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> our best option is probably solar shades in low earth orbit (giant sheets of ultra thin foil) A thin reflective foil would not stay in a stable orbit because
by wcoenen 7y ago
> our best option is probably solar shades in low earth orbit (giant sheets of ultra thin foil)
A thin reflective foil would not stay in a stable orbit because of solar radiation pressure. Instead, you can put it near the L1 Langrange point but slightly more sunward to compensate for that pressure.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4550401/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4550401/