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What's the half life of dust in the Lagrange Point? As to where to set the thermostat: probably as a default keep things constant as they are today. If Russia
by scarmig 6y ago
What's the half life of dust in the Lagrange Point?
As to where to set the thermostat: probably as a default keep things constant as they are today. If Russia would prefer a warmer setpoint, it can offer money to countries that don't want one to compensate them for their troubles.
- zaroth 6y agoAs I understand it, material would effectively reflect energy for about 10 years, assuming there isn't a more economical way to station-keep the already deployed material versus just "send more". I don't think it actually decays like radiation half-life though.
- nine_k 6y agoI suppose the sunlight will constantly keep blowing the dust off the Lagrange point, after which it will orbit Earth, and maybe eventually fall down onto Earth, or back to the Moon. I wonder what kind of orbits it's going to have, because we speak of many megatons here, even if finely dusted.