The Artisan
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so after several cool planetary news that's happened; the super blood moon eclipse, water on mars, and on the eve of the martian's release, I want to ask: what planet would you rather have terraformed, if any?
the most popular vote goes to mars, but it's got 40% the gravitational pull that earth has, which could lead to a loss in bone mass for humans. venus is much closer in that respect to earth, so i'd say venus.
as far as terraforming goes (obviously this is all hypothetical) I think the only argument against doing it at all is that the budget when it ever even exists could be used to solve other and actual problems of the world, and, if there does exist life on these planets, then the process of terraforming could kill them.
while most think it's more likely for there to be life on mars, there's a possibility that if life exists at all on venus, it'd be in its sky, not the surface.
http://news.discovery.com/space/alien-life-exoplanets/are-venus-clouds-a-haven-for-life-130516.htm
the most popular vote goes to mars, but it's got 40% the gravitational pull that earth has, which could lead to a loss in bone mass for humans. venus is much closer in that respect to earth, so i'd say venus.
as far as terraforming goes (obviously this is all hypothetical) I think the only argument against doing it at all is that the budget when it ever even exists could be used to solve other and actual problems of the world, and, if there does exist life on these planets, then the process of terraforming could kill them.
while most think it's more likely for there to be life on mars, there's a possibility that if life exists at all on venus, it'd be in its sky, not the surface.
http://news.discovery.com/space/alien-life-exoplanets/are-venus-clouds-a-haven-for-life-130516.htm