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UnamedStreamNumber9 t1_j8jsy6e wrote

I kind of like the concept in one of Kim Stanley Robinson’s novels where they build a completely opaque planetary sunshield in front of Venus and freeze all the co2 out of the atmosphere. Then they have some kind of foamed concrete insulation/pavement over the entire surface of the planet to keep it down when they open the sunshield back up. Lastly, they wind a superconducting coil completely around the planet, pole to pole, and use it to create a motor in the sun’s magnetic field to create some rotation

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2112eyes t1_j8x58c1 wrote

That's dope. I also liked the Terminator City on Mercury, where the city rotates around the planet with a rail just on the terminator line so it never gets too hot or cold.

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