Re: [erm] space mirrors

Thomas Anderson <thomas.anderson@university-college.oxford.ac.uk> wrote:
>I'm
>skeptical of this: warming up Archangelsk is going to take a lot of
>reflected sunlight ...
    The full system was intended, if I recall correctly, to be several
kilometers in diameter and there to be several.

>a sun shield is a whole different ball game - it would have to be
>absolutely immense.
    Use a solar sail (not the DS9 version, though!). Fairly easy to get
several kilometers in diameter. Again though it would be vulnerable to
space
tugs.

Andrew Martin
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