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jwm1
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Why does it take so long to get to Mercury?
Cycling a large asteroid between Earth and Jupiter could be used to slowly shift the orbit of Earth, most of the energy coming from Jupiter. Astronomical engineering: a strategy for modifying planetary orbits [
https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0102126
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dylan604
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There's a congressman that would like to have a converstation with you about this to save Earth from climate change.
bagels
on Aug 10, 2021
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We could solve climate change in barely a billion years this way. Genius.
isatty
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That's a great paper, thanks for the link!
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