itsaghostcar@lemmy.ca to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoGiant space umbrella tethered to asteroid could protect Earth from climate crisis, study sayswww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years 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-up1·2 years 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.