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I would choose Mars, mostly because of all the plans that we have for it. Imagine having people actually living there, it sounds insane!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Agreed. We know so little about Venus compared to Mars despite it being slightly closer to us. That whole drama with the phosphene gas a few years back really revealed how much there is to learn there.

I also love that one of the serious ways scientists have proposed for colonizing Venus is to build cities that float in its clouds at the altitude where the atmospheric pressure / temperature are roughly the same as Earth's. It's simultaneously batshit insane and hoplessly romantic.