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The idea revolves heavily around the creation and deployment of several thin film-like silicon bubbles. The “space bubbles” as they refer to them, would be joined together like a raft. Once expanded in space it would be around the same size as Brazil. The bubbles would then provide an extra buffer against the harmful solar radiation that comes from the Sun.

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  • Awoo [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    They think they can put a bubble in space the size of brazil without it getting popped when we have to move space stations and satellites frequently to avoid catastrophic impacts?

    Will it be millions of tiny bubbles instead of one big bubble? I could see that being a little more robust.

      • Awoo [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        What kind of gravity would it create? I don't know what the physics of mass are for something so large but made of tiny bubbles.

    • Orannis62 [ze/hir]
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      2 years ago

      "Joined together like a raft" makes it seem to me like it would be a bunch of smaller bubbles

      • Awoo [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        Would a bunch of bubbles the size of Texas in space have its own gravity well that could capture dust and debris over time?

        • Orannis62 [ze/hir]
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          2 years ago

          Probably? But that seems like the least of its issues lmao

          • Awoo [she/her]
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            2 years ago

            After a while it could become a moon though lmao.

            • Ideology [she/her]
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              2 years ago

              If my other post is correct, if compressed into a ball it would be about the size of 162173 Ryugu with slightly more mass than 66391 Moshup. Or I guess about 3/4 of a Mount Everest.