tricky... not insoluble

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Adam — 7/17/2004 9:52:18 AM (archived)

Hi All

Since gravity and sunlight are both inverse square their relative proportion remains constant. If we suspend the soletta just Sunwards of L1 so gravity and solar pressure balance then it should be self-stablising.

Adam

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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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