Postnificent OP t1_jdy37ah wrote on March 28, 2023 at 12:59 AM

Reply to comment by drdan82408a in Why don’t we use Venus as a dumpster? by Postnificent

Contaminate Venus cannot be a reason. It doesn’t make sense at all.

drdan82408a t1_jdy3p53 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 1:03 AM

Sure it does. We might want to be able to study it some day, we don’t know what might be in the atmosphere, we don’t know what extraterrestrial life might be like (there are extreme thermophyles and halophyles on earth for example, and even if not for life then there could be geological or meteorological research to be done) but the other reasons I gave should be more than sufficient.

titanofmeme t1_jdyuhjo wrote on March 28, 2023 at 4:42 AM

Yes it absolutely does. Planets of the solar system are the finest specimens in current astronomy due to their accessibility. As soon as they are contaminated, the specimen is compromised.