO and highly reactive could dropping a ton of Hydrogen make Venus water filled like Earth? From the article it sounds like Venus just has to high of a Oxygen to Hydrogen ratio to be filled with water.
- IAmHydrogen, on 05/16/2008, -0/+5Technically, hydroxyl is any -OH group. For instance, ethanol (CH3CH2OH) has a terminal hydroxyl group. I believe what they're talking about is hydroxide, -OH with a negative charge, like the kind you get when Sodium Hydroxide is dissolved in water. And no, hydrogen gas + hydroxide ions will not get you water. Hydrogen gas + oxygen + a spark will, though.
- davbmn68, on 05/16/2008, -0/+5It is also due to Venus' very slow rotation. 1 day=about 2/3 of our year so you face the sun for a very long time.
- halleyscomet, on 05/16/2008, -1/+5Sadly, the superior and less expensive alternative to Oreos has been discontinued.
- hayzeus, on 05/16/2008, -5/+9I thought Hydroxyl was a cheap Oreo knock-off. Could Venus's haze hide the solar system's largest Dollar General?
- neonenergy, on 05/16/2008, -0/+4converting that 10km of HO into water and then creating a large greenhouse to convert the CO2 would be a good start
- SamuelHenderson, on 05/16/2008, -0/+4Is Venus so hot because of it's closer proximity to the sun or is it so hot because of it's atmosphere?
- inactive, on 05/16/2008, -4/+7I thought Hydroxyl was a weight-loss pill.
- cscalfani, on 05/16/2008, -0/+3You could reduce the atmospheric pressures by causing some of the gases to combine into a compounds that would be a liquid at current temperatures. This would reduce the density of the atmosphere and hence the greenhouse effect, which could reduce temperatures. A reduction of temperature could then speed up the "liquification" of the atmosphere.
- lusenok2, on 05/16/2008, -0/+3Hydroxyl is not a molecule. It's either a part of molecule or free radical. Shame on them.
- inactive, on 05/16/2008, -0/+3dont forget that venus has pressures that are quite high, so even if you convert the air to something less acidic that wont eat through skin on contact, you still have the issue of the pressure, something humans couldnt survive in just walking around.
While the thought of terraforming the planet seems good, there is much more to it than just changing the gasses around, without the same pressure (which that pressure is also part of the heat problem, remember high school chemistry "charles law" and "boyles law" dealing with temperature/pressure?). - Harbinger67, on 05/16/2008, -0/+3Yep. Send em a few hundred bucks and you too can lose an extra 3.6 or so pounds.
- inactive, on 05/17/2008, -0/+2Forget about the fight, coz we ain't going there to terraform it. It's just something right of science fantasy without economics involved.
- equivo, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2both
- noen, on 05/16/2008, -1/+3No I don't believe so. The conditions on Venus are such that hydroxl is being created. It is those conditions that need to be changed.Though perhaps dropping some blue green algae would help.
- cuoops, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2source - http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM7YJ0YUFF_index_0.html
- stuntman021, on 05/17/2008, -0/+2Venus must have a weird enviroment.
- hendrixiloveyou, on 05/17/2008, -0/+1too hot, violent storms, acidic rain and the pressure captain!
Although i recall reading that the pressure difference woudl be less and temperature tolerable in the skies of venus... - AmaDaden, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Well if we can just catch some of the extra carbon we have taken out of the ground here and move it there the CO2 should just happen. Would be a good start for an Earth 2.
- inactive, on 05/16/2008, -1/+2not quite both.
it receives WAY more sun than the earth, but its atmosphere also reflects WAY more, than earth leaving the total that hits the surface to be less than the earth. In part it is the chemical composition but the pressure of the atmosphere is a huge issue.
Keep in mind that the very things that people say make greenhouse effects worse are in large part what is reflecting the heat from the sun causing less to hit the surface. - hpymondays, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1hair bleaching compounds are key ingredients for life.
- venuspcs, on 05/16/2008, -7/+8Venus would most likely be the easiest of the planets to terraform for sure.
- orlyfactor, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Our hydroxyl shortage is solved!!!
- inactive, on 05/17/2008, -1/+2Both, for sure.
- whalt, on 05/17/2008, -0/+1What about Tetrahydrozoline
- Digggthis, on 05/17/2008, -0/+1what! its far too hot on venus to do anything let alone terraform it!!
- inactive, on 05/17/2008, -0/+1I guess "group" is confused with "molecule".
- inactive, on 05/16/2008, -1/+1venus express - dont leave home without it
- windmarble, on 05/16/2008, -2/+2Just how do you transform and entire planet? I guess we could get in a fight over its oil too.
- wazzu07, on 05/16/2008, -1/+1brannigans law is like brannigans love, hard and fast. quick lets go find kif!
- Ryan0617, on 05/16/2008, -3/+3Sounds like Earth in the future with all this global warming!
- thedarkrabbit, on 05/16/2008, -3/+2THis would be so much cooler if it came from Uranus...
- d03boy, on 05/16/2008, -2/+1ok...
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