Will anyone live on Venus in the future?

It is unlikely that humans will ever live on the surface of Venus. It's atmospheric pressure is almost a hundred times Earth's. This is like being two-thirds of a mile (1 km) deep in the ocean -- the human body cannot stand this pressure. The atmosphere is made up mostly of carbon dioxide and nitrogen -- no oxygen. The temperature is 860 °F (460 °C). Paper burns below 500 °F.

While the temperature and pressure on the surface are far just too great for colonization, there is an area 50km above the surface where the temperature and pressure are Earth-like, the winds circle the planet in 100-hour "days", and the gravity is just less than earth-like. Because the gases there are heavier than Earth's atmosphere, there is the possibility of "floating cities" kept in place and following the prevailing winds much like present day hot air balloons.

But you would need oxygen, food, and materials from Earth to be shipped to you. In return, you could use abundant solar energy and sulfuric acid as resources for your own industries.

First answer by I am jim. Last edit by Tom Haws. Contributor trust: 2 [recommend contributor]. Question popularity: 1 [recommend question].