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by everdev
2999 days ago
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One guess would be that people enjoy visuals and scenery. On Mars, there are landscapes, sunsets, and the stars. From a think Venus atmosphere, I'm not sure what the view would look like, but I'm guessing it would be pretty consistent and confining. Traveling through a cloud in an airplane is fun for a few minutes because of how unique it is, but seeing the ground feels more enjoyable and inspiring to me. |
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Also keep in mind that due to the dangers of radiation, the denizens of a lunar or Martian colony would not be outside that often. The most realistic plans I've seen actually have the habitats completely underground (e.g. in lava tubes on the moon [1]). Certainly a few of the colonists will leave on science missions with some frequency, but the vast majority of the time people will be inside and underground, albeit probably tele-operating mining equipment and things like that in many cases.
I think if you think big enough, in both cases the problem isn't that bad: being in an underground habitat / cloud habitat the size of a small town will feel like you're on solid ground, not like you're in an airplane in the clouds / in a cave. Artists and architects can design artificial landscape to keep things from being boring.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_lava_tube#Sites_for_huma...