itsaghostcar@lemmy.ca to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoGiant space umbrella tethered to asteroid could protect Earth from climate crisis, study sayswww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down13
arrow-up146arrow-down1external-linkGiant space umbrella tethered to asteroid could protect Earth from climate crisis, study sayswww.independent.co.ukitsaghostcar@lemmy.ca to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoWe keep stuff in unstable orbit all the time using thrusters. We can easily counteract the solar wind with a reasonable amount of thruster fuel.
minus-squareResistentialism@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoAnd remember kids: when the fuel isn’t being burnt on earth, and it’s being burnt outside our planets stuff. Pollution is no longer our problem.
We keep stuff in unstable orbit all the time using thrusters.
We can easily counteract the solar wind with a reasonable amount of thruster fuel.
And remember kids: when the fuel isn’t being burnt on earth, and it’s being burnt outside our planets stuff. Pollution is no longer our problem.