Re: [OT} Terraforming

Ryan M Gill wrote:

> On Mon, 27 Sep 1999 Popeyesays@aol.com wrote:
>
> > life-support. If you could replace the gas loss in the atmosphere
due to >
> lower gravity you could conceivably terraform the moon.
>
> And europa and mars. Venus could conceivably be terraformed. The trick
> would be locking those corrosives up into salts that are harmless.
>
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There is an interesting artical on terraforming venus in the November
Analog,
Page 38 "Diamond Ether, Nanotechnology -- and Venus"  by Stephen L.
Gillett,
Ph.D

Among other things he suggests using nanites to transform the carbon in
Venus'
atmosphere into a kind of "Diamond Ether"  (it resembles "Silicon
Dioxide" -- a
hard crystalline solid.   Just replace the silicon atoms with carbon
atoms.	If
nanites could make this substance, several interesting uses like "bean
poles"
are possible, which gives you a reason to colonize venus.)

Donald Hosford