A Space Parasol as a Countermeasure Against the Greenhouse Effect
Abstract
The greenhouse effect threatens to increase the temperature of the Earth substantially leading to gross changes in the quality of human life. This paper suggests a solution to this problem via the deployment of a "Space Parasol" at the Lagrangian point L1 of the Earth-Sun system, to intercept some desired fraction of the solar radiant energy.
- Publication:
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Journal of the British Interplanetary Society
- Pub Date:
- 1991
- Bibcode:
- 1991JBIS...44..139H
- Keywords:
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- GREENHOUSE EFFECT;
- GLOBAL WARMING