1. To Colonize Venus A extensivly researched report. Written By Jesse Gae and Alex Stubbins

2. Table of Contents Page 1: Title Page Page 2: Table of Contents Page 3: Shelter Page 4: Water Page 5: Food Page 6: Electricity Page 7: Garbage Disposal Page 8: How to Clarify Water Page 9: Bibliography

3. Shelter We will have build a giant dome on Venus. Most of the building will be zirconium and glass. We are going to have to build the dome with robots or enhanced bio-suits, because of the rough conditions on Venus, of which people would not survive without protection. The zirconium's purpose is to protect us from the sulfuric acid rain and heat. Of all metals zirconium has the greatest acid resistance. We are going to need some light bulbs, because without some it is going to be kind of dark in there. To avoid vitamin D deficiency, we will just take some vitamin D every day with our meal. Basically the only hard part after these steps is replacing the zirconium dome every twenty years. To get this accomplished, we can simply build one dome while we are living in the other.

4. Water Water is a necessity for any life to exist. There is water in Venus' atmosphere, although very little, how's twenty parts to every million. Of course through water filtration we would not run out of water to use in showers and to drink. This is called a closed circuit system.

5. Food Food is analogically the super-fuel of the human body. We need food to operate properly. Also, we need to make sure we stay nutritionally balanced. In order to sustain a large amount of people for a long period of time (forever) we need to use the compost that we gather to grow plants. To grow plants, we would also need the exact opposite of a greenhouse (it is 420 degrees Celsius outside). We need to let plants grow in a colder area, while somehow letting them get artificial sunlight, and carbon-dioxide. We also have to use a few plants for seed.

6. Electricity Getting electricity on Venus should probably be the easiest part. Because there is 300 k/h wind, we could put up a bunch of windmills, and we might have to worry about a power surge. Also, because it is about 420 degrees Celsius we can use the temperature to create a giant steam generator.

7. Garbage Disposal Garbage Disposal would be very important. Without it, Venus would quickly turn into a wasteland. Venus would turn into a wasteland even quicker than on earth because Venus is a smaller planet than earth. One of the most important things that we could do with our garbage that can be composted is to, well, compost it. Also, there is a lot of things that we could recycle, just like we do at home. With the garbage that you can't compost, or recycle, most of it we will probably be able to just simply throw outside, because it is a hot, barren world at 420 degrees Celsius.

8. How to clarify water First, water becomes sewage. Then they screen the water, and then they throw all of the crap outside and watch it burn. After they screen the water and dispose of the sludge, they remove the grit, and they bring the grit to the outside and burn it. They then put the remaining water into a sedimentation tank, the water seperates from the sludge and the scum, and then they burn the sludge and scum by throwing it outside. After the water looks fairly clean, they pump the mostly clean water into an agitated tank and they put the water through chemical treatment, to make it taste better and add vitamins. They then expose the water to powerful uv rays which kill everything (but water). Next, all there is to be done to the water is to be consumed. After that, people keep disposing and then the process continues.

9. Bibliography The Magellen Venus Explorer's Guide Unknown Author. September 15, 2005 http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/magellan/guide. Venus Fact Sheet Dr. David R. Williams September 29, 2005 http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/venusfact.html B. H. W. S. de Jong, "Glass"; in "Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry"; 5th edition, vol. A12, VCH Publishers, Weinheim, Germany, 1989, ISBN 3-527-20112-5, pp. 365–432. Lide, David R., ed (2007–2008). "Zirconium". CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. 4. New York: CRC Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0- 8493-0488-0.

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