You’ve seen it appear in movies, television shows, or in books. The scene usually shows someone launching a “seed” which causes a planet to transform from lifeless to fully capable of supporting life in a short period of time but when it’s used in the media, the cost is never discussed. If it takes a short time toterraform, planets are no longer valuable.
When I speak of terraforming, I refer to finding a barren planet or exoplanet, create a survivable atmosphere, a soil in which one can grow plants and trees for food, housing or other items, water, rock, nitrogen, and carbon cycles,and everything else required for people who want to live there.
Sine it would take a long time to terraform a planet, there are various costs to examine. First thing to consider is terraforming will require a long term investment either by a company or by the
government. If a company is investing in this project, the company provides the funding and reaps the profits whereas if the government invests, they tend to look more at who in society benefits rather than looking at the profit.
If anyone looks at terraforming a planet, they must consider the cost of sending the materials out there. The cost of sending the materials might be too expensive to ship so is it better to wait a number of years for improved technology which should lower transit costs which could be repeated for many years or do you take the money and use it to clean up the earth?
How do companies fund such an item? Through long term planning or via fundraising via crowdfunding. The company may also look at funding it via multiple stages and each stage has to be looked at in terms of making a profit.
I had not realized there were so many costs to think of on this topic. Let me know what you thin. I would love to hear
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