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And it has 25 hours in a day, arguably an upgrade from Earth in terms of getting an extra hour of sleep. No other planet comes even remotely close to being so similar.

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If you're living in a tunnel to protect you from radiation then the true length of the day isn't important.

You can always have cameras outside and fake windows with displays inside :)

Plus if you're flying/driving drones with cameras outside of that tunnel it would also help to keep you on a more normal circadian rhythm.

I still harbor resentment about being brought up in a small village without decent public transport. I can't imagine the intergenerational conflict when people raised in a sulfuric hellscape learn that there is a green earth. What kind of departure from our own cultural norms will be required to keep a Venusian society from tearing itself apart? Something akin to the difference between our society and that of the victorians? Is exciting to speculate though :)

I think we should push some asteroids at Venus to make it spin faster. Is this feasible? Maybe hit it with two simultaneously, one in each side. Surely that would help with the temperature and magnetosphere there.

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