Moon-dust shield could help fight climate change on Earth

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The proposed solution isn't perfect but could help buy us some time, researchers say.

, or L1 — a gravitationally stable spot between the sun and Earth, about 1 million miles from our planet — the team used computer simulations to study how long these particles would hover.

For example, in their modeling work, researchers launched a test particle from the moon's northern pole to an orbit close to L1. They found that the particle, launched at 1.7 miles per second , spent a total of five days in front of the sun before being dispersed. The team concluded that launching moon dust at about 1.9 to 3 miles per second toward L1 would be the most promising strategy, shading Earth for the equivalent of up to a week every year.

 

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Question : est-ce que la jeep lunaire est toujours sur la Lune ? Ainsi que les bases de LEM des missions Apollo jusqu'à 1972?

humans with theis god complex, the earth and all its properties that keep is in a habitable environment will not succumb to humans, it will continue and life will continue long after humans are gone people are so arrogant to believe we have any meaningful affect on the world

Fjordman1 U must mean petrified wood

Amazing! 🛡️

Is the dust safe for the atmosphere and ours water? Is it sterile or has viruses in them.

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This is a terrible idea and human caused climate change is a HOAX. The climate has been changing for hundreds of millions of years and there is nothing you or anyone else can do about it!

oh dear lord. no

No! No means no!

DANGEROUS, STUPID IDEA. /s/ Mike Smith, meteorologist

hit em with the moondust boys, weve gotta fight for our climate. 😅

Not a good idea. This will cause Kessler Syndrome. Please stop publishing stupid ideas our politicial and climate change zealots will latch onto.

With rising sea levels due to manmade climate change, especially after the industrial revolution and the availability of fossil fuel powered cars and electrical grids, it's amazing how far we've fallen into the sea. Plymouth Rock is still right at sea level... 403 years later.

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My goodness, but the conjured nonsense spewing around here is choking us. Pun intended.

This idea, as carefully put as I can manage while still being respectful, is stupidly stupid and possibly stupider than that.

We need to adapt. Fighting the earth and the sun is a criminal grift.

It’s call the “Maxolhx Maneuver” Yeah, it’s a niche reference, but hopefully one person will get it. trusttheawesomeness

There is no manmade climate change. I see is still a propaganda outlet for COMMUNISM.

There is an idea. We could mine the moon for helium 3 and then bring the leftovers to earth also. Now we could chemtrail with that.

Isnt this the exact situation that happened after the Chicxulub meteor with a bunch of dust in the atmosphere somethering and killing everything that wasnt underground? Seems like a horrible idea, and humans are better at adapting more than anything so why make a worse situation?

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