Terra-forming Venus vs Mars

1) Nuking MerucryThe reason I brought this up isnt because I dont agree ith the laws of physics, its the fact that nuking an object of a large enough mass might have a minimum impact on the speed of the body. "Apparently, blowing up a large object in space comes with its own problems... not the least of which is, it probably won't work."http://io9.com..."The asteroids that would be really worrisome -- those larger than 1,312 feet (400 meters) -- wouldn't be easily wiped out by such a bomb"http://science.howstuffworks.com...Atomic bombs are useful for handling blowing up small asteroids, but even they struggle against large asteroids. Now how could nukes that cant easily stop a large asteroid somehow be used to move an entire PLANET? The answer is that they cant....2) Moon Mercury"38.6 hours." However, this is talking about the rotation of Venus, not the revolution of Mercury. Mercury, being out 914k km, will be actually be orbiting slower than our Moon, not some super fast orbit."How could Mercury then speed up the rotation of Venus if it is the same distance from Venus as the Moon is from Earth but be rotating SLOWER? The Only way that the rotational speed could be increased is if Mercury was used to speed up Venus's orbit if it were orbiting around the planet faster than the planet revolves..... Something that would be impossible because at that speed Mercury would simply fly away. " My opponent's entire case against Venus boils down to his last line, " it is simply impossible for an object to travel that fast and still be kept in orbit"Actually only half of it was about that, the other half was asking is it even possible to move Mercury with nukes, rather than give sources and prove your argument though you gave a condescending remark about how its common sense when in reality, it isnt. 3) Atmosphere on Mars""Gravity on Mars is not strong enough to stop most gas molecules in its atmosphere from escaping into space" " I already showed though that the rate of which such gas particles escape from Mars are slower than that of even Earth.... Here are the links againhttp://dsc.discovery.com...http://abundanthope.net...Mars vs Venus MoonsI argued that because Mars is located close to the atmosphere that over time asteroids could be combined with other things to form a moon over time (Since we agreed time would not be an issue). Venus on the other hand I questioned how nukes would even be able to move a PLANET, which isnt possible. Since Mercury is out of the picture all the arguments about all the heat, pressure, and tilt issues becomes an unsolved problem....Mars vs Venus AtmospherePro focuses completely on the fact that Mars cant hold onto its own atmosphere even though it has done that in the past and can retain its atmosphere at a rate better than even Earth.... Mars vs Venus Water"Venus will be able to support liquid water at all latitudes, while Mars will still be frozen at all latitudes" So suddenly Venus is allowed to change its atmosphere but Mars cant? Given enough time Mars would warm up if C02 and Methane were added to Mars, something it always has plenty and easy access toMars vs Venus ColonizationThe Pro proceeded on using my words against me to make it look like that people could ONLY live on Mars underground. Those comments though were to show how early initial, pre-earth colonization of Mars would be. The underground remarks were to explain how people could live on mars and avoid exposure to radiation until a proper atmosphere was made. Meanwhile on Venus nobody would be able to stay anywhere since Venus is too hot to live on the surface, you cant live underground because Venus is basically a live volcano, and that lives people nowhere to live on Venus until everything is done, while on Mars people could live there almost today. Other arguments comparing Earth like qualities between Venus and MarsVenus cannot support surface agriculture..................................... Mars can.Venus does not have deposits of water anywhere......................... Mars doesVenus is upside down spinning backwards.................................... Mars is almost identical to that of EarthVenus is over 600 degrees higher than Earth Temperatures........... Mars is only about 100 belowVenus's only hope for a moon is to steal a planet and move it........ Mars sits right next to the Asteroid Belt and can capture asteroids on its ownVenus never had liquid water flowing on its surface...................... Mars did and it was very recently in the pastMars could be more like Earth then Venus, because at one point Mars WAS more Earth like than Venus in the past. I thank the Pro for a wonderful debate, i must say it has been a long a** time since ive had a debate as organized and thought out as this one. It does feel good to debate stuff like this and not stuffa like poop being in DNA or stupid stuff like that. I thank Ore_Ele for a great debate, and to the voters who had the eye strength to read through all these arguments, I applaud your effort and determination. Thanks for reading, I had a blast :D