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Dave
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Bay Area, CA
 
2006-04-11, 13:02

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Originally Posted by billybobsky
Earth's atmosphere is about 100 km thick...

It isn't an easy calculation but given that Venus is about the same size as earth, has an atmosphere that is composed mostly of CO2, which is approximately 1.5 times as dense as nitrogen, and that it is 90 times as massive -- I would guess that its atmosphere is anywhere between 30 and 60 times as thick as earths...
Mostly CO2, eh? Sounds like we should try to get plants growing over there to make some O2 for our Venus Colonies*. The lack of water might be a problem. Along with the temperatures. Would "fixing" the air over there help cool off the planet?

*Yes, I know they don't exist. But it'd be fun to make some.

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