Activity for Ginasius
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Proxima Centauri's flare: effects on a terraformed planet Imagine that, in a thousand years, the star system of Proxima centauri has a planet located in its goldilocks zone that has been terraformed by earthling settlers. We do not really know what the biosphere of such a planet will be like, so let's assume that it is equal in size, sea/continent ratio, a... (more) |
— | about 6 years ago |
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Helping the Soviets to win the race to the moon Because of an error in the interpretation of the Mayan calendar I just discovered, I know now that Earth will be destroyed on March 13, 2021 at 11 o'clock in the morning, time zone of Palenque. I could rent a small time machine and will travel to the past to save the human species by achieving a sel... (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |
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Habitability of our solar system when Sun becomes red giant I'm working at a story about the future of life in our Solar System. Humans have gone millions of years ago, but they left behind them a group of highly intelligent but not superhuman AIs with the task of caring of natural life on Earth. These AIs are (sort of) sentient, but they are designed that t... (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |
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How to wrap the Moon in plastic to make her a giant, supported by the atmospheric pressure, greenhouse Moon's surface is about thirty million square kilometers large. That's a lot of plastic, but no bigger effort than many other terraforming projects we have discussed. Description: A global bubble of plastic floating at a height of eight thousand meters over the moon's surface, sustained by an atmo... (more) |
— | about 8 years ago |
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Could an astronaut be lifted from Earth to the ISS in an EVA suit on a resupply mission not intended to transport humans? There is an emergency on board the ISS. Astronauts can´t evacuate and they will die within five days if critical repairs are not made. Fortunately an automated cargo spacecraft, like Cygnuss or Progress, was prepared prior to this accident and its release was scheduled in just 24 hours. A team of t... (more) |
— | about 8 years ago |
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What if Earth was orbited by a pair of moons like Pluto and Charon? Could these moons be tidally locked between them or would they get locked to Earth? What consequences would the orbital cycle of these two moons have on Earth's surface? (more) |
— | about 8 years ago |