🚀 go-pugleaf

Let's have a little fun with this topic. The two problems mentioned with 
terraforming Venus by moving it to Earth orbit were:

  1. It has too much atmosphere to be terraformed even if it was in Earth 
     orbit.

  2. It takes too much energy!!!

I don't know what the specifics of this plan would be, (I leave this to the 
interested student :) ), but let's ignite Venus's atmosphere on the opposite
side that it moves in its orbit, and use the escaping air as propultion. We
kill two birds with one stone :)  (note: this should be done over a large
surface area to reduce geological turmoil.)

Another plan I have (as long as I'm already off the deep end) is ignite
Jupiter's atmosphere. It would be easier since it has all that hydrogen in it.
Use this propultion to slow Jupiter way down, causing it to fall towards
Venus. If done correctly this maneuver will sling shot Venus to an eccentric
orbit out past Earth. As Jupiter swings around the sun, it will encounter Venus
on its next orbit and swing Venus around into a nearly circular Earth-like
orbit. If were lucky, the close encounters will strip much of Venus's
atmosphere.

Well, what do you think?

                                                    Tom