Re: [OT} Terraforming

Donald Hosford wrote:
> 
> 
> 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.)

	Unlike our planet, Venus has no electromagnetic field to protect
it
from the solar radiation.  The one question I would have is how you
would keep your future Venutians from ending up microwaved?

Later,
Mark A. Siefert

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