Comments on: New Map Hints at Venus' Wet, Volcanic Past http://www.universetoday.com/2009/07/14/new-map-hints-at-venus-wet-volcanic-past/ Space and astronomy news Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:20:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lawrence B. Crowellhttp://www.universetoday.com/2009/07/14/new-map-hints-at-venus-wet-volcanic-past/comment-page-1/#comment-68606 Lawrence B. Crowell Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:12:01 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=34758#comment-68606 In one sense we are terraforming, but it is Earth and we are doing so in a negative direciton. We are tearing everything down.Speculations about terraforming planets are just baby steps in a whole staircase of such ideas about so called civilization types I through IV, where at the last stage intelligent life is able to design up whole cosmologies (universes) and migrate into them. That would make terraforming Mars or Venus look like a Sunday afternoon walk in the park.The warmings are pretty clear about our status on this planet,. If we are to manage a planet, or more to the point manage ourselves on this planet, we need to get cracking on it pretty quickly. We are not going to be able to order up new planets in the next 50-100 years. In one sense we are terraforming, but it is Earth and we are doing so in a negative direciton. We are tearing everything down.

Speculations about terraforming planets are just baby steps in a whole staircase of such ideas about so called civilization types I through IV, where at the last stage intelligent life is able to design up whole cosmologies (universes) and migrate into them. That would make terraforming Mars or Venus look like a Sunday afternoon walk in the park.

The warmings are pretty clear about our status on this planet,. If we are to manage a planet, or more to the point manage ourselves on this planet, we need to get cracking on it pretty quickly. We are not going to be able to order up new planets in the next 50-100 years.

]]> By: Braveharthttp://www.universetoday.com/2009/07/14/new-map-hints-at-venus-wet-volcanic-past/comment-page-1/#comment-68579 Bravehart Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:30:45 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=34758#comment-68579 Who came up with the term "Terraforming"? Like LawrenceB. said: Highly implausible! What are we? GOD's? We are but a dust particle at the best of time in the grant picture of the UNIVERS! We are so minuscule in space that we can call ourself lucky to exsit! Just observe and learn from the grand Master who runs this show of what we call the UNIVERS! And I'm do not belief in a GOD! Who came up with the term "Terraforming"?
Like LawrenceB. said: Highly implausible!
What are we? GOD's? We are but a dust particle at the best of time in the grant picture of the UNIVERS! We are so minuscule in space that we can call ourself lucky to exsit!
Just observe and learn from the grand Master
who runs this show of what we call the UNIVERS!
And I'm do not belief in a GOD!

]]> By: Lawrence B. Crowellhttp://www.universetoday.com/2009/07/14/new-map-hints-at-venus-wet-volcanic-past/comment-page-1/#comment-68550 Lawrence B. Crowell Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:35:21 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=34758#comment-68550 You need to spin up the rotation of Venus. That would be no easy trick. Terraforming other planets is maybe not impossbile, but it is in my file of highly implausible outcomes. You need to spin up the rotation of Venus. That would be no easy trick. Terraforming other planets is maybe not impossbile, but it is in my file of highly implausible outcomes.

]]> By: IVAN3MANhttp://www.universetoday.com/2009/07/14/new-map-hints-at-venus-wet-volcanic-past/comment-page-1/#comment-68489 IVAN3MAN Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:16:50 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=34758#comment-68489 Damian: <blockquote>Seems a shame to let a good sized planet go to waste… Ok, at least I would say that Venus is a better candidate for terra-forming then Mars.</blockquote><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraforming_of_Venus" rel="nofollow"><b>Terraforming of Venus</b></a>. Damian:

Seems a shame to let a good sized planet go to waste… Ok, at least I would say that Venus is a better candidate for terra-forming then Mars.

Terraforming of Venus.

]]> By: damianhttp://www.universetoday.com/2009/07/14/new-map-hints-at-venus-wet-volcanic-past/comment-page-1/#comment-68486 damian Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:56:35 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=34758#comment-68486 Interesting.Wasn't there a recent paper suggesting that ocean conductivity might be factor in earths strong magnetosphere?If true then when Venus had surface oceans it too should have had a strong magnetosphere, and plate tectonics.The only thing missing then would be life in the form of biomass to create the carbon cycle.Wonder if we could create a carbon cycle for it? Some form of organic aerosol perhaps? :)Seems a shame to let a good sized planet go to waste... :) Ok, at least I would say that Venus is a better candidate for terra-forming then Mars.Damian K Interesting.

Wasn't there a recent paper suggesting that ocean conductivity might be factor in earths strong magnetosphere?

If true then when Venus had surface oceans it too should have had a strong magnetosphere, and plate tectonics.

The only thing missing then would be life in the form of biomass to create the carbon cycle.

Wonder if we could create a carbon cycle for it? Some form of organic aerosol perhaps? :)

Seems a shame to let a good sized planet go to waste… :) Ok, at least I would say that Venus is a better candidate for terra-forming then Mars.

Damian K

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