Venusian Climate May Have Been Habitable

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Venusian Climate May Have Been Habitable

Posted by michael on Friday September 12, 2003 @02:45AM from the goggles-do-nothing dept.

tqft writes "Venus - life signs maybe - 'The hellish climate of Venus may have arisen far more recently than previously supposed, suggests new research. If so, pleasant Earth-like conditions probably persisted for two billion years after the planet's birth - plenty of time for life to have developed.' Mars is for wimps afraid of a real hot acid drenched challenge."

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We already knew there was life on Venus by psyconaut · 2003-09-12 02:51 · Score: 2, Funny

After all, isn't that where women originated from?

-psy
1. Re:We already knew there was life on Venus by pmz · 2003-09-12 05:50 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  After all, isn't that where women originated from?
  
  But, then, the men arrived with beer, brauts, and football. The atmosphere turned in a matter of weeks.
  
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Republicans are responsible for this. by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-12 02:57 · Score: 1, Funny

Of COURSE Venus was inhabitable, until the Republicans and their Big Business Allies destroyed the environment. They're doing to the same to Earth: beware!
Mmmmm... Mars by InsaneCreator · 2003-09-12 02:57 · Score: 2, Funny

Mars is for wimps

It's still better than having peanuts stuck between you teeth after eating a Snickers bar!
the greenhouse effect by falsification · 2003-09-12 03:02 · Score: 4, Funny

The hellish climate of Venus may have arisen far more recently than previously supposed
It was fine until an oil magnate became their President.
From the article by passthecrackpipe · 2003-09-12 03:07 · Score: 4, Funny

From the article:

Venus is virtually the same size as Earth and, on average, is our nearest neighbour. Today, its atmospheric temperatures are hot enough to melt lead and concentrated sulfuric acid continuously drizzles down from thick sulphurous clouds that completely block out the Sun.

Sounds like human life originated on Venus, we totally fucked it up, and sent a "try again" genetic seeding material package to Earth. Seems we didn't learn much.....

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1. Re:From the article by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-12 04:07 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  But of course *we* know who struck first, because we've all seen Second Genesis.
Re:Question about plate tectonics by dynoman7 · 2003-09-12 05:00 · Score: 1, Funny

Why is water a prerequisite for plate tectonics?

DUH! Because things (e.g. HUGE rocks) float in water!!

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Re:Question about plate tectonics by WTFmonkey · 2003-09-12 07:17 · Score: 2, Funny

And what else also floats in water?
Apples! Very small stones! Churches! CHURCHES!