What If Humans Colonized Venus?

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Venus. One of the most fascinating and dangerous planets in our Solar System. It's filled with scorching temperatures, crushing atmospheric pressure, and acid rain. But despite these dangers, some people think it might be a better planet for humans to settle on than Mars.
00:00 Populating Venus
00:42 DAY 1
05:08 DAY 1,000
08:28 DAY 5,000
10:00 DAY 10,000
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[@WhatIfScienceShow]

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[@grdfhrghrggrtwqqu]

if they are hiding aliens on venus, i hope that we impeach the HELL out of biden.

[@eXnub69]

No

[@Cassidy8783.]

No

[@jakubfrei3757]

@@Cassidy8783. Cool, less of competition

[@kanthakornkhamtara1328]

but mars is better for us to terraform

[@DandJ9]

You always make science way more interesting

[@sampathn4429]

not even science, this is BS,how can humans exists on venus??

[@gunjanbhatt1083]

My brother intorduced this channel to me on lockdown now i am a big fan of this channel you give us a very good and intersting information about our planet

[@MnSakib007]

Terraforming Venus makes much more sense than mars

[@326lindsey]

How? The goal of humanity expanding to another planet is survival of our species, which means Venus is not the ideal candidate because when the sun expands as it starts to fuse hydrogen into helium, mars is the only rocky planet that isn't destroyed in the process.

[@rebeccaantwibosiako5442]

Yh mars is not the size of Earth

[@user-fj5tf2rt8p]

true it has relates

[@sethhamilton6219]

The reason why people are trying to make Mars habitable. it’s to be prepared for the day when the sun expands and earth becomes just like Venus

[@vitriolveio]

Newsflash! When the sun expands the entire solar system will be engulfed. So, while I still think it’s a good idea to start colonizing the solar system, that won’t protect us when the sun starts expanding

[@user-uu3ix3yh4j]

​@@vitriolveionews flash x2, humans won't exist to experience the expansion for we would've wiped ourselves way before than. Think next 100 years only

[@jonathanbenoit-mj9cv]

​@vitriolveio fr also idk why people are saying type 7 civilization is possible I think people are overrating human potential a bit to much cuz I've seen what people describe it like it's basically a civilization with godly powers I think type 4-5 will be our peak but we need to survive the sun

[@vitriolveio]

@@user-uu3ix3yh4j Well maybe we won’t, maybe we will. Either way I’ll be damned if we don’t at least try

[@sethhamilton6219]

@@vitriolveio The point is, people are trying to make Mars Habitable.

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

"Earth might one day soon resemble the planet Venus." -- Stephen Hawking

[@CoolHQ2024]

yea the main reason is pollution

[@CoolHQ2024]

and maybe if venus resembled earth then we have to terraform it

[@FebruaryHas30Days]

In case you didn't know, 10000 days is 27.37 years, roughly the age of an adult.

[@just_space_shorts]

I'm really love this channel and it has a lot of information about everything ❤

[@WhatIfScienceShow]

Thanks for watching! Stay tuned ❤️

[@TheMaestromMephisto]

I think Venus is where hell is

[@anuragtumane5227]

Colonizing Venus would not be an easy feat.

[@thundershadow]

I've always thought Venus was a better candidate. My contribution to this venture is to float an idea... Find a chemical way to change the reflectivity of the upper atmosphere rather than block the energy of the sun from space. Or possibly use both to drive the planet into an ice age and then let the planet warm up slowly to a target temperature to introduce extremophiles.

[@sahinyasar9119]

It is better candidate. Its just that we need to bioform planet to lower atmospheric pressure as well as eliminating acid clouds. Tbh acid is easy part. All you need to do first find iron deposit underground then mix them until no iron left then use left over h2 for cloud city to make water and use FeSO4(aq) to insulate the ground so you can capture acid in underground. If they have enough iron they can spread it thinly above clouds to dormenting acid clouds

[@thundershadow]

@@sahinyasar9119 Lower pressure comes with lower temperatures where most of the atmosphere is liquified. The Earth's atmosphere is comparable to Venus' except that the majority of our atmosphere is liquified into oceans.

[@sahinyasar9119]

@@thundershadow We still have thousands of years. If we keep making cloud cities by salvaging Oxygen, Carbon and Hydrogen from atmosphere we might be able to block sun light one day then finally can cool it down

[@wanfuse]

If you cool Venus to minus 80*c the atmosphere mostly goes away, a lot of the acid can be absorbed in its liquid state first, then frozen and the remainder pumped beneath the ice in caves. Habitable zones will appear , day and night rotations, remaining atmosphere motion day to night would be extreme, sublimation, it would all need to be modeled. Completely frozen is probably the easiest “arctic “, “ is no picnic”. Colonize the moon and then other parts of solar system first. Build huge ship for 20% speed of light to more habitable places outside solar system. Same tech can bring us to the outer solar system in reasonable time. Not just nuclear but other tech possible today. Preferably before full AGI has been reached.

[@nolan4339]

If the planet could be cooled, I like the idea of condensing the CO2 into a liquid CO2 ocean and retaining it at that state. It would probably mean still having a pressure of about 10 atmospheres and temperatures in the -20 C range, but it would keep the planet unique.

[@briandaleske5139]

I think it would be more difficult, to try to terraform planet:VENUS, then trying to terraform planet:MARS.

[@sonhuynh8222]

I think we should take care of Earth before me mess up another planet. We can’t even fix our own problems. Lol

[@briandaleske5139]

@@sonhuynh8222 I think if many genuine good, caring people come together, it might be possible to heal the planet of ours. Plus to add I think if some wealthy individuals, could use their money to buy devices, and machines to help out, it might give better chances. But I fear if that doesn’t happen, our planet might eventually reach its limit, and people might be forced to leave planet:Earth, to live elsewhere.

[@kgunknown7909]

Not difficult it is impossible to colonise on venus😂😂😂

[@parazels83]

Make a video. What if humans invested 10x more money in space exploration. What results would we have reached then?

[@majormarketing6552]

Nothing. You cant throw money at a problem and expect better results. The issue is corruption. They get billions for talking theory and creating bad cgi examples of theories. It makes it by far the most profitable business for least amount of results given in the world

[@kimbratton9620]

What If is a great time passer!!

[@alexandertaylor1225]

Very cool video, thank you.

[@ChrisMovieUniverse]

Venus= Crushes you, Hot , everyone wonders about you. My Ex=Crushes you, Hot , everyone wonders about you Thats about right.

[@linz8291]

lol...if your crush is your Mr. right, you two can have a wonderful holiday on the Venus.

[@coreygiles6831]

I would love to see an what if we turn the moon into an intergalactic self-sustaining space ship and colonize it. Stealing power from stars as we travel the cosmos.

[@fahimredwan]

Love what if videos🥰🥰🥰

[@macwelch8599]

If I couldn’t colonize Mars, Venus would definitely be my second choice

[@JoutarouKuujou1]

what about the moon?

[@macwelch8599]

@@JoutarouKuujou1 the moon isn’t as appealing to me

[@locrianphantom3547]

@@macwelch8599Yeah, I’d prefer if we colonized a moon for it to be one with an atmosphere, like on of Jupiter’s.

[@macwelch8599]

@@locrianphantom3547 indeed

[@bossredd-77]

The moon is weeping

[@Nothing_to_see_here005]

Cool vid 😎👍

[@nolan4339]

One fun Venus Terraforming idea is to simple build a new surface at the altitude with the better living conditions. Essentially, utilize the carbon in the atmosphere to build floating blocks or platforms, and then cover the planet with them. Push all the bad gasses beneath this manufactured surface and create a breathing air mix above, and have the surface super reflective so that it also helps regulate the planets temperature. I have heard that estimates on a timescale to actually do this based on the energy that would be available could mean it would be in the hundreds of years, rather than thousands. probably still not feasible though.

[@user-ts9jj7sy6e]

I really love this video keep it up 😊❤

[@bobklk51]

Loving the clips from Star Citizen. 😎

[@dannydecasas9996]

Could you make, What if the moon had a molten surface?

[@johnf7683]

What's not addressed here is the lack of a magnetic field on Venus. Any atmosphere you create that simulates Earth would be blasted away by the Solar Wind, much like the Martian atmosphere was when Mars lost it's magnetic field. If you could solve that, perhaps by deploying a magnetic dipole shield at the L1 Lagrange point, then more options open up. If you could do that for Venus, then you could do it for Mars as well.

[@majormarketing6552]

Better off on Titan

[@RiMiL.BaSkI.]

Thumb up 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@roguemajin46290]

first part is to clean the air as much as possible for awhile we already got the ability to extract diff cem from the air slowly taking away the dangerous cems from the atmosphere would have to be the first step fs 😅

[@marko-1987]

Na i can only see us moving outwards but saying that research stations could be set up easily in the future.

[@nekokid]

A "what if" scenario like this is amusing to see, but it'll only be a "what if" in the end. We should stop any conflict on Earth first if we want to be an Interstellar Civillization, which is impossible. Just let it be a science fiction for people like me😊

[@user-fj5tf2rt8p]

umm can i just say its quite akward but lets love earth not just leave it behind and find another planet for environment was my spelling right pls correct me anyways we have environment lets keep it in earth more sorry if was sarcastic

[@xiozgamingnnn]

nice

[@comradejames7813]

we would not waste human life like u have described. Theres a reason we havent done that already

[@Libertas_P77]

I liked the footage of Orison in the gas giant in Star Citizen at the start. That actually isn’t the craziest option for humanity if we crack the technology for the floating platforms.

[@watchoutbinzillazabout5960]

i noticed this too lol

[@yaoiblfan]

What If We Save Earth?

[@Freedom_iwant]

What if astroid entered the chat

[@ajinkyababar6072]

Instead of all that, have the same cloud cities above our own earth or even moon

[@ardennielsen3761]

$7500 Trillion dollars, is what would be removed from the global energy sector for complex mineral extraction synthesis... just to source material for an observatory. "that's a global debt per person of $14 million dollars!"

[@ardennielsen3761]

$170'000'000'000/person if your looking at the population that actually dictates and used those resources... everything from having nails to build houses to tools of any kind, even if the tools were made in the bush in some primitive way. total confiscation by state, to the sum of 2.3gigaTons of iron per person globally.

[@NiluGupta141]

Is one of the best channel that provide free knowledge of science

[@nolan4339]

You should really delve into the reasons for why such floating Venus habitats might be valuable beyond just expanding the human presence in the solar system, because making an economical reason to develop Venus can take a leap in logic. Personally, I think the in-atmosphere infrastructure and development could become quite valuable as a support mechanism for space developments around the planet. If we start getting ambitions with space mega-projects, we probably won't want to endanger and risk polluting the navigation space around Earth with some mega development, so it could be quite advantageous to instead locate such projects in orbit of Venus, where there is plentiful solar energy available. And if you are going to need personnel to be nearby to work on and direct such projects, having a haven with gravity and radiation protection within the atmosphere would make a lot of sense. So I can see the majority of a remote workforce stationing and rotating themselves within Venus atmospheric habitats. And if you get enough developments and expansions of these colonies, you will eventually have enough recreation activities to keep a permanent or even native population occupied beyond the constant work of maintenance and developments. Also, it would be very advantageous for habitat developments to be very spacious in order to create additional lift, so it is unlikely that occupants would be feel too constrained after it is moderately developed. Beside, such facilities will likely mostly be maintained through automated systems and AI, so it shouldn't be completely up to massive amounts of human labor to keep them running, Rather, I think the purpose of having people there should be so they can provide their efforts towards exterior projects, so if the interior systems cannot be mostly automated, then the value in having people there significantly decreases.

[@Fuglygo2hellfuck]

Wrong venus is bigger therefore has a stronger gravity don't know where you got your information from but iys way off

[@nolan4339]

@@Fuglygo2hellfuck Bigger than what? Earth? While Venus has a lot more atmosphere than earth, it has a smaller diameter at the surface and less overall mass with gravity around 91% that of Earth. The most attractive points of Venus is that it has Earth-like gravity and an atmosphere capable of shielding people from radiation. The extreme heat and pressure at the surface just means that it would limit people to the upper atmosphere where pressure and temperature is more earth-like.

[@Fuglygo2hellfuck]

@@nolan4339 everything you just said WRONG way off the gravity is exactly the same on venus as on earth NO DIFFERENCE WHATEVER both ate exactly the same in gravity density mass and ratio only difference is atmosphere one is nitrogen and oxygen with trace gases the other is completely carbon and sulphur dioxide one has water the the other hasn't

[@lukewright9031]

10:29 😂😂 it sounded like got censored

[@chrisherndon2323]

I guess if we move to venus we become the Jetsons 😂😂😂😂

[@itwontbeTV]

It's funny how the Jetsons seem to make more and more sense when you watch this 😅

[@Ironstarfish]

Earth will be like venus anyway, if we dont get filtered out by a large event by then

[@matthewforte3570]

could a terrarium orbs concept full of resilient algae or photosynthetic organisms which circulate oxygen with the venutian atmosphere also be able to float in the goldilocks zone of the atmosphere? and could enough of such devices be capable of gradually terraforming the planet?

[@sziklamester1244]

Long term plans. Short term we currently does not have these technologies but in few century or millenia it will. It's a worth investment in my opinion.

[@jaimerivera1898]

Wolfenstein The New Colossus offers a pretty nice portrayal of science fiction putting us on Venus.

[@mayukich.1379]

Team 7 minutes! Let's go!!!! ❤

[@LordSalazarsRevenge]

If we could build a space-bridge from Transformers, we could move Mercury, or Io from their orbits around the Sun and Jupiter to orbit Venus instead in backwards rotations like Triton. The prescence of a moon could cause Venus to spin faster to reignite the magnetic field, and hopefully slowly rip a hole through the co2 and acid clouds, thus allowing the heat to finally escape into space. As for water, we first have to neutralize and remove the sulfuric acid as it finally forms liquid bodies on the surface, then use the space-bridge to remove Europa or Enceladus, or Pluto, and send them smashing into Venus to give it a better tilt for seasons and bring water

[@Mycoh]

What if every concerts all around the world are all in one spot or place at once?

[@Neogentronyx]

Saw some Star Citizen in there! 👨‍🚀

[@mikete714]

So the jetsons was on Venus ?

[@ionfreak83]

At 50 km above the surface, Venus is the most earth-like location in the Solar System. Its temperature is between 20C and 30C with the same gravity has Earth meaning no ill effects to the human body compare to planets with lower or no gravity. The atmospheric pressure is close to 1 atm meaning you don't need a pressurized suit but just air supply and a hazard suit to protect from the sulfuric acid which by the way at that height the haze layer thins out and sulfuric acid level drops out significantly. You don't have to worry about explosive decompression if something tears or rips thanks to the similar atmospheric pressure and your protected from solar radiation, thanks to the thick atmosphere which causes an induces magnetosphere. Besides better living conditions, getting to Venus takes less time, about 3 to 5 months compare to 6 to 10 months to Mars. This means less exposure time to micro gravity while traveling to Venus and being closer also means shorter launch windows. Another advantage for a trip to Venus is actually benefiting for a Mars mission. You can use Venus as a gravity assist to go to Mars meaning shorter total mission time, more frequent launch window, dramatically reducing the energy needed for the trip like saving fuel and weight therefore saving cost.

[@Dubistgenial]

Maybe Stockten Rush from Ocean Gate can invent a Submarine for Venus?

[@she_got_nochills]

Lmaooo sh*t went dark 💀

[@beyondview]

Is there a what if series of not recycling videos and topics?

[@SUSUtkarsh]

make a vidoe on what if we inhale inert gases till atomic no. 86

[@danielpierce3197]

This tech works a lot better on Neptune. You can directly make plastics from it's Methane and it has Helium-3 in vast quantities.

[@leotka]

It is easier to terraform Venus then Mars, much easier. Just drop pipeline from orbit and pump carbon dioxide on orbit. We can create artificial moon from CO2 and build factory on orbit which will produce oxygen, methane and graphene parts of spaceships and spacestations. Floating cities on 40-50km create camfortable life for humans. Temperature on surface will go done when atmosphere density will reduced. I would prefer start with Venus then with Mars. Mars is too far away, not enough power resources, poisonous soil and high radiation... Definitely Venus!

[@abelardlindsey7579]

I say forget about Venus. Just go with O'Neill style habitats, preferably in the outer solar system where you don't have to deal with the solar flares.

[@nikitahans2209]

My kid likes your channel he watch your video every day in tv

[@Rmm1722]

wow

[@NO1jkpg]

The moon and mars, is obvious but in the long run we need to expend to have a colony on every planet in the system to learn more and if we get that far to terrformed the whole planet.

[@robertwalhout8982]

Terra forming Venus atmosphere would be a very costly first challenge but doable in about 100 years or so. Pressures would be naturally evaporated into space. Water must be added. Luckily, there's lots of that in the solar system. All else would follow.

[@grim6392]

It makes me mad that the soviets aren't getting credited at all for exploring venus.

[@medidawedney6514]

Wasting time observing even if they already know no one life can survive

[@chrismirwnitis2029]

I think hell is Venus

[@sages101]

Why would you want to move closer to the sun? lmao.

[@sexygeek8996]

Your balloon descends toward the surface very slowly and you have no way to stop it.

[@dariantucker3261]

I really don't understand why people would even think to go to venues surface. It is so hot down there. If I were any of those scientists I would also think not to even think about going there and if we did go there, live in sky cities built from the ground up. That is a little more challenging but would be more likely to have less problems than living on the surface of Venus. That is only my opinion but everyone has their own so... that is what I think we should do instead of living on the surface.

[@Lilmiket1000]

Lmao is that star citizen footage?

[@user-dl3bg6py9b]

Maybe invest money and time on trying to get to Kepler 22b instead?

[@Aftabhussain56g]

May be in Type 5 Civilization it would be possible to populate Venus.

[@lunkwill714]

Nope, it's Type 2 Civilization that does it, it's a part of progression into Type 3

[@locrianphantom3547]

Yeah, it’s Type 2 because type 2 means complete control of a star system’s energy. That also means colonizing all feasible/wanted planets.

[@amruthdesaraju5665]

Bombarding Venus with 3*10^24 Kg of Potash lime could make Venus Earth like.

[@Levimoi345]

While other try to look for other planets....I think it's best I go to heaven. This is my opinion in case you read this comment 😅

[@pand9293]

You forgot to mention that Earth and Venus have the same gravity.

[@ThePhobos100]

If humans do colonise on Venus, in a way you are not preparing for when the sun turns into a red giant, you are going closer to the sun.

[@EduPublica]

Mr. Peter Schmiedchen did u allow the copyright to a lemar tv production in Afghanistan who copy ur content and cast it on tv in afghani language dubbed ???

[@endymir3X]

Currosive weapons might become a thing sponsored by Maliliwan

[@xSolitari]

I'm 14 years old, and just in case Venus let you down, here is to give you all hope: 1. In 2025, NASA is putting 4 people on the Moon's south pole for a week because they found water ice. 2. Elon Musk will put a man on Mars by 2030. 3. Commercial space travel/trips will be available in your lifetime. 4. If humans mass produce Borophene or Graphene soon, then we will have the material that will be used for deep space travel (best durability + least weight + electroconductivity). 5. Nasa plans on putting humans permanently on the Moon by 2050. 6. There are 303 celestial bodies (moons, planets, etc.) in our solar system alone. One of the moons has its own atmosphere, Pluto and 6 other moons have water on them, with more evidence being discovered every day. I remembered these off the top of my head, so fact check them if you'd like, but its crazy to think that our generation will be the first ever cosmic generation in history.

[@shristisingh_634]

Same vro , I'm also 14... And the fact of permanently colonizing moon in my lifetime gives me a sense of inner satisfaction.

[@tfkdandsvkc]

You got all.this crap from chat gpt not top.of your head.

[@xSolitari]

Nope ;)@@tfkdandsvkc

[@xSolitari]

Ok some dates were moved back for 1 or 2 things, but all of it is still in the very near future

[@ashleynorilus]

Venus alters the universe

[@MrMirville]

Sending an astronaut is absurd : what is needed to see the things from near is a deep-diving submarine like the bathyscaph.

[@darinwatts8116]

U made 1 mistake. 5000 days is actually 13 years. Not 6.

[@johnpastor369]

Remote controlled Robots to do the job!

[@kennethdelacruz4444]

What if we transport ciano bacteria it transform carbon atmosphere of venus to be oxygeneted atmosphere fisrt

[@nolan4339]

Even if we could float a bunch of photosynthesizes in the atmosphere and get them to survive, we would still need to harvest them and sequester their captured carbon in order to make any difference. Otherwise they just fall back the surface, smolder and release it all back out.

[@lionelmessithegoatLM10]

Same thought. Cyanobacteria could do the trick

[@nadeeshadissanayaka2015]

gas balloons? cloud colonies. Gee you better not take any pins over there

[@flyingfox8072]

I have been planning for a while to push Mars out of its orbit and place it in earths orbit keeping maximum seperation. Hey... We have two earths there ready to occupy. (neglect "G")

[@ky1ebetts]

The universe will end Earth before humanity goes interstellar.

[@Bean69595]

Earth

[@apocraphontripp4728]

How much you wanna make a bet that theres an ocean of water under the surface of venus?

[@BahamutDr7gon777-dz6vf]

Jeez haven't we caused enough damage already to one planet

[@wildmountainbear9117]

If your planning to terraform Mars or Venus?? 😅 That would take thousands of years. It would actually be more realistic to develop Interstellar Space craft to search for habitable Planets.

[@malakadil]

First we need to go beyond the moon .

[@pedrosmith4529]

Still better than Barcelona.

[@Human_01]

'Habitation' is a much better term than "colonisation". It is less misguided. Anyway, this was a great vid! 👏✨

[@Lordshadow29-w1n]

Jupiter🎉

[@doctorheretic1417]

10,000 Days on Ceres.

[@gloriouspurpose4263]

I'm happy to see a scientist and not Chase.

[@deebusoh9023]

y cannot terraform ?

[@butterlagmay5168]

How about let's just spend all the money on undoing the damages we did on Earth rather than spending billions on trying to find another planet?

[@master-kq3nw]

Its hell 465c never be good for humans pressure so warm planet

[@sai211reddy]

Jupiters moons ?

[@alphonsesynrem28]

For a moment I thought, more dangerous than venus is you.

[@kanthakornkhamtara1328]

What if we terraform Jupiter