Transforming Venus

In the near distant future, a powerful female dictator, Catherine the Great, sets out to leave a legacy matching her ego. Spanning thousands of years, she determines to turn Venus into a garden planet. But not all gardens are safe for people. Along with her loyal, ruthless robot, she embarks on the multi-generational quest. She knows she will never see the completion of the project. She must entrust its completion to her robot legate, but even the robot will not survive to oversee the end of the project. A bioengineered shield can cool the planet, but only for long enough for the first settlers on Venus to finish the job of firing the triad, mountain sized rockets which must move the planet to a stable orbit before the shield fails. The first settlers make it to the surface, but then everything starts to go wrong. Several generations later, the stories of earth seem like a fantasy. The society of Venus has split into three incompatible, but interdependent groups. On earth people have almost forgotten the effort to settle Venus. And then something unexpected happens to bring the two groups together. But the surface of the partially terraformed planet is too hot for the humans of earth and their life on the planet will be measured in days, but without them all life on Venus will be lost. On Venus, a strange object appears in the sky and the adventure begins. You are looking in the wrong direction to settle a planet. Don't look at Mars, look to Venus

Terraforming Venus is a story from An Alternate History. It covers the early years of humanities direct involvement with Venus, when the planet was successfully terraformed to become habitable. It is also the story of three immortals and how they applied their influence to bring about the historic events surrounding this fantastic endeavor possible. Yet- in spite of humanity's greatest accomplishments and achievements, humanity can also be its own worst nightmare.

TERRAFORMING MARS This book provides a thorough scientific review of how Mars might eventually be colonized, industrialized, and transformed into a world better suited to human habitation. The idea of terraforming Mars has, in recent times, become a topic of intense scientific interest and great public debate. Stimulated in part by the contemporary imperative to begin geoengineering Earth, as a means to combat global climate change, the terraforming of Mars will work to make its presently hostile environment more suitable to life—especially human life. Geoengineering and terraforming, at their core, have the same goal—that is to enhance (or revive) the ability of a specific environment to support human life, society, and industry. The chapters in this text, written by experts in their respective fields, are accordingly in resonance with the important, and ongoing discussions concerning the human stewardship of global climate systems. In this sense, the text is both timely and relevant and will cover issues relating to topics that will only grow in their relevance in future decades. The notion of terraforming Mars is not a new one, as such, and it has long played as the background narrative in many science fiction novels. This book, however, deals exclusively with what is physically possible, and what might conceivably be put into actual practice within the next several human generations. Audience Researchers in planetary science, astronomy, astrobiology, space engineering, architecture, ethics, as well as members of the space industry.

The word ‘‘terraforming’’ conjures up many exotic images and p- hapsevenwildemotions,butatitscoreitencapsulatestheideathat worldscanbechangedbydirecthumanaction.Theultimateaimof terraforming is to alter a hostile planetary environment into one that is Earth-like, and eventually upon the surface of the new and vibrant world that you or I could walk freely about and explore. It is not entirely clear that this high goal of terraforming can ever be achieved, however, and consequently throughout much of thisbooktheterraformingideasthatarediscussedwillapplytothe goal of making just some fraction of a world habitable. In other cases,theterraformingdescribedmightbeaimedatmakingaworld habitablenotforhumansbutforsomepotentialfoodsourcethat,of course, could be consumed by humans. The many icy moons that reside within the Solar System, for example, may never be ideal locationsforhumanhabitation,buttheypresentthegreatpotential for conversion into enormous hydroponic food-producing centers. The idea of transforming alien worlds has long been a literary backdrop for science fiction writers, and many a make-believe planet has succumbed to the actions of direct manipulation and the indomitable grinding of colossal machines. Indeed, there is something both liberating and humbling about the notion of tra- forming another world; it is the quintessential eucatastrophy espoused by J. R. R. Tolkien, the catastrophe that ultimately brings about a better world. When oxygen was first copiously produced by cyanobacterial activity on the Earth some three billion years ago, it was an act of extreme chemical pollution and a eucatastrophy. The original life-nurturing atmosphere was (eventually) changed f- ever, but an atmosphere that could support advanced life forms came about.

Terraforming is the process of modifying a planet, moon, or other body to a more habitable atmosphere, temperature, or ecology. The idea of terraforming or colonizing other planets has recently become a topic of intense scientific interest and public debate. Geoengineering and terraforming, at their core, have the same goal: to enhance or revive the ability of a specific environment to support human life, society, and industry. New Worlds: Colonizing Planets, Moons and Beyond examines extraterrestrial colonization plans with a critical eye. The ten chapters of the book provide a detailed review of the demographic and economic reasons behind this space imperative, technical and ecological solutions to improve the settlement of our own planet, enhancements of our current space industry. The book also covers interesting topics such as the terraformation of Mars, the moon, and other planets like Venus, colonizing the outer solar system (and beyond), and the ethical considerations in favor of space expansion. This simple, yet informative treatise is an essential read for anyone interested in the subject of space colonization.

Terraforming is the process of making other worlds habitable for human life. This book asks how science fiction has imagined how we shape both our world and other planets and how stories of terraforming reflect on science, society and environmentalism. This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched.

Terraforming Venus is the 2nd edition of Terraforming Venus- Tales From an Alternate History. This book is based on the first part of a short story called "The Gardner". It is from my Alternate History timeline series and was posted on September 2011. It's a story of a few immortals who helped turn a hostile, hellish world into a second Earth, a new world. Yet- despite humanity's greatest accomplishments and achievements, humanity can also be its own worst nightmare. The 2nd edition covers events in much greater detail. Several maps showing areas of interest are also included. The 2nd edition is 193 pages with 123 illustrations (the 1st edition was 97 pages with 58 illustrations).

Science fact and science fiction collide in this new story from Rick Loverd, Program Director for The Science and Entertainment Exchange, an organization that pairs expert scientists with storytellers. In 2150, Earth's resources have been depleted and countries race to outer space to mine what they need from other planets. A group of Americans making its way to Venus crash-lands on the planet, forcing them to do whatever it takes to navigate the harsh landscape in their journey to find the science base they were flying toward. In the vein of great adventure survival stories like Lost and The Martian, there's only one reality on Venus - adapt or die. Collects the complete limited series.