It'd be hard to keep it in position

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Larry J — 7/16/2004 1:26:31 PM (archived)

Another name for a giant sunshade is a solar sail. Pressure from sunlight would tend to push it off position (hell, it'd try to launch it out of the solar system). You'd have to use some form of thruster to counter the force from the sail.

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A relatively cheap way to cool down Mercury - Buck Galaxy - 7/16/2004 5:25:39 AM
- get the planets closer.....somehow - Art Martin - 7/16/2004 9:09:13 PM
  - Moving planets, comets, asteroids - Buck Galaxy - 7/16/2004 10:25:45 PM
    - re: Moving planets, comets, asteroids - Art Martin - 7/16/2004 11:33:49 PM
- It'd be hard to keep it in position - Larry J - 7/16/2004 1:26:31 PM
  - tricky... not insoluble - Adam - 7/17/2004 9:52:18 AM
- re: A relatively cheap way to cool down Mercury - REB - 7/16/2004 11:47:55 AM
  - Too complicated. - et - 7/16/2004 2:32:13 PM
    - You could build an awful lot of O'Neill colonies for the same effort. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/16/2004 4:58:01 PM
      - If you're just talking about the mass involved, I agree.... - et - 7/16/2004 5:27:14 PM
        
        Terraforming Venus - REB - 7/16/2004 6:19:32 PM
        
        re: Terraforming Venus - Adam - 7/17/2004 10:28:29 AM

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