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thenewgreen  ·  3502 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Musk Level ideas

That's the one that stood out to me too. Maybe because on some level I was like, "yeah... why don't we do that?"





randomuser  ·  3502 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Probably would be ok for the most part, but then there would be radioactive trash like prius batteries that would cause awesome/hilarious/interesting things to happen.

Also, I think it's the one that sticks out as the least "Musk-like" of the first 10 or so.

mk  ·  3502 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yes. If I remember correctly Musk is a physicist by training.

Now a space elevator...

insomniasexx  ·  3502 days ago  ·  link  ·  

We'll have like "sun spots" and "prius-battery spots" and the really intense astronomy buffs will even track and follow the "dog shit spots".

randomuser  ·  3501 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Prius spots would be unfortunate, a flux of radioactive instability on the scale of the sun would be disastrous/tragic. Awesome that you would get to watch the galaxy be destroyed 8 min after it happened.

OftenBen  ·  3500 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Probably would be ok for the most part, but then there would be radioactive trash like prius batteries that would cause awesome/hilarious/interesting things to happen.

Do you think we'd be able to move enough mass/energy around to actually mess with anything the sun does? Most stuff would be vaporized well before it got anywhere near the actual 'surface' of the sun.

randomuser  ·  3499 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's a great question. Do we have enough toxic/radioactive garbage to create a catastrophe by launching it into the sun?

OftenBen  ·  3494 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think that won't be a problem until we start making meaningful amounts of antimatter.

randomuser  ·  3493 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Or something cost effective that could launch that much garbage into space lol.

OftenBen  ·  3492 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Do you think we could move enough tonnage to make a difference, even if it wasn't cost-prohibitive?

randomuser  ·  3492 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think the technology is out there for sure, but basically some scientist would have to build a trash barge rocket made of trash metal. If you're question is whether we could do it all at once, probably not. We are a wasteful people.