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February 2001, "Ice and Mirrors", by Brenda Cooper and Larry Niven. Swarm of small mirrors used to cool a planet. Mentioned in this Nature article complaining a
by sbierwagen 9y ago
February 2001, "Ice and Mirrors", by Brenda Cooper and Larry Niven. Swarm of small mirrors used to cool a planet. Mentioned in this Nature article complaining about the cost: https://www.nature.com/news/2006/061030/full/news061030-6.html https://www.nature.com/news/2006/061030/full/news061030-6.ht... Predates Echopraxia by 13 years.
- antisthenes 9y agoThis is the space version of fusion, "just 20 years away" or "within our grasp" for the last 60 years. In fact, it may be even less feasible. Not to sound too much like a skeptic, but my bet is on terrestrial methods of mitigation, solar/wind/tidal, reforestation and, hopefully one day, fusion. Most people underestimate by several orders of magnitude how hard it is to launch something into space correctly.