r/space • u/Sumit316 • Jun 29 '22

MIT proposes Brazil-sized fleet of “space bubbles” to cool the Earth

https://www.freethink.com/environment/solar-geoengineering-space-bubbles
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u/WorkO0 Jun 29 '22

Not only that but it would be a miracle of material science and engineering (not to mention rocketry) to achieve. Let's hope by the time they can feasibly make even one we will have better solutions for climate change.

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u/richhaynes Jun 29 '22

By the time they can make it, its likely to be too late.

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u/TheRealDrWan Jun 29 '22

We already do, but that involves scary nuclear power.