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You wouldn't want to block the Sun out entirely. Indeed, you wouldn't want to reduce solar flux by more than 10%, or so.
by sbierwagen 16y ago
You wouldn't want to block the Sun out entirely. Indeed, you wouldn't want to reduce solar flux by more than 10%, or so.
- danparsonson 16y agoFrom the article: So, how do we block out the sun? If we go far enough out into space, then the projected distance of whatever we build would leave a larger shadow. Think of an eclipse where the moon blocks out the sun. If we go out farther, then we don't need to build a moon. (Although honestly, we need to build a moon and control it; how cool would that be). I was just replying to that. Obviously you wouldn't actually want to block out the sun completely, unless you were a Bond villian.