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epicureanideal on Sept 23, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Mars Problems vs. Venus Problems

I would love to see an economic analysis of this. How many billions for the solar shade array, for example. How many years until the planet becomes livable with an oxygen tank. How many people would pay to live on Venus, and so on.

pas on Sept 24, 2020 [–]

Solar shades the expensive way (as in right now, launch from Earth): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yqi0FabHHs

After kickstarting a Lunar economy so you can manufacture and launch them well outside Earth's gravity well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOr-Gd58zu8

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