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Should We Colonize Venus Instead of Mars?

A PBS Space Time episode asking whether Venus would be a better colonization target than Mars. It covers Venus's habitable altitudes, floating balloon habitats, and the term surfacism.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN links it in Mars-colonization threads as a concise case for Venus.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
PBS Space Time
Topic
venus colonization
Format
explainer
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
4
HN mentions in dataset
9
Recommendation years in dataset
2016–2022

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • I wish we would focus on Venus. It have similar gravity to Earth's. There is an excellent video about it [VIDEO] .

    anthony_doan on Hacker News · 2019-07
    In A material way to make Mars habitable

  • This idea is explored in an episode of the excellent PBS Space Time: [VIDEO] In short, Venus has many advantages over Mars.

    gkfasdfasdf on Hacker News · 2019-09
    In Venus’ Ocean of Air and Clouds

  • Don't miss the PBS Space Time episode suggesting we should colonize Venus instead of Mars which gives some good arguments and goes through the basics. [1] [VIDEO]

    guerrilla on Hacker News · 2020-09
    In Mars Problems vs. Venus Problems

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