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3d_blunder t1_jdysl7n wrote
Reply to comment by pisTrollshrimp in Could we terraform mars with our current technology? by TheZogKing
Significantly smaller space based devices would do the job.
3d_blunder t1_j97s6ki wrote
Reply to comment by northaviator in Terraforming a magnetosphere possible? by Pornelius_McSucc
TIL! Still, what mechanism could we use to increase its spin? If it happened to blow a big chunk of the atmosphere away I think that's a plus, no?
I'm still surprised that "total sun-shading" seems to have a consensus cooldown period of less than a decade.
3d_blunder t1_j8vhssr wrote
Reply to comment by Pornelius_McSucc in Terraforming a magnetosphere possible? by Pornelius_McSucc
Getting Venus to spin at a comfortable rate is IMO the big sticking point: doing so would probably involve so much energy the planet would be pure lava and take millennia to cool down.
3d_blunder t1_j5uyian wrote
Reply to TIL that perhaps the first story about people being taken over by fungus ala "The Last of Us" was William Hope Hodgson's "The Voice in the Night". It later served as the inspiration for the Japanese horror film, "Matango". by ContinuumGuy
Huh, I just recently read that. It was in a collection called "Voices from the Radium Age".
3d_blunder t1_j4yoyyk wrote
Reply to comment by NotStaggy in Are Two Tidally Locked Earth in One Solar System Possible? by Thirdy-DOg
What's the lower (upper?) bound on "similar size"? The Moon is pretty big, as moons go: is there something about similar masses that would prevent them from simultaneously tidally locking?
3d_blunder t1_j1rfhhc wrote
Reply to Question about rocket thrust / engines in space and in atmosphere… by MyShatsRRadioactive
All rocket engines work in atmosphere and vacuum.
3d_blunder t1_ivv3jku wrote
Reply to Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly wins re-election, defeating GOP challenger Derek Schmidt, NBC News projects by Hrekires
Red wave my ass. Suck it, rethuglicans.
3d_blunder t1_iu65k4m wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL that Richard Feynman, one of the greatest theoretical physicists ever, was rejected admission to Columbia University because of his Jewish ancestry and instead went to MIT. by icbm67
It's pointless to avoid triggering shitheads: they'll just find something to be upset about.
3d_blunder t1_isn9itu wrote
Reply to TIL that before the invention of regfrigeration in 1851, ice had to be imported to Australia from Boston, Massachusetts. The ice blocks travelled through the tropics inside ships insulated with timber, straw, peat, and sawdust by stumcm
Oh you kids. Look up the history of "the cold chain" for a fun time.
3d_blunder t1_jdysqns wrote
Reply to comment by simcoder in Could we terraform mars with our current technology? by TheZogKing
TMK no one ever writes about crater sized habitats, or roofing that giant canyon.